McGill Youth Study Team
Research Assistants
Solomon Friedman
Research Assistant
Solomon is an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University majoring in psychology and double minoring in educational psychology and religion. He has been a member of the MYST lab since Fall 2019. Within the lab, he has contributed to research with First Nations youth, Camp Amy Molson, and more. He is interested in the intersection of these disciplines and how they can be used to better understand development and clinical psychological practices with regard to child psychology. He hopes to become a child psychologist with a background in research that will enable him to engage with progress in the field and communicate effectively with patients and their families.
Emma Feldhake
Research Assistant
Emma is a recent graduate of the Cognitive Science undergraduate program at McGill University, where she completed her honours thesis on the development of visual filtering among the MYST lab during the 2019-2020 school year. She is interested in understanding child development to optimize their growth, and plans to enroll in a Public Health program this coming year to better understand the psycho-social determinants of health.
Emily Aronoff
Research Assistant
Emily is in her final year of undergraduate studies, completing a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the Faculty of Education. She joined the MYST lab over summer 2020. She has an extensive background working with children with special needs, and is interested in research in this area. She hopes to become a physician and use the knowledge she acquires from research to make progress in the medical field in general, and specifically with children.
Olivia Furholter
Research Assistant
Olivia is currently in her third year of her undergraduate studies in Psychology at McGill University with minors in Behavioural Science, and Sociology. She has been a member of the MYST lab for a few years and has contributed to research investigating how children with autism and typically developing children focus their attention on socially-relevant information. She aspires to continue her studies to become a child psychologist specializing in autism spectrum disorder.
Maya Ahia
Research Assistant
Maya is a U4 Psychology student at McGill University, with a double minor in Communications and Political Science. She is very interested in developmental psychology and gaining more experience in strength-based research approaches. In addition to volunteering in the MYST lab, she is currently completing an Independent Research Project on the intersections between the sociolinguistics and COVID-19 outcomes in Montreal. She is looking forward to helping out with the many exciting upcoming projects in the MYST lab this year!
William Lum
Research Assistant
William completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at McGill University. He previously worked with the elderly, children, adolescents and young adults in various settings. After working with children and adolescents in the MYST lab, William has been working with data on First Nation youth.
Hannah Marken
Research Assistant
Hannah is a third year Psychology student in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University. She is interested in research focusing on neurodiverse children and adolescents. She hopes to continue her education and pursue a graduate degree in Psychology.
Darah Olaogun
Research Assistant
Darah is a final-year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology at McGill University. She intends to pursue graduate education in counselling psychology and psychotherapeutic practices. Her research interest is the analysis of cultural competence in psychoanalysis and psychotherapeutic practice. Additionally, she works as a personal support worker (PSW) and crisis helpline responder.
Caitlin Macevicius
Research Assistant
Caitlin is a graduate student in the Child Studies program in the Department of Education at Concordia University. Her master's research studies the effect of visual representations on elementary-aged children's strategies and solutions to math word problems. She has contributed to numerous research projects since 2019, and is thankful to have previously received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Caitlin is currently volunteering in the MYST lab to further her knowledge of child development and cognition in new research contexts. She is aiding with two emerging research projects at the MYST lab.