Visiting Students

Visiting students are usually medical students from all over the world who come to work at NeuroSim during summer as guest researchers.

Widad Safih
Widad Safih
Medical Student - Sherbrooke University (Canada)

Widad is a medical and computer science student (Laval University). She is working on the review of best practices paper and is involved in an epilepsy study that employs an ex-vivo model aiming to improve training in neurosurgery.

widad.safih@gmail.com

Meryem Filiz
Meryem Filiz
Undergraduate Student - McMaster University (Canada)

Meryem is working on a spatial analysis of the Intelligent Continuous Expertise Monitoring System (ICEMS) assessment, a project to identify critical areas in 3D where the trainees might face challenges during subpial tumor resection. Pursuing a B.Sc in Kinesiology at McMaster University.

filizm@mcmaster.ca

Adrien Lacroix
Adrien Lacroix
Undergraduate Student - McGill University (Canada)

Adrien is working on a project aiming to evaluate the impact of a best practices paper published by the lab, as well as a project to evaluate the research productivity of neurosurgeons. He is pursuing a B.Sc. in neuroscience at McGill.

adrien.lacroix@mail.mcgill.ca

Neevya Balasubramaniam
Neevya Balasubramaniam
Medical Student, McGill University, Canada

Neevya is studying Medicine at McGill University (class of 2025). She is working on an epilepsy project aiming to develop an ex vivo model for neurosurgical training.

neevya.balasubramaniam@mail.mcgill.ca

Chinyelum Agu
Chinyelum Agu
Biomedical Engineer, Polytech Marseille, France

Chinyelum is a biomedical engineering intern working on a project who aims to assess the participant’s response to real-time feedback given to them by an AI-powered Intelligent Continuous Expertise Monitoring System (ICEMS)

chinyelum.agu@gmail.com

Ian Langleben
Ian Langleben
McGill University Faculty of Medicine

Ian is developing an algorithm to deliver personalized feedback to users of the NeuroVR simulator. He is studying Medicine at McGill University (class of 2024).

 

Learn more about Ian at ilang.ca

Hafila Hassan Makhani
Hafila Hassan Makhani
The University of Sydney School of Medicine

hmak3242@uni.sydney.edu.au

 

Hafila involved in a pilot project testing the efficacy of different feedback methods on medical students’ performance on a VR tumour resection task.

Pursuing an MD in Sydney, Australia

Class of 2021

Anika Sawni
Anika Sawni
Undergraduate Student - McGill University (Canada)

anika_sawni@hotmail.com

 

Anika is working on an undergraduate research project at the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre using her expertise in cognitive science
Pursuing a B.Sc in Cognitive Science (Neuroscience and Psychology)
Graduating Fall 2018

Mina Khan
Mina Khan
Student - Marianopolis College (Canada)
Nirros Ponnudurai
Nirros Ponnudurai

B.Eng, MD/MBA Candidate

nirros.ponnudurai@mail.mcgill.ca

Saad Rashed Alghamdi
Saad Rashed Alghamdi
Medical student - University of Tabuk (Saudi Arabia)
Dana Almedallah
Dana Almedallah
Medical Student - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Saudi Arabia)
Praveena Deekonda
Praveena Deekonda
Medical Student - University of Exeter Medical School (United Kingdom)
Yuchen Zheng
Yuchen Zheng
Medical Student - University of St Andrews (Fife, Scotland)
Aden Deitcher
Aden Deitcher
Student - Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario)
Sara Venturini
Sara Venturini
Medical Student - Leicester University (United Kingdom)
Aysha Alsahlawi
Aysha Alsahlawi
Medical Student - King Faisal University (Hofuf, Saudi Arabia)
Amy Haddlesey
Amy Haddlesey
Science Student - Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario)
Sarah McAdam
Sarah McAdam
Mechanical Engineering Student - Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Norah Alarifi
Norah Alarifi
Visiting Medical Student - Alfaisal University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Hasen
Mohammed Hasen
Visiting Medical Student - Dammam University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
Antonio Maltese
Antonio Maltese
Visiting Medical Student - University Vita e Salute San Raffaele (Milan, Italy)
Marta Baggiani
Marta Baggiani
Visiting Medical Student - University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy)
Jawad Fares
Jawad Fares
Visiting Medical Student - American University of Beirut, Lebanon