Research Axe Profile

Research Axe:

  • Health and Wellbeing

Academic Department:

Psychology

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Samantha Cote

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.