Doctoral Students

Harjit Aulakh, is a doctoral student in the School/Applied Child Psychology program at McGill University. Ms. Aulakh holds a B.Sc. in Biological Psychology from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Lakehead University. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree and conducting her research at the Centre on adolescent gambling behavior. Her areas of research interest include: the role of culture in developmental psychopathology, gambling behavior in youth, and the neurological underpinnings of youth gambling behaviors.
harjita@hotmail.com

Isabelle Lussier M.A., is a doctoral student in the School / Applied Child Psychology program at McGill University. She has a background in experimental psychology, and is fluent in English and French. As an undergraduate student at Bishop's University, Ms. Lussier wrote and presented a thesis on Self-Image Bias in Person Perception. She served as student representative on the Faculty Psychology Committee and was the Valedictorian of Bishop's University for her graduating class.
isabelle.lussier@mail.mcgill.ca

Meredith Gillespie is a second year Masters student in School/Applied Child Psychology Program at McGill University. She holds at BAH from Queen's University. As a lab member of the Teen Relationships Project at Queen's, she presented her thesis on the Differences in Social Relationships of Adolescents from Coeducational and Single-Sex Schools. Areas of interest include adolescent peer relationships, aggression/victimization, addictions, and other youth and adolescents high-risk behaviours.
meredith.gillespie@mail.mcgill.ca

Masters Students

Jessica McBride, BA, BSc., is a second year Masters student in School/Applied Child Psychology Program at McGill University. She holds at BA in Anthropology from McGill University and a BScH in Psychology from Concordia University. She presented her honours thesis on the Relationship between Narcissism and Aggression in Children in Canada and Chile. Areas of interest include risk and resilience factors in the development and maintenance of addictions, as well as familial and social influences on the development of addictions. For her masters thesis she will be looking at Internet gambling behaviour among college and university students.

Sandra Mansour, B.Sc., is a Masters student in the School/Applied Child Psychology Program at McGill University. She obtained her Bachelor of Science, with Distinction, from McGill University in 2003 (Major in Psychology & Minor in Education). She then worked as a Research Assistant for one year at Douglas Hospital in both the Eating Disorders Clinic and the Alcoholism & Addictions Lab. Her general areas of interest are in the prevention and intervention of adolescent high-risk and addictive behaviors. For her masters thesis she will be looking at the effects of gambling advertisements on gambling attitudes and behavior.
sandra.mansour@mail.mcgill.ca