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Sheena Josselyn The University of Toronto, Canada

Sheena Josselyn is a Senior Scientist in the Neuroscience & Mental Health department at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and an Associate Professor in the departments of Psychology, Physiology and the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto in Canada. She is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), an EJLB Scholar and a Senior Fellow in the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Her undergraduate degrees and a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology were granted by Queen’s University in Canada. Sheena received a PhD in Neuroscience/Psychology from the University of Toronto and conducted post-doctoral work with Mike Davis (Yale University) and Alcino Silva (UCLA). Her program of research is dedicated to understanding the neural basis of cognitive function and dysfunction. To unravel the molecular, cellular and circuit processes that underlie learning and memory.