Resume

Publications

Valevicius, D, Lépine Lopez, A, Diushekeeva, A, Lee, AC, and Roy, M (2023). Emotional responses to favorite and relaxing music predict music-induced hypoalgesia. Frontiers in Pain Research, 4, 1210572. DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1210572

Featured in The Guardian, CNN, The Times, CBC The Current, and CBC Quirks and Quarks.

Valevicius, D, Beck, N, Kasper, L, Boroday, S, Bayer, J, Rioux, P, … and Khalili-Mahani, N (2023). Web-based processing of physiological noise in fMRI: addition of the PhysIO toolbox to CBRAIN. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 17. DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2023.1251023

Education

PhD Neuroscience

Developing a real-time fMRI protocol for evolving affective images.

University of Montreal
2023 - present

MSc Neuroscience

Studying the effects of music listening on pain perception.

McGill University
2020-2021

BASc Honours Cognitive Science

Minor in History and Philosophy of Science
McGill University
2017-2020

Professional experience

Program Assistant

Mentorship, website management, and creative programming for an intersciplicary research hub at McGill University.

Building 21, McGill University
2021-present

Research Software Developer

Improving accessibility, reproducibility, and ease-of-use of fMRI preprocessing tools on an online high-performance computing platform, CBRAIN.

Montreal Neurological Institute
2021-2023

Research Assistant

Developing a handbook on psychometrics for youth mental health clinicians and administrators in Canada.

Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
2019-2021