 Dr. Campbell took part in a symposium on Brain Resilience and Diversity in Aging & Dementia on May 15 and 16 in Montreal. This is part of a Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research aimed at advancing theory, research methodology, care, and policy in brain health, aging, and dementia research by making it more inclusive and representative of the diversity of our aging population. The recording of her talk (and others) can be found here, and more information is provided on the Collaboratory's website.
 Dr. Campbell gave a free public webinar on April 30, 2024, entitled, "Unlocking the Aging Mind: How Attention Shapes Memory Across the Lifespan". If you missed it, you can watch a recording here.
 Congratulations to new Campbell lab grad student, Lamis El-Sabaa, who was awarded both an Ontario Graduate Scholarship and Horizon Graduate Scholarship from Brock to fund her MA research. Lamis will be focusing on the relationship between sustained attention and other attention mechanisms across the lifespan for her MA thesis project, as well as the relationship to memory. More information about her research and what drew her to Brock can be found in this recent Brock News story.
 Congratulations to Sarah Henderson on receiving the Wendy Murphy Memorial Award from the Department of Psychology at Brock. This special honour is awarded annually to a student in the department who shows consistent academic excellence and collegiality. Sarah is not only a talented scientist, but a kind and caring individual. She has helped to mentor junior students in the lab and department, organizes our annual 'adopt a family' during the holidays, and volunteered with Therapeutic Paws of Canada for years with her late golden retriever, Ollie. Thank you for all that you do, Sarah!
In addition to some great science, the Campbell lab has been busy this summer with some fun social events. In May, we raised $2,928 for the Alzheimer's Society of Niagara by completing their annual fundraising walk. Every Monday night, you can find a bunch of us playing softball with Niagara Rec Sports (so far, it seems like none of us should quit our day jobs). And in June, we had our annual potluck BBQ - Beechwood donuts & brownies for all!
 Congratulations to Tiago Guardia (centre), Brent Pitchford (left), and Kristen Baker (right) on receiving their PhDs in Psychology at the June, 2023 convocation. Proud supervisors (Karen Arnell, Karen Campbell, and Cathy Mondloch) were also in attendance.
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