Marilyn Jones-Gotman, PhD

Marilyn Jones-Gotman
Montreal Neurological Institute
3801 University Street
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2B4
(514) 398-8907

Dr. Jones-Gotman is Professor in McGill University's Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, with an associate appointment in the Psychology Department. She is also the Coordinator of the Neuropsychology Epilepsy Service of the Montreal Neurological Hospital, thus dividing her time and attentions between clinical work in neuropsychology, research and teaching. In addition to research in the chemical senses, broadly she seeks to understand how the brain functions during learning and how learning mechanisms differ as a function of differing task requirements and stimulus types. Arising from a marriage between her clinical activities and research interests, Dr. Jones-Gotman has also engaged in developing neuropsychological tests, several of which have been adopted by other neuropsychologists around the world.

September, 08.........................................

Laura Rudy joins the Dr. Jones-Gotman lab as a Research Assistant.

July, 08 .................................................

Jelena Djordevic and Julie Boyle attend an international chemical senses conference (AChemS and ISOT) in San Francisco.

June, 08..................................................

Julie Boyle receives a doctoral scholarship from the Foundation for Research in Health, lasting until June 2011.

May, 08..................................................

Marilyn Jones-Gotman, Viviane Sziklas and Jelena Djordjevic receive a Centre of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR) grant for standardization of the MNI epilepsy test battery. This grant is shared with Alain Ptito and Lesley Fellows, for development and standardization of their test batteries.

Viviane Sziklas and Marilyn Jones-Gotman receive a second CECR grant for an fMRI study of patients during learning and retention of novel and familiar, verbal and nonverbal material.

April, 08..................................................

Jelena Djordjevic is awarded the NSERC grant (2008-2013) "Studies of Pleasantness and Unpleasantness in Olfaction" for her studies in the psychophysical and functional neuroimaging studies of pleasant and unpleasant odors.

March, 08...............................................

Sarah Banks receives a postdoctoral scholarship from the Savoy Foundation to fund her research into the effects of temporal lobe epilepsy and surgery on cognitive aging.

Marilyn Jones-Gotman and Jelena Djordevic are awarded a grant from the Savoy Foundation to refine tests and perform a pilot study for a later project on memory in patients with temporal-lobe epilepsy. This grant will begin July 1st 2008.

February, 08............................................

Sandra Pouliot starts a new job as a neuropsychologist at the Centre de Réadaptation Le Boulier in l'Assomption, Quebec . In November she successfully defended her thesis. Congratulations to Dr. Pouliot!