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Ismail, Nafissa
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology
Contact Information:
Cell: 819-384-3424
E-mail: nafissa.ismail@uottawa.ca
Website
Preferred Method s of Contact:
E-mail, Cell Telephone
Research Information:
- Understanding the different COVID-19 variants and their impact on our society and children.
- Effects of enduring stress (like the COVID-19 pandemic and sanitary restrictions) on brain health.
- Mechanisms of sex differences in psychological and neurological illnesses.
- Sex differences in COVID-19 symptoms and in the prevalence of long-COVID.
- Impact of chronic stress in adolescences.
- Building resilience to stress.
- The link between the gut microbiome and brain functioning.
Areas of Expertise:
- Adolescent mental health
- Animal behaviour
- Biopharmaceutical science
- Cognition
- Developmental biology
- Immunology
- Molecular biology
- Neuroscience
- Psychopathology
- Sex/sexuality
- Stress
Language Preference:
French and English
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