Meet Our Team
Dr Todd S. Woodward
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator, Brain Dynamics & CNOS Lab
Dr. Woodward is trained in cognitive neuropsychology and functional brain imaging.
He investigates the cognitive correlates of the symptoms of mental illness and by way of originally designed cognitive paradigms assessing memory and reasoning, and develops multivariate analysis methods for analysis of fMRI data for the purpose of identifying the brain underpinnings of these cognitive functions, how their dysfunction manifests as the symptoms of mental illness, and how they are affected by treatment.
In the area of applied statistics, Dr. Woodward’s laboratory developed a novel method showing how overlap between two sets of variables can be optimized using a combination of multiple regression and PCS (available: github.com/CNoS-Lab/Iterative_CPCA).
fMRI work in his laboratory over the past 20 years involved development of new fMRI analysis software (fMRI-CPCA) (www.nitrc.org/projects/fmricpca) and identification of a set of task-based cognitive modes, a subset of which can be retrieved in all task-based fMRI data. Based on the experimental condition to which they respond, a cognitive function has been assigned to all.
This is now available in a pre-published edited book (Woodward & Percival, 2025).
Graduate Students
Ava Momeni, Erica Zeng, Solana Redway
Lab Coordinator
John Shahki
Research Coordinator
Mariana Mascarenhas
Research Assistants
Sage Radlmeier, Keith Cheng
Research Students
BCMHSUSRI Team: Vanessa Tran, Maddie Evora, Hoi Ching Chan, Sebastian Brstilo, Joshua Young
Research Volunteers
BCMHSUSRI Team: Jennifer Tsang, Aida Momeni, Carmen Zeng, Li Yuan, Angelyca Purewal, Amber Lu, Simran Grewal, Yvette Ni, Belinda Chang, Pearl Dhingra, Carolina Ricardo, Cassie Lin, Nathalie Huang, Aidan Hess, Jasmine Rai, Alex Yang, Divya Gupta
Dr Mahesh Menon
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Principle Investigator, Psychosocial Interventions for Functional Improvement (Psi-Fi)
Dr. Mahesh Menon is a Clinical Professor and co-head of the Schizophrenia Program in the Department of Psychiatry at University of British Columbia.
He is also a Psychologist with Vancouver Coastal Health, where he leads the BC Cognitive Remediation Training Advanced Practice (CRT-AP).
Dr. Menon is the Principal Investigator of the Psychosocial Interventions for Functional Improvement Lab (PSI-FI Lab) at UBC. His research program focuses on psychosocial interventions for severe mental illness, and on the cognitive and neural basis of delusions and hallucinations in psychosis. He is one of the founding members of the North American CBT for psychosis network.
His research has been funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (OMHF), the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation (BBRF, formerly called NARSAD), and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
Learn more about the PSI-FI Lab website, where Dr. Menon leads related projects in psychosis research.
Recruitment Status
Undergraduate Volunteers
We are currently considering applications for undergraduate volunteers. Interested students should prepare their CV, transcript and a statement of interest.
Please note: do not contact the Brain Dynamics Lab email directly regarding volunteer applications. Use the link below:
Graduate Student Interest
Prospective graduate students are encouraged to apply through the UBC Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Please review program requirements before contacting us about opportunities.