Lab Members

  • Esther Fujiwara

    • Principal Investigator (CV)

      As Professor Emerita (University of Alberta, Dept. of Psychiatry, 2007–2025; Ph.D. in Psychology), I hold an adjunct position in the Department of Psychology, where the Fujiwara Lab is based. My current research focuses on social identity and alexithymia.

      In my spare time I love good food, music, traveling, playing games, and doing statistics for no reason.

  • Yousef Jallad

    • Psychology Undergraduate (4th year)

      VARIS project

      Outside of academics I enjoy photography, travelling, and swimming

  • Adam Mouhammed

    • Psychology Undergraduate (4th year)

      Social cognition in eating disorders

      In my free time, I enjoy bouldering, playing games, and cooking for friends and family whenever I can.

  • Heaven Ghirmu

    • Psychology Honours (3rd year)

      Hello! My name is Heaven and I am a third year psychology honors student. Currently, I assist in the VARIS project.
      In my free time I enjoy reading, thrifting, going to the movies and trying out nature trails

  • Omar Kashkoush

    • Psychology undergraduate (4th year)

      Hello, my name is Omar Kashkoush and I’m a fourth year psychology student at the University of Alberta. I’ll be participating in screening studies for a scoping review


  • Serena Nelson

    • Psychology undergraduate (3rd year)

      I will be exploring how alexithymia relates to visual attention and emotional language in the AVEN project.
      Outside of academia, I enjoy travelling, hiking, and baking!

  • Elizabeth Forst

    • BSc, Neuroscience Honours (2026)

      Hey, I’m Beth and I joined the Fujiwara lab in March of 2025, initially working to expand Jasmine’s “Gender, Health, and Happiness” project with my own dataset. Since graduating in early 2026 with my BSc honours in Neuroscience, I helped with editing the GHH manuscript, and am currently a reviewer for the SGD scoping review.

  • Jasmine Sekhon

    • BSc, Psychology (2026)

      Volunteer - SGD pressure scoping review

  • Jaden Chooi

    • Psychology undergraduate (2nd year, PSYCH299)

      Hey I'm Jaden, I joined the Fujiwara lab as of September 2026 and I am a second year psychology student at the University of Alberta. Currently I am working on a scoping review for the SGD pressure project.

      Outside of academics I love cooking but more so the eating part. I also like hiking, playing video games and investing

  • Nilay Bhatt

    • Nursing (3rd year) and PSYCH299

      Empiric profiles of alexithymia and autism traits