Malvina N. Skorska, Ph.D.

~CURRENT STUDENTS!~

I am currently working with the following wonderful undergraduate students on Independent Research Projects in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto (St. George campus).

Ida Khanlou

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        Ida is a 4th year student at the University of Toronto pursuing a double major in Psychology and Human
        Biology, with a minor in Immunology. Her research interests include how scientific narratives shape our
        understanding of the mind, as well as how biological factors impact behaviour and mental health. In her
        individual research project with Dr. Skorska, she explores the role of essentialism in brain research, and how
        essentialist perspectives can influence the interpretations of neurological findings.

Yan Castaldo

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Yan is a mature psychology student at the University of Toronto. After a career in consulting and CPG marketing, he became fascinated by how people relate to each other as well as themselves, especially from an emotional perspective. In his research project with Dr. Skorska, Yan is investigating how essentialism affects emotions and emotion regulation: does essentialism affect how individuals perceive their own emotions and how they manage them? In his free time, Yan likes to play guitar, write, and explore Toronto. He is presently learning to produce music as well!  


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The following wonderful former IRP students at the University of Toronto are continuing to help with resting state related processing in a research analyst role.

Reem Baghdady

Reem is a 5th year psychology and political science student. She has previous experience in running an independent research project in the realm of political psychology, as well as having been a Research Placement Student on a longitudinal youth cohort study at CAMH investigating mental health outcomes. Her research interests are broad in the area of psychopathology and treatments for mental health conditions. Reem’s future aspiration is to pursue a career in clinical psychology and work in research, assessments, treatments, and more. She is currently working on the suicidality portion of a large study investigating the cognitive and psychological effects of gender dysphoria in youth, as part of the Independent Research Project in Dr. Skorska’s lab.

Rowan Danton (she/her), BSc Honors

Rowan is a 5th year student at the University of Toronto with a double major in Psychology and Human Biology, with a minor in Physiology. In her individual project under Dr. Skorska, she investigates the psychometric properties of gender dysphoria assessments to capture the broader domains of the transgender lived experience. Rowan holds special interest in mental health, stress and resting state networks.

Alex Helmy