THE WiNTER LAB
WELCOME TO THE WiNTER LAB
The Winston Neuroimaging and Translational Epilepsy Research Laboratory
About the Lab
The Winston Neuroimaging and Translational Epilepsy