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McGill.CA / SAILS Lab

About Us

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LAB DIRECTOR:听Jason M. Harley, PhD

Prof. Harley specializes in conducting research to support emotions and training using biometrics, AI, VR, and simulation to advance healthcare.听Please see Prof. Harley鈥檚 faculty profile page for more information about them. Academic roles summarized below.

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, 香蕉视频
  • Scientist, Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
  • Director of Research, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, 香蕉视频
  • Associate Member, Institute for Health Sciences Education, 香蕉视频

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Contact Information:

jason.harley [at] mcgill.ca

Telephone Number:

(514) 934-1934 ext. 47233

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SUPERVISEES

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Doctoral Student: Sayed Azher

Sayed Azher is a Doctoral student in Experimental Surgery. He holds a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Biochemistry from McMaster University, Canada. His interests are centralized around artificial intelligence and virtual simulation technology. In particular, how these technologies can be integrated into medical education and their potential to enhance the educational success of health care providers. He hopes to utilize psychological and educational theories in adjunct with virtual simulation to train and support health care workers, ultimately resulting in enhanced patient care.鈥�

*2023 Fiera Capital Prize winner in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, RI-MUHC Studentship $15,000.
*2023 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Canada Graduates Scholarship (CGS) award winner

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Doctoral Student: Keerat Grewal

Keerat Grewal is a PhD student in the Experimental Surgery program in the Department of Surgery at 香蕉视频. She completed her BSc in biochemistry at McMaster University where she initially developed her interest in education after being an undergraduate TA. Her other interests include psychology and clinical practice. She hopes to advance educational analyses by analyzing individual and group emotion regulation strategies in medical settings.

*2023 RI-MUHC Studentship award winner ($10,000 for one year).
*2023 Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec鈥揝oci茅t茅 et culture (FRQSC) Doctoral Award winner

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Doctoral Student: Osamu Nomura, PhD

Dr. Osamu Nomura is a PhD student in Health Sciences Education in the Institute of Health Sciences Education at McGill university. He earned an MD from Hirosaki University in Japan and worked as a pediatric emergency physician in Tokyo and Hirosaki. He completed a Master鈥檚 of Arts in Educational Psychology, Health Professions Education Concentration in 香蕉视频 in 2019. After completing the master鈥檚 program, he was appointed as the assistant professor of the Emergency Medicine, and currently as the research associate professor in the Centre for Medical Education at Hirosaki University. In his PhD project at McGill, he will examine medical students鈥� and health professionals鈥� use of emotion regulation strategies.

*Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME) Rising Star Certificate of Excellence Award

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Master's Student: Nadja Benmohamed, M.D.

Nadja Benmohamed is a master鈥檚 thesis student in surgical education at 香蕉视频. She completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency in University of Geneva, Switzerland. In Switzerland, she was a tutor at the Swiss Foundation for Innovation and Training in Surgery for training of laparoscopy in gynecology. Her research interests are in surgical education, surgical robotics, and simulation.

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Master鈥檚 Student:听Lizianne Zini

Dr. Zini is a master鈥檚 student in Experimental Surgery (Surgical Education). She holds a bachelor's degree in medicine from the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil. Lizianne also completed a specialization in trauma surgery and critical care medicine from the State University of Campinas, Brazil. Her research interests include novel techniques and approaches to medical education with a focus on emotional regulation.

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Master鈥檚 Student: Tippie Zhang

Tippie Zhang is a master鈥檚 thesis student in surgical education at 香蕉视频. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at McGill, alongside minors in behavioural science and gender studies. Her research interest revolves around studying emotions.

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Master鈥檚 Student: Asa Kanani

I am a master鈥檚 student at the SAILS lab, focusing on behavioral training and reward processing within educational systems for medical professionals. I hold an Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Toronto, where I completed the co-op program. My academic interests are deeply rooted in the intersection of psychology and education, aiming to enhance learning experiences in the medical field.

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT STUDENTS

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Grace Shuyi Yang is a U2 undergraduate student at McGill pursuing a B.A in psychology and a double minor in behavioral neuroscience and sociology. Her main research interests are industrial/organizational psychology and child development.

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RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS

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  • Julia Baran-Polansky听
  • Cassandra Dutil听
  • Paula Fontes
  • Xiaoshan Huang
  • Kristie Hui听
  • Gabrielle Kirby
  • Anh Le听
  • Jenna Mackenzie
  • Anya Merzikian
  • Kimia Mohammadi

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ALUMNI:


    Postdoctoral Fellows

    • Matthew Moreno, Ph.D. (former postdoctoral fellow: January 2022-September 2024). Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training, University of Central Florida.
    • Elif Bilgic, Ph.D. (former postdoctoral fellow: September 2020-January 2022, 香蕉视频 and The Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre), Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and McMaster Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT) Program, McMaster University.
    • Clarissa Hin-Hei Lau, Ph.D. (former postdoctoral fellow: September 2020-December 2021, 香蕉视频), Data Analyst (Teaching, Learning and Evaluation), University of Toronto.
    • Nigel Mantou Lou, Ph.D. (former postdoctoral fellow: Spring 2020-Spring 2021, Research Institute of the 香蕉视频 Health Centre), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria
    • Yang Liu, PhD (former postdoctoral fellow supervisee: July 2017-July 2019), Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Neuroscience, University of Alberta and Chokka Centre for Integrated Health


