Research Axe:
- Health and Wellbeing
Academic Department:
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Dr. Samantha Cote
Contract Faculty-Adjunct Professor
Education: BSc. Psychology with Neuroscience Concentration Honours at Bishop’s University, PhD at Université de Sherbrooke
Samantha.Cote@ubishops.ca
Keywords: MRI Image Processing, Cerebrovascular Imaging, Hormonal Therapies, Women’s Health, Transgender Health
Research Project(s):
Uses advanced MRI techniques to investigate how hormonal therapies (oral contraception, gender affirming hormonal therapy, IVF) and hormonal states (puberty and the menstrual cycle) influence the brain and its arteries in adolescents and young adults, with a focus in females and transgender individuals.