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CNS-PDS November: Andrew Wo & Amr Eed

2025-11-06 @ 12:00 – 13:00

SEMINAR HOST: Prabhjot Dhami
SEMINAR CO-HOST: Alessandro Zanini

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3217374850132/WN_XQBuo9u7QZW5ZDSAiQRPKQ

Speaker #1 

Andrew Wo, McGill University

Title of the presentation: “Convergent large-scale network and local vulnerabilities underlie brain atrophy across Parkinson’s disease stages”

Andrew is a postdoctoral fellow at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. He previously completed his PhD at the University of Western Ontario. His research is focused on modeling the structural and functional brain changes in Parkinson’s disease using multimodal imaging, with the goal of better understanding the mechanisms of disease spread and identifying useful diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers.

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Speaker #2 

Amr Eed, Western University

Title of the presentation: “MRI investigation of orientation-dependent changes in microstructure and function in a mouse model of mild traumatic brain injury”

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Amr completed his PhD at the Institute of Neurosciences in Alicante, Spain, under the supervision of Dr. Juan Lerma, where he used multimodal MRI and electrophysiology to investigate the roles of kainate receptors in autism. He is currently a postdoctoral associate at the Centre for Functional Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Ravi S. Menon. His current research focuses on integrating ultra–high-field MRI and other modalities such as light-sheet microscopy to study animal models of neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and mild traumatic brain injury.

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