We believe that our science is better with a diverse team.

This diversity is not just reflected in our differences in background, training, and research interests. We embrace and encourage our lab members’ differences in sociocultural identity including, but not limited to, age, race, ability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and other characteristics that make our lab members who they are.

We are committed to neuroscience that is socially responsive, culturally grounded, and informed by principles of justice and community partnership.  

We value collaborative science across disciplines, institutions, and communities, and actively seek shared expertise, open dialogue, and constructive feedback to strengthen both rigor and impact. 

We aim to translate research into accessible and usable forms that can be shared with communities, stakeholders, and policy contexts. We value making scientific knowledge understandable, usable, and impactful beyond academic settings.

We are mindful of the environmental impact of our research and aim to use computational, financial, and material resources responsibly, with consideration for both present and future generations.

We are committed to making our science open. We led the development of the Simon Fraser University’s Open Science and Open Scholarship Principles, and we uphold these guiding principles through the following practices:  

• Sharing reproducible pipelines and code  

• Sharing data and derivatives when ethically and legally appropriate 

• Completing project reviews to ensure adherence to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles 

• Publishing preprints prior to formal publication 

• Acknowledging and crediting the contributions and ideas of others in our work 

• Openly sharing training materials & curricula 

• Working on increasing public engagement in research