ESTHER • FUJIWARA
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta
I received my PhD in Psychology at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto (ON), I joined the Department of Psychiatry in 2007. Current studies in my lab investigate emotion-cognition interactions in neurological/psychiatric and healthy populations. In my spare time, I love being with my family and friends, good food, music, and traveling. I also sometimes do statistics for no reason and enjoy gaming.
Our Team
Zahra Ghofrani
MSc student, Department of Psychiatry
I began my master's studies in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta in 2024. Currently, I am working on a project with multiple different aspects aimed at enhancing our understanding of emotion-cognition interactions and mental health comorbidities among people with HIV compared to healthy populations. My ultimate goal is to understand how to improve mental well-being for individuals living with HIV. I am an adventurous person both in science and nature! Therefore, in my spare time, I enjoy hiking, camping in jungles, and mountain climbing.
Roshni DWivedi
Undergraduate Program in Science, Specialization in Psychology
I have been a part of the Fujiwara lab since first year and my research interests lie in mood disorders, alexithymia, eating disorders and eye tracking studies. I am so excited to continue to learn and grow my research skills throughout the years to come!
Yousef Jallad
Undergraduate Program in Psychology
My work in the lab is on a project looking at gender and health outcomes. In my spare time I competitively swim, play water polo, and (attempt) to play the saxophone.
Adam Mouhammed
Undergraduate Program in Psychology
My project is on emotional face processing in eating disorders
Jasmine Sekhon
BSc, Psychology
Our project concentrates on exploring relationships between mental health, autoimmune functions, and gender
Elizabeth Forst
Honours, Neuroscience
…working with Jasmine on the mental health, autoimmunity, and gender porject