M.A. Student
Yusuf is a first year Master of Arts student in the Clinical Psychology program at Toronto Metropolitan University. He joined the CAL Lab in 2023 and previously worked as a research assistant and lab manager at the lab. His MA thesis will examine the effects of acute stress on episodic memory among older adults, and whether temporally delayed effects of stress on memory extend to older adults. Outside of research, Yusuf enjoys to read, go on runs, and golf.
Selected Awards
The CGS-Master’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Federal Award – 09/2025 – 08/2026
Selected Publications
Ghauri, Y., Berlin, G. W., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Zahran, A., Brennan, D. J., Adam, B. D., & Hart, T. A. (2025). Examining longitudinal risk and strengths-based factors associated with depression symptoms among sexual minority men in Canada. Behavioral Sciences, 15(7), 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15070839
Berlin, G. W., Dermody, S. S., Noor, S. W., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Ghauri, Y., Zahran, A., Card, K. G., Lachowsky, N. J., Cox, J., Moore, D. M., Lambert, G., Jollimore, J., Grace, D., Zhang, H., Apelian, H., Sang, J. M., Dvorakova, M., Lal, A., & Hart, T. A. (2024). Minority stress, psychological distress, sexual compulsivity, and avoidance-based motivations associated with methamphetamine use among sexual minority men living with HIV: Examining direct and indirect associations using cross-sectional structural equation modeling. Substance Use & Misuse, 59(11), 1629–1639. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2369159
Selected Presentations
Academic Presentations:
Dicker, J., Yang, L., & Ghauri, Y. (2025, June 11-14). Goal-Framing in Associative and Source Memory for Face-Name Pairs Among Younger and Older Adults [Poster Presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) 2025 Conference, County Kildare, Ireland.
Yang, L., Wong, B., Givetash, S., & Ghauri, Y. (2025, June 11-14). An Item Prelearning Approach in Associative Memory of Younger and Older Adults [Oral Presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) 2025 Conference, County Kildare, Ireland.
Ghauri, Y. & Yang, L. (2024, November 21-24). Usage of High or Low-Level Encoding Strategies and Their Association With Associative Memory in Older and Younger Adults [Poster Presentation]. Psychonomic Society 65th Annual Meeting, New York, New York, USA.
Ghauri, Y., Givetash, S., & Yang, L. (2024, October 24-26). Item Pre-Learning in Memory for Face-Occupation Associations Among Older Adults [Poster Presentation]. Canadian Association on Gerontology 2024 Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ghauri, Y., Berlin, G., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Zahran, A., Kirschbaum, A., Brennan, D. J., Adam, B., & Hart, T. A. (2024, June 21-23). Psychosocial Strengths Buffer the Detrimental Effects of Childhood Abuse and Heterosexism on Symptoms of Depression Among Sexual Minority Men [Oral Presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association 2024 Convention, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Community Engagement:
Bolton., K. & Ghauri, Y. (2024). Mind Games: Use the Force [Interactive Presentation]. Science Rendezvous at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Contact Information
Email: yusuf.ghauri@torontomu.ca