Neuroscience / Cognitive Science
Cell biology, genetics, model systems, development of the nervous system, glia, barriers in the body
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), genetics, neurobiology, brain imaging, mental health

Synapse biology, neuroscience, neurodevelopmental biology, cellular and molecular approaches

eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID, phobia, emetophobia, obesity, neurofeedback, LORETA neurofeedback, concussion treatment
Sensorimotor physiology, vestibular, standing balance, perception, whiplash, neck, robotics

Brain, neuroscience, rehabilitation, neuroplasticity, learning, motor learning, stroke, educational neuroplasticity, MRI, functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation, healthy aging, exercise
Gambling, problem gambling, addiction, decision-making, reward, cognitive neuroscience
Fatigue, balance, aging, vestibular system, motor control, sensorimotor, neuromuscular physiology, endurance, neurophysiology

developmental cognitive neuroscience, learning abilities, memory, perception (audition and vision),

Dopamine, reward, decision making, cognitive flexibility, frontal lobes, addiction,

brain imaging, clinical neuroscience, computational psychiatry, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mood disorders

Visual perception, haptic perception, audition, gustation, olfaction, cognition, evolutionary psychology, ecological approach to perception, public education about blindness, psychological aspects of advocacy, rehabilitation, health, stress management, picture perception, wellness, blindness, guide dog training, drawing development

women’s health, perinatal depression, sex differences, sex and gender based analysis (SGBA), stress; sex hormones, estrogens, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, cognition, hippocampus,

Genetic counselling, genetic counseling, psychiatry, mental illness, postpartum depression, reproductive mental health, prenatal genetic screening, Down syndrome, disability, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, antidepressants, antidepressant use in pregnancy, decision making in pregnancy, human genome, gene mutation

Ethics, brain, biomedicine, bioethics, neuroscience,
Dr. Illes is a world-reknowned pioneer of the field of neuroethics that was formally established in early 2000 to directly align biomedical ethics with neuroscience in research, clinical practice, and the commercialization of brain health. She received her PhD from Stanford University, and holds faculty appointments at UBC, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Clare Hall at Cambridge University in England. She is co-lead of the Canadian Brain Research Strategy of the International Brain Initiative, and sits on numerous advisory boards, including the Standing Committee on Ethics and the Institute for Neuroscience Mental Health and Addiction of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She also is a newly appointed Director-at-Large of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. Illes is often asked to provide expert consultation and testimony on ethics matters involving conflict of interest, neuroprivacy, and ownership of research data, governance, and regulation. She received the Order of Canada, the country’s highest citizen award, in 2017.
Movement, control, balance, equilibrium, spinal cord, vestibular, neuroscience, physical therapy

aging, older adults, exercise, men, women, sex-specific age-related decline, community exercise, chronic disease, inactivity, neuroscience, STEM Outreach, Youth engagement

Spinal cord injury , rehabilitation, autonomic dysfunctions
Seasonal affective disorder, winter depression, antidepressants, light therapy, depression, clinical guidelines, circadian rhythms, melatonin, serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline, tryptophan, cognition, technology, eHealth, mHealth, guidelines, biomarkers, diagnosis, internet, mental illness
Walking, spinal cord injury, physical therapy, rehabilitation, movement, neuroscience