MEET THE TEAM
Gary Turner, PhD, C.Psych
Principal Investigator
Dr. Turner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University and is a registered Clinical Neuropsychologist in the Province of Ontario. Dr. Turner was a graduate of York University (twice!), having first completed a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration some years ago (he remembers the Ross Ramp!). He later returned to York to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Atkinson College, where he was the Class Valedictorian in 1999. He went on to complete his MA and PhD in Psychology at the University of Toronto and then pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He returned to Toronto to take up a scientist positional the Sunnybrook Centre for Stroke Recovery before joining the faculty at York in 2011.​
Dr. Turner's program of research investigates how age-related brain changes impact cognitive and real-world functioning (including financial decision-making) both in normal aging and brain disease. A core objective of this work is to leverage neuroscience discoveries to guide the design of more effective interventions toward sustaining cognitive and brain health, ultimately helping older adults live healthier, longer. His work is funded by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
LAB ALUMNI
Graduate Students
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Karin Kantarovich, PhD
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Bri Darboh, PhD, C.Psych
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Sabrina Lemire-Rodgers, PhD, C.Psych
RAs & Undergraduate Students
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Nathaniel Edgar
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Sara Pillitteri
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Matthew D'Amario
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Noor Albaity
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Amna Imran