Nik Josafatow
MSc Student
Nik is a MSc Neuroscience student who grew up in southern British Columbia and completed his BSc with Great Distinction at the University of Lethbridge in 2022 with a double major in Neuroscience (Honours) and Psychology. Supervised by Dr. Chantel Debert, he is involved in SHRED Concussion’s Blood Biomarker Sub-Study with a focus on BDNF, cortisol, and resilience. Supervised by Dr. Masami Tatsuno, he won an NSERC Undergraduate Research Award in 2021 to fund his summer research investigating memory consolidation – he continued this research as an Honours Thesis. He recently won the HBI Graduate Recruitment Scholarship to fund his MSc.
Awards and Distinctions
2023 Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)
2023 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHRA) CGS-M
2023 Hotchkiss Brain Institute Graduate Recruitment Award
2023 CGS-M Canadian Institutes of Health Research Award