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• Suicide
• Metascience
• Emotion
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Elisha David Klonsky is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Arts. His primary research classification is Clinical Psychology with a secondary focus in Social/Personality Psychology. He directs the Personality, Emotion, and Behaviour Lab (PEBLab) and maintains an active research program while accepting graduate students for the 2023/24 application cycle. Dr. Klonsky earned his PhD from the University of Virginia in 2005. His educational background has positioned him as a leading researcher in clinical psychology, particularly in suicide research. Dr. Klonsky's research interests center on suicide theory, motivations, and the transition from suicidal thoughts to attempts. His work also spans metascience, emotion research, and psychological/clinical assessment. He has developed the influential Three-Step Theory (3ST) of suicide, which operates within an ideation-to-action framework. His research examines how emotional pain, impulsivity, and nonsuicidal self-injury relate to suicidal behavior, with particular interest in developing better assessment tools for clinical practice. Recent work has expanded into metascience, addressing the replication crisis in psychology. His publication record shows consistent high-impact work primarily in suicide research, with recent emphasis on suicide motivations, emotion measurement, and theoretical frameworks. The research demonstrates strong clinical applicability while maintaining rigorous scientific methodology. Dr. Klonsky has received numerous prestigious awards including: UBC Killam Research Prize (2020) Killam Faculty Research Fellowship (2017) American Association of Suicidology: Edwin S. Shneidman Award (2015) Association for Psychological Science Rising Star (2011) David Shakow Early Career Award (2011) American Psychological Association Fellow (2010) Dr. Klonsky has successfully mentored numerous graduate students who have gone on to academic positions at institutions including Old Dominion University, McGill University, Wesleyan University, and Texas Tech University. His research has been supported by significant funding from organizations including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and National Institute of Mental Health. Current projects include studies on suicidality in youth with autism spectrum disorder and advancing the measurement of emotional experience. The Personality, Emotion, and Behaviour Lab maintains active research programs in suicide, emotion, metascience, and related areas, with particular emphasis on developing parsimonious models of suicide and better understanding suicide motivations and warning signs.

Michael CarterView profile

Associate Professor

• Motor Learning
• Sensorimotor Neuroscience
• Decision-Making for Action
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Michael Carter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University, within the Faculty of Science. His research focuses on motor learning, sensorimotor neuroscience, and metascience, particularly examining how decision-making, practice factors, and aging influence skilled action control. He leads the Action, Cognition, and Metascience Lab, which conducts interdisciplinary studies on motor skill acquisition and critiques research practices in kinesiology. Education: PhD in Human Kinetics (University of Ottawa, 2016), MSc and BPhEd from Brock University (2011 and 2008), with a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Queen's University (2016–2017). Teaching: Teaches courses such as Motor Control and Learning (KINESIOL 1E03), Statistical Methods in Kinesiology (KINESIOL 701), and Neurorehabilitation and Robotics (KINESIOL 4TT3). Instructs advanced topics including Scientific Computing for Sensorimotor Neuroscience (KINESIOL 736) and Directed Readings. Research Interests: Investigates how autonomy, feedback schedules, and metascience address biases in motor learning research. Studies include effects of self-controlled practice, external focus of attention, and reproducibility in motor behavior experiments. Awards: No specific awards listed, though his work has been widely cited (e.g., over 61 readers on Mendeley for key papers). Labs/Teams: Leads the Action, Cognition, and Metascience Lab, collaborating on projects like metascience critiques and neural mechanisms of motor control in healthy and clinical populations.

• Quantitative MRI
• Neonatal Brain Development
• Neurological Disorders in Children
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Alexander Mark Weber serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He leads the Weber Lab based at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, where he conducts cutting-edge research using advanced MRI techniques to study infant brain development and neurological disorders. Dr. Weber's research focuses on quantitative MRI applications in neonatal and pediatric populations, with particular expertise in measuring cerebral oxygenation, brain metabolism, and structural development in preterm infants. His work encompasses multiple advanced imaging modalities including magnetic susceptibility mapping, arterial spin labelling, diffusion tensor imaging, and myelin water imaging. He actively promotes open science practices and interdisciplinary collaboration across neuroscience, engineering, and clinical medicine. His recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to understanding oxygen metabolism in preterm neonates, white matter development in infants, and methodological approaches to pediatric neuroimaging. Dr. Weber's research has important clinical implications for early detection of neurological disorders and development of improved treatment strategies for children with brain injuries and developmental conditions. As an active member of the neuroscience community, Dr. Weber collaborates with researchers across institutions and participates in interdisciplinary projects focused on improving pediatric neuroimaging techniques and understanding brain development trajectories. His work bridges engineering, neuroscience, and clinical pediatrics to address critical questions about early brain development and neurological disorders in children.

• Suicide Prevention
• Emotion Regulation
• Personality Disorders
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E. David Klonsky is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia . His research focuses on suicide prevention, emotion regulation, personality disorders, and clinical assessment, often intersecting within the Ideation-to-Action Framework and the Three-Step Theory (3ST) of suicide. Education: PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Virginia (2005) Research Interests include suicide, borderline personality disorder (BPD), nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and metascience, with a particular emphasis on developing parsimonious models for suicide risk assessment and understanding emotional dysregulation mechanisms. His lab has contributed to tools like the Multidimensional Emotion Questionnaire (MEQ) and the Inventory of Motivations for Suicide Attempts (IMSA) . Scientific Awards and honors include the UBC Killam Research Prize (2020) , Killam Faculty Research Fellowship (2017) , and the American Association of Suicidology Edwin S. Shneidman Award (2015) . He has also received early career recognition from the American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science . Graduate Supervision highlights his mentorship of students like Arezoo Shahnaz , Mikayla Pachkowski , and Titania Dixon-Luinenburg , with former students transitioning to academic roles at institutions like Old Dominion University and McGill University.

Stathis PsillosView profile

Professor

• Philosophy of Science
• Metaphysics
• History of Philosophy
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Stathis Psillos is a Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics at the Department of Philosophy & History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds a PhD from King’s College London (1994) and has held research fellowships at the London School of Economics. He is a founding member and first President of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), editor of Metascience , and member of l’Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS). His work focuses on scientific realism, causation, explanation, and the history of philosophy of science. Key contributions include articulating a neo-Humean empiricist framework for scientific realism, reinterpreting structural realism, and analyzing historical cases like Perrin’s molecular experiments. He has authored 8 books and over 100 papers, including award-winning works on causation and explanation. Psillos’ research integrates epistemological optimism with metaphysical austerity, challenging neo-Aristotelian approaches. His edited volumes, such as The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Science (with Martin Curd), are seminal resources in the field. Education: Physics degree, University of Patras (Greece) MSc in History and Philosophy of Science, King’s College London (1990) PhD in Philosophy of Science, King’s College London (1994) Awards: BSPS Presidents’ Award (2004) AIPS Membership (2008) Routledge Companion (Choice Outstanding Title, 2008) Grants/Advising: Over 120 invited talks worldwide, co-chair of 2008 Seoul World Congress of Philosophy’s philosophy of science program.