Collaborators
We are fortunate to have a close group of colleagues here at Queen's University as well as internationally. Our work has been disseminated to several research sites throughout the world and we maintain active collaborations with several investigators. Students from the CPD Lab have the unique opportunity to work with data from other laboratories and to visit labs on fellowships.
Psychotic Symptoms in Borderline Personality Disorder: An Examination of Acuity and Piloting of a Novel Treatment to Improve Functional Outcomes in Community Living
This project is in collaboration with CPD Lab alum and current Research Director, Community Psychiatry, at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Dr. Katherine Holshausen.
Treating Cognitive Impairment in Severe Depression
Our colleagues in New Zealand, including Drs. Richard Porter and Katie Douglas, are leading a large study examining cognitive training and other treatments in people with severe depression.
Prefrontal target engagement as a neuroimaging biomarker model for cognitive enhancement
In collaboration with Dr. Kamilla Miskowiak in Copenhagen, Denmark, we are examining how our treatment, ABCR, affects cognition and brain functioning in those with bipolar disorder.
Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia in high risk population: A randomized controlled trial of a combination of cognitive training and brain stimulation
This is a 10 year longitudinal study to examine whether cognitive remediation techniques that we developed in the CPD Lab, along with transcranial direct current stimulation, can enhance cognition and prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in a large sample.
Cognitive Remediation for Late Life Schizophrenia
At the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, we are working with Drs. Tarek Rajii and Angela Golas to study how we can adapt cognitive remediation to deliver the intervention in for those with a long history of schizophrenia.
Cognitive Remediation in the Residential Setting
Also at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, we are working with Drs. Tarek Rajii and Angela Golas to adapt cognitive remediation so that it can be delivered in a residential setting for aging adults.
Cognitive Remediation for Suicide
With Drs. Sakina Rizvi and Sid Kennedy, we are exploring how to adapt cognitive remediation, particularly targeting focal attention, to reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviours.