Gender and the Brain: Exploring the Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Neurocognition in Women
The first talk of the Winter 2025 Feminist Lunch Series to be given on Friday, Jan. 24 at 12:30pm in the Harriet Irving Library’s Innovation Hub, Room 316, on UNB Campus in Fredericton by Dr. Veronica Whitford and her PhD student Courtney Stacey.
The talk is titled: “Gender and the Brain: Exploring the Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Neurocognition in Women”.
Dr. Veronica Whitford is an Associate Professor and NSERC Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology at UNB. She received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from McGill University. She completed two post-doctoral fellowships in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. The first was at the University of Western Ontario and the second was at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) before joining UNB.
All are welcome!
The Feminist Lunch Series is organized by the UNB Gender & Women’s Studies Program, the UNB/STU University Women’s Centre, UNB Libraries and UNB Alumnae association. For more information on the series, contact Sophie Lavoie (lavoie@unb.ca).