Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

BHEAM Lab

@bheamlab.bsky.social

50 followers 20 following 23 posts

Brain Health Equity in Aging & Memory Lab |#BHAMMStudy | #Cogneuro #CogAging #WomensBrainHealth #Diversity| @TMUPsych https://bheamlab.ca/

bheamlab.ca

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hi 👋🏽 #neurosky
The BHEAM Lab @ TMU Dept of Psychology (formerly Rajah Lab @ McGill) has joined Bluesky

Please say “hi” and follow for up-to-date info ab our research inc the #BHAMMStudy

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · 2d

The @bheamlab.bsky.social has a new member! Welcome to Khaleesi !! We hope @mnrajah.bsky.social ‘s Harrison gets along with you 😊

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congratulations Sara Ahmed from the BHEAM Lab Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University on being a 2025 CIHR Vanier Scholar!!!

Read more about Sara’s research at:

www.torontomu.ca/graduate/fut...

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipient: Sara Ahmed, Psychology PhD student

www.torontomu.ca

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congratulations to Hallie Liu on being the first @bheamlab.bsky.social grad student to successfully defend her Masters degree!! 📜
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Aug 10

Dr. Rajah & colleagues were interviewed for @CBCNews by Journalist Jennifer Yoon to discuss “Why are more women diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease?”

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

More women get Alzheimer's than men. It may not just be because they live longer | CBC News

While age is still considered an important risk, scientists are increasingly realizing other aspects — both biological and sociological — may play an important role in making women susceptible to deve...

www.cbc.ca

Reposted by BHEAM Lab

Research – Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) @researchtmu.bsky.social · Jul 21

The key to battling Dementia may lie in midlife. @torontomet.bsky.social researcher @mnrajah.bsky.social is leveraging AI, fMRI & deep health histories to study how biological sex, menopause & social factors shape brain aging. More: tinyurl.com/yake2vcx
@bheamlab.bsky.social @arts-tmu.bsky.social

MRI brain scans showing brain activity alongside a series of charts and graphs of data sets from MRI scans

1 2

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations & good luck to former BHEAMLab postdoc Dr. Annalise LaPlume on starting her Tenure-track Asst Professor at Department of Psychology at @trentuniversity.bsky.social this week!!

They are very lucky to have you! Looking forward to seeing all the amazing science you will do there 🎊

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · May 30

Bon voyage Gabriela! Thank you for being a fantastic @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social Grad student & then an amazing @torontomet.bsky.social Lab Coordinator!! Best of luck in Europe!! You will be missed 🌸

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · May 20

Happy birthday to Hallie Liu, MA trainee @bheamlab.bsky.social TMU Psychology! 🥳🎂

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · May 17

Congratulations to BHEAM Lab Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University trainees M. Bhaskara & and H. Rai on receiving prestigious Ontario Graduate Scholarships to support their research on the Brain Health at Midlife and Menopause (BHAMM) Study!
#womensbrainhealth #BHAMMStudy

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

A BIG congrats to Julia Kearley on being awarded an FRQS PhD Fellowship for her project entitled: “Investigating the impact of menopause and vascular risk on resting-state functional connectivity
and episodic memory in middle aged females”!!

#menopause #womensbrainhealth #cogneuro #aging

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Apr 16

#BHAMMStudy stickers have arrived!!

Sign up & help us advance knowledge about brain health at midlife & menopause!

rajahlab.com/participate/

#neurosky #womenshealth #endalz

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 31

Congratulations to MSc trainee Hallie Lui on her first Conference Poster Presentation
at #CNS2025 @cogneuronews.bsky.social

Bravo 🙌🏽

2 3

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 30

🚨🗞️ Congratulations to Gabriela Vélez Largo & Abdel Halim Elshiekh, Ph.D. et al @mcgillu (IPN) & BHEAM Lab on publishing

“Slower Postencoding Stimulus Reaction Time Predicts Poorer Subsequent Source Memory and Increased Midline Cortical Activity” in @jocn.bsky.social

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 30

🚨🗞️ Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Julia Kearley et al @mcgillu & The BHEAM Lab @TMUPsych on the publication of “Association Between CAIDE Risk Score and Episodic #Memory in Middle-Aged Females: The Impact of Natural #Menopause” in Hormones & Behavior!
#BHAMMStudy

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 16

Link to our online job posting:

www.torontomu.ca/careers/rese...

End/

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, Memory and Dementia Prevention

Learn more about this opportunity at TMU.

www.torontomu.ca

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 16

We also encourage interested postdocs to apply for the new harmonized 🇨🇦CRTS fellowships that are open to 🌎international applicants in collaboration with @mnrajah.bsky.social !
Find out more: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

3/

NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs

As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

1 1

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 16

Base starting salary is $60k + 21% benefits. The benefits offered are exceptional & include medical, dental, optometry & Rx coverage.

www.torontomu.ca/graduate/new...

2/

https://torontomu.ca/graduate/news-…

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 16

#neurojobs in 🇨🇦

The BHEAM Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher with expertise in cognitive neuroscience of aging &/ dementia prevention who wants to pursue research that considers the influence of sex, gender, & social determinants of health on brain & cognitive ageing. 1/

1 1

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 5

The BHEAM Lab is growing!! We are seeking a new p/t RA to help with recruitment abs testing for the Brain Health at Midlife & Menopause (BHAMM) Study.

If you have experience with human participant testing & are passionate about health equity & women’s brain health, please apply!

Toronto Metropolitan University on LinkedIn: #neuroscience #brainhealth #agingresearch #researchopportunity…

Work as a part-time Research Assistant in TMU's Brain Health Equity in Aging and Memory (BHEAM) Lab contributing to studies on memory, aging and dementia…

www.linkedin.com

1 2 2

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 4

The BHEAM Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher interested in conducting health equity research in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, aging & dementia prevention!

Please share!

#neurojobs #neurosky

www.torontomu.ca/careers/rese...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, Memory and Dementia Prevention

Learn more about this opportunity at TMU.

www.torontomu.ca

1 2

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 2

Join this Canadian initiative to advance our understanding of women's brain health at midlife and during menopause *across diverse communities*, and help reduce the prevalence of dementia in females!

tinyurl.com/BHAMMStudy

#menopause #womensbrainhealth #endalz

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Mar 2

The Brain Health at Midlife and Menopause (BHAMM) Study has been funded by CIHR’s Institutes of Aging and Gender and Health since 2017 and is still going strong! To learn about the work we have published from the BHAMM Study please visit our site:

lnkd.in/eF2e6c7P

Publications

rajahlab.com

BHEAM Lab @bheamlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hi 👋🏽 #neurosky
The BHEAM Lab @ TMU Dept of Psychology (formerly Rajah Lab @ McGill) has joined Bluesky

Please say “hi” and follow for up-to-date info ab our research inc the #BHAMMStudy