Please see attached: Opportunity in Psychopathy and Transgenerational
Epigenetics
Sasha Reid
email: sasha.reid@mail.utoronto.ca
Date to apply will extend to: May 30th
I am looking for five student volunteers within the psychology program.
These would ideally be students that would be interested in gaining
experience in academic research (in terms of how a study begins, how the
data is collected, and the process involved in publication). This is such
an invaluable experience for those planning on pursuing a career in the
psychology field; or in any graduate field for that matter. The students
should also be those who are interested in the ways in which social
ecology
impacts perceptions and experience and of the role of genetic adaptation
in the development of certain psychopathologies.
The five positions that I have open are within these specialized area:
1) Child abuse/Trauma/Stress/Witnessing Violence
2) Genetics/Heritability/Epigenetics
3) Transgenerational Epigenetics/Epigenetic inheritances
4) General Psychopathy
5) Neurobiology
Ideally (but not necessarily) the student would have a background or basic
knowledge of the area for which they choose to apply.
The role of the student researcher would be to examine their assigned
area; to brainstorm within the group and bounce ideas off of each other;
to inform the group (myself especially) as to the specifics of their area
especially in terms of the extent to which it can apply to the research
topic (psychopathy and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance); and to
contribute to the project overall (whether that be through writing short
pieces OR by contributing to the group via discussions at the meetings).
We would meet weekly to discuss the project and the intersecting points of
our specific research areas.

