Mental and brain health throughout the lifespan
May 30, 2024 — 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Join us for the next event in our Research Conversations Series entitled "Mental and Brain Health Throughout the Lifespan" with Harriet Greenstone, and Lucie Ouimet. Register for this event happening on May 30, 2024, at 12 PM.
Event description
Come meet two of our professors to learn about their research interests related to mental health and brain health throughout the lifespan, but also to better understand the role of adjunct professors within the Faculty and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Speakers
Harriet Greenstone
Adjunct professor and psychologist
Harriet Greenstone is a psychologist working with children, adolescents and adults, specializing in ADHD, ASD, SLD, anxiety, and related disorders and syndrome mixes. She has an M.A. in Educational Psychology and a Ph.D. in Integrated Studies in Education. Her special interest in clinical testing and research lies in the interconnections between psychology and education. Dr. Greenstone is the Associate Director of the Alzheimers Risk Assessment Clinic at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital, and Co-Director of the Developmental Clinic at ELNA Medical. She directs her own multidisciplinary clinic, Centre MDC, and has developed a brain training program, Cogniroutes Therapy.
Lucie Ouimet
Adjunct professor
Lucie Ouimet holds a doctorate in educational sciences - health section - from the University of Paris 8, within the Laboratoire Interuniversitaire Expérience, Ressources culturelles, Éducation (EXPERICE). She questions the social and medical representations surrounding the concepts of aging and old age and also reflects on the social and medical representations of Alzheimer's disease and the people with the diagnosis. Professor Ouimet uses a biographical approach to the experiences of the people concerned: their experiences in such a context. Her thinking is rooted in a paradox that challenges her: that of our aging societies, at a time when life expectancy is reaching unprecedented levels, and their rejection of aging, and the ageism that prevails within it. She is concerned about the fragilization of subjects, the stigmatization of the elderly, and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.