Graduate Studies

MSc and PhD candidates studying at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry can take on research projects with the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences under the advisement of CNS Faculty.

Dr. Burneo has a cross-appointment with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and co-supervises Masters students, sits in committee thesises of MSc and PhD candidates within the Department of Neurosciences at Western. Dr. Seyed Mirsattari, has supervised and mentored MSc and PhD student within the Department of Neurosciences on topics including the localization of epileptogenic zones using high frequency oscillationsa (HFOs) in people with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Dr. de Ribaupierre has acted as a supervisor and co-supervisor to undergraduate, masters, and postdoctoral students on research projects looking at the visualization of medical imaging, paediatric epilepsy surgery, and  neuromonitoring of premature infants with post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation using near-infrared spectroscopy.

 Dr. Jonathan Lau has acted as a supervisor and co-supervisor to graduate students and postdocs on research projects looking at how to improve image-guided neurosurgery, developing methods and tools to improve the accuracy of neurological procedures.