Meet the Team
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Dr. Kate Harkness (she/her)
PROFESSOR
My primary research focus is the role of stress and early trauma in the etiology and ongoing pathology of major depression in adolescence and adulthood. My current work focuses on biomarker-environment interactions that increase the biological and psychosocial sensitivity to stress in major depression.
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Grace Armstrong (She/her)
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
19gta@queensu.ca
I am the research coordinator for the Mood Research Lab. I am responsible for organizing and maintaining the lab, as well as the ongoing CAN-BIND projects.
Graduate Students
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Sung Min (she/her)
PH.D. YEAR 3
My primary research focus is on the etiology of depression. Specifically, I am interested in social cognition and how it plays a role in the development of depression. For my Master’s thesis, I studied cognitive biases in processing social information. For my PhD thesis, I plan to expand this subject with an evolutionary perspective.
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Jessica Rowe (she/her)
PH.D. YEAR 3
I am a first-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. For my Master's thesis work, I investigated alterations in stress-related brain mechanisms related to childhood maltreatment and depression. Currently, I am also interested in investigating mechanisms associated with childhood maltreatment and later risk for revictimization across the lifespan.
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Anna Gallagher (she/her)
PH.D YEAR 2
I am interested in theory of mind - the ability to decode and reason about the mental states of others. Specifically, my research examines socio-cognitive mechanisms underlying the association between depression and theory of mind.
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Elias Elaneh (he/him)
M.SC. YEAR 2
My research interests lie broadly at the nexus of social cognition and psychopathology. Currently, I am interested in exploring the role of theory of mind in daily social functioning.
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Eliana Brehaut (she/they)
M.SC. YEAR 2
I am interested in the relationship between life stress and trajectories of depression. For my master’s thesis, I plan to examine stressful life events and other risk factors in depressed individuals to investigate their risk for future episodes. The ultimate goal will be to help forecast, at the time of initial depression onset, who is and is not prone to multiple lifetime recurrences.
2024-2025 Honours Students
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Sarah Wong
21sfjw@queensu.ca
Description of the thesis project to come!
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Evan Waterman (He/him)
Description of the thesis project to come!
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Jacqueline Satok
20jfs3@queensu.ca
Description of the thesis project to come!
2023-2024 Directed Lab Students
Research Assistants
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Kanika Jhanji (she/her)
My name is Kanika, and I am a third year student in Health Sciences. I am one of the research assistants in the Mood lab. I am enjoying expanding my knowledge on depression and cognitive biases. I look forward to learning more in a laboratory environment.
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Jessica Xiong (she/her)
My name is Jessica and I am a third-year student in the Health Sciences program working as a research assistant in the Mood Lab. I have a keen interest in mental health advocacy and how early childhood events shape our mind. I look forwards to contributing to research that can help further advancements in the field of psychiatry and mental health.
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Finnoula O'Neill-King (she/her)
I am a third year psychology student at Queen's. As a research assistant in the Mood Research lab, I am part of a team exploring social cognition and theory of mind. My research interests lie within clinical neuroscience and psychopathology, and I intend to pursue a graduate career in clinical psychology. Outside of research, I enjoy skiing and hiking.
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Emma Graham (she/her)
My name is Emma, and I'm a third-year psychology major. I'm a research assistant helping with the theory of mind project! I look forward to advancing my knowledge on theory of mind, as well as other research the Mood Lab does.
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Sydney Kendall
My name is Sydney and I am a third-year psychology student working as a research assistant in the Mood Research Lab. I am a part of a team exploring the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depression. I have a keen interest in clinical psychology and I look forward to advancing my knowledge in a laboratory environment!
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Ben Ullman (he/him)
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Noah Maunder
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Ishan Sheth
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Genevieve Bacchus
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Devin Ruttan-Stokes
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Angelina Villanueva
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Michaela Cormier
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Tia Veltri
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Julia Wang
Bio and photo coming soon!
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Dan Mastrogiovanni
Bio and photo coming soon!