People and Governance
Executive Team
Randy McIntosh, PhD
Director, INN
BC Leadership Chair, Neuroscience and Technology Translation Across the Lifespan
Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, SFU
Brianne Kent, PhD
Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Innovation, INN
Director, Translational Neuroscience Lab
Canada Research Chair (II), Translational Neuroscience and Dementia
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, SFU
Staff
Jaspreet Dodd, MSc
Community Projects Coordinator
Gracielle Higino, PhD
Open Scholarship Community Manager
Cesar Jimenez-Gonzalez, MASc
Research Coordinator
Patrick Mahon
Research Software Developer
Elsa Qiu
Communications Assistant
Leanne Rokos, PhD
Research Technician
Advisory Committee
Clay Braziller, MBA (Chair)
Strategic Partnership Manager, Faculty of Science, SFU
Neil Branda, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemistry, SFU
Canada Research Chair (I), Materials Science
Executive Director, 4D Labs
Jonathan Driver, PhD
Professor, Department of Archaeology, SFU
Former VP Academic & Provost, SFU
Susan Fitzpatrick, PhD
President Retired, James S. McDonnell Foundation
Ravi Menon, PhD
Professor of Medical Biophysics, Medical Imaging, Western University
Co-Scientific Director of BrainsCAN
Working Group
Limited-term Working Groups are formed to meet the goals of the institute’s annual operating plan. Currently, the institute’s Working Group is focused on growing the Neuro+AI initiative and establishing collaborative projects in sociocultural neuroscience.
Lisa Julian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, SFU
Canada Research Chair (II), Developmental Origins of Stem Cell Fate
Angelica Lim, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Computing Science, SFU
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Angelina Polsinelli, PhD, RPsych, ABPP-CN
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, SFU
Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology
Ö. Nilay Yalcin, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Arts & Technology, SFU
Alexander Wiesman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology, SFU
Canada Research Chair (II) in Neurophysiology of Aging and Neurodegeneration
Scientific Director, SFU Centre for Advanced Imaging
Training Committee
Alex Wiesman, PhD (Chair)
Raminder Kaur
Kelly Shen, PhD
Justin Wang
Social Coordinator
Reta Younan