    Doctoral Students

    • Byunghoon 鈥淭ony鈥� Ahn, Ph.D. (former Surgical and Interventional Sciences Doctoral SSHRC-funded student supervisee: September 2019-August 2024 香蕉视频), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Victoria, Canada
    • Fabio Botelho, M.D., PhD. (former Surgical and Interventional Sciences Doctoral CIHR-funded student supervisee: September 2020-April 2024 香蕉视频), Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada


    MSc Thesis Students

    • Negar Matin, MSc. (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee): January 2023 - July 2024.
    • Myriam Johnson, MSc. (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee): September 2022- June 2023.
    • Lucia Patino, M.D. (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee): September 2020- June 2023 Family Medicine Resident, 香蕉视频.
    • Mohammed A. Alharbi, M.D. (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee [co-supervised with Dr. Kevin Lachapelle]: September 2019-April 2023 香蕉视频), Cardiac Surgery Resident, 香蕉视频. Mo should be below Lucia.
    • Arunee Tipwong, M.D. (former Health Professions Education MEd supervisee [co-supervised with Dr. Nathan Hall and Dr. Linda Snell]: January 2020-April 2022- Physician in Thailand.
    • Ali Fazlollahi (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee [co-supervised with Dr. Rolando Del Maestro]: September 2020-August 2021 香蕉视频), Medical Student, 香蕉视频
    • Hannah Peters (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee: September 2020-August 2021 香蕉视频), Physical and Occupational Therapy Student, Dalhousie University
    • Ricky Muller Moran, M.D. (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee [co-supervised with Dr. Kevin Lachapelle]: September 2019-April 2021 香蕉视频), Cardiac Surgery Resident, University of Manitoba
    • Meagane Maurice-Ventouris (former Surgical Education MSc-thesis supervisee [co-supervised with Dr. Kevin Lachapelle]: September 2019-August 2021. BAdmin at John Molson School of Business, Concordia University.
    • Chayse Haldane (former MEd supervisee: August 2017-July 2019), doctoral student, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
    • Tony Ahn (former Med supervisee: September 2017-July 2019), see above for current status.


    MSc-Non-Thesis Students (completed projects)

    • Tiah Tawakol (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2023)
    • Mostafa Siddiqui (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2021)
    • Michelle Cwintal (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2020-Winter 2021),
    • Hamed Ranjbar (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2020-Winter 2021)
    • Dheeksha Reddy (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2020-Winter 2021)
    • Kalin Kahla (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2020-Winter 2021)
    • Semsi Kocabas (former Surgical Education MSc-non-thesis supervisee: Fall 2020)


    Research Assistants

    • Tippie Zhang (former undergraduate volunteer and research project supervisee). Winter 2023-Winter 2024. MSc in Surgical Education, McGill
    • Ruilin Gong (former undergraduate volunteer and research project supervisee). Fall 2022-Winter 2024. MSc in Counselling, University of Toronto
    • Paula Toaca (former undergraduate volunteer and research project supervisee). Winter-Fall 2023. MSc in Neuroscience, McGill
    • Jaden Seligman (former undergraduate volunteer). Fall 2023-Winter 2024. MSc in Marketing, Concordia University
    • Kexin Li (former undergraduate volunteer): January 2020-August 2022. MPH (Master of Public Health) student at Johns Hopkins University
    • Deuscies Chang-Ou (former undergraduate volunteer): January 2020-August 2022. MI (Master of Information), User Experience Design, University of Toronto
    • Brea McLaughlin (former graduate research assistant: (January 2017-July 2019), doctoral student, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
    • Andrea Whittaker (former undergraduate research assistant: September 2017-July 2019), MSc student, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
    • Alison Yang (former research coordinator and undergraduate volunteer): January 2020-August 2021. MSc in Child Development at UCL, London, UK

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    CURRENT & RECENT RESEARCH COLLABORATORS:

    • , PhD, Wilson Centre and Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • , M.D., Ph.D., FRCS(C), FACS, DBNS, DABPNS, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
    • , PhD, Department of Human Services and Early Learning, MacEwan University, Alberta
    • Liane Feldman, MDCM, FACS, FRCS, Department of Surgery, 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
    • Gerald Fried, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, Department of Surgery, 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
    • , PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, California, USA
    • , PhD, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria
    • Nathan C. Hall, PhD, Educational and Counselling Psychology, 香蕉视频, Quebec, Canada
    • , PhD, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Kevin Lachapelle, MDCM, FACS, FRCPSC, Department of Surgery, 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
    • Susanne P. Lajoie, PhD, CRC Tier 1, Educational and Counselling Psychology, 香蕉视频, Quebec, Canada
    • , RN, PhD, Faculty of Nursing, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    • Hugo Marchand, RN, BNI, CCNE, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill, Montreal, Canada
    • Tina C. Montreuil, PhD, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill, Montreal, Canada
    • , MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP, Department of Surgery, 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
    • , PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Munich, Germany and Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK.
    • Shaheen Shariff, PhD, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
    • Jeffrey Wiseman, MD, MEd, FRCPC, Institute for Health Sciences Education, 香蕉视频, Montreal, Canada
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