Rebekah Wickens
PET Imaging Research at The Montreal Neurological Institute
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolRebekah Wickens is a PET imaging researcher and clinical neuropsychology PhD student at the Montreal Neurological Institute with nine years of research and clinical experience studying neurodegenerative and injury-related disorders. Her current work focuses on PET imaging of individuals with REM-sleep behaviour disorder under Drs. Jean-François Gagnon and Marc-André Bédard, building on MSc and BSc(Hons) training in brain and behaviour from Queen’s University where she investigated dopamine and reward systems. She combines hands-on neuroimaging expertise with clinical neuropsychological assessment experience across major Montreal hospitals and research programs, including open-science fixed-battery assessments for Parkinson studies. Known for bridging rigorous research methods with patient-facing assessment, she has contributed to lab management and research coordination in pain, movement, and brain injury contexts. Based in Montreal, she brings a blend of technical PET knowledge, clinical practicum experience, and a sustained commitment to translational neuroscience.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
MSc, Psychology (Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science specialization), MSc, Psychology (Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science specialization) at Queen's UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Clinical Neuropsychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Clinical Neuropsychology at Université du Québec à MontréalHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Phillips Academy Andover
English, French
Github Skills (29)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mtl-brainhack-school-2019/rwickens-sMRI-PET
Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
Structural MRI
Contributions:1 PR, 183 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
mristructuralbidsstructural-mri
rwickens/automate_PET
Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:73 commits, 68 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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