Dr. Andrew Chang
With great honour, the NXC Team is happy to announce that Dr. Andrew Chang will be the neuroscience keynote speaker for the 2023 NeuroXChange Conference.
Dr. Chang is a NRSA postdoctoral fellow at New York University, where he works with Professor David Poeppel. He earned his PhD in Psychology from McMaster University in 2019, where he worked with Professor Laurel Trainor.
His research interests span various topics in auditory cognitive science, with a particular focus on music perception, interpersonal communication, and relevant neural mechanisms. Currently, he is investigating the fundamental differences between speech and music at the acoustic, perceptual, and neural levels.
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Dr. Marta Maslej
The NXC Team is excited to announce that Dr. Marta Maslej will be the mental health keynote speaker for the 2023 NeuroXChange Conference.
Dr. Maslej is a Project Scientist with the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics (KCNI) at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She completed her PhD in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (PNB) at McMaster University, with a focus on understanding the emotional and cognitive symptoms of depression from an evolutionary perspective. Her current research examines the diverse applications of technology and AI in mental health assessment and care, as well as their potential to contribute to health inequities.
At KCNI, she works as part of an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, qualitative researchers, and computational scientists to study factors contributing to the successful integration of AI into psychiatric care, and how this integration will impact patients with depression and acute distress. Her work has been supported by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Google Research.
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