Meet Our Researchers
Meet the team members that works in the Stroke and Cognition Research Group
Principal Investigator
The founder and head of our operations
Philip Barber
Dr. Philip A. Barber is an Associate Professor of Neurology in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary where he co-directs the Stroke Prevention Clinic and is a member of the Calgary Stroke Program. Dr. Barber’s major interests are dementia and infarct maturation.
As the Principal Investigator of the PREVENT study, Dr. Barber aims to detect dementia in subjects at risk of the condition many years before it develops. By taking this approach, we hope to be able to do something about it at the earliest opportunity.
Dr. Barber enjoys the outdoors with his family during his free time. He is usually so invested in his work that he forgets to switch on his office lights after sunset and works in the dark, using his laptop as the only source of light!
Research Assistants
Dhanae Mogan
Dhanae is an undergraduate student at the University of Calgary, where she is working towards getting her Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. She fell in love with research after joining Dr. Barber’s lab and the PREVENT team in 2022 as a summer student. Dhanae also loves working with people, especially kids. Her goal is to become a child psychologist, so she can help develop physical health-based interventions for neurodivergent students. In her free time, Dhanae enjoys playing piano with her band from church, bouldering, and hiking. She also loves reading fantasy and fairytale retellings, and she is always looking for her new favourite book.