Professor
      Focus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Catherine
      Ryan
      Professor
      of
      Psychology
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      of
      you
      may
      not
      be
      familiar
      with
      Dr.
      Cathy
     
     
      Ryan’s
      name
      because
      she
      is
      new
      to
      U.P.E.I.’s
     
     
      psychology
      Department.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Ryan
      received
      her
      Bachelors
      of
      Science
      Degree
      in
     
     
      biology
      and
      psychology
      form
      St.
      Marys
      University.
     
     
      At
      Charlton
      University,
      she
      got
      her
      Masters
      Degree
     
     
      and
      PhD
      in
      psychology.
      After
      that,
      Dr.
      Ryan
      spent
     
     
      two
      years
      at
      Dalhousie
      University
      as
      a
      doctoral
     
     
      fellow,
      where
      she
      would
      do
      work
      and
      demonstrations
     
     
      in
      the
      research
      lab.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      demonstrating
      in
      the
      lab,
      Dr.
      Ryan
      became
     
     
      interested
      in
      teaching.
      She
      enjoyed
      the
      environment
     
     
      and
      liked
      to
      tell
      the
      students
      about
      the
      lab
      research.
     
     
      The
      students
      inputs,
      she
      thought,
      gave
      new
      ways
      to
     
     
      look
      at
      the
      topic.
      Ina
      few
      months,
      when
      she
      gets
     
     
      started
      on
      her
      research
      on
      the
      effects
      of
      drugs
      on
      the
     
     
      development
      of
      the
      brain
      and
      behaviour,
      she
      will
      be
     
     
      pleased
      to
      hear
      her
      psychology
      students
      inputs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      research,
      that
      Dr.
      Ryan
      is
      planning,
      will
      use
     
     
      animal
      models.
      She
      will
      examine
      the
      effects
      of
     
     
      alcohol,
      valium,
      and
      anti-hyperactive
      drugs
      on
      these
     
     
      models.
      She
      wants
      to
      see
      how
      prenatal
      exposure
      to
     
     
      these
      drugs
      willalter
      brain
      development
      and
     
     
      behaviour.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      are
      Dr.
      Ryans
      interest
      outside
      of
      U.P.E.I.?
      She
     
     
      said
      that
      she
      likes
      to
      do
      the
      usual
      things
      reading,
     
     
      listening
      to
      music,
      and
      going
      to
      the
      movies.
      Dr.
      Ryan
     
     
      also
      said
      that
      she
      is
      an
      amateur
      squash
      player,
      an
     
     
      amateur
      photographer
      of
      different
      subjects,
      and
      an
     
     
      amateur
      bird
      watcher.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Finally,
      to
      the
      psychology
      majors,
      Dr.
      Ryan's
     
     
      advises:
      Work
      hard,
      and
      try
      to
      set
      your
      goals
      early,
     
     
      weather
      or
      not
      to
      do
      an
      honours
      degree
      or
      to
      go
      to
     
     
      undergraduate
      school.
      Also,
      not
      to
      be
      afraid
      of
     
     
      talking
      to
      professors
      about
      how
      to
      get
      into
      one
      of
     
     
      these
      programs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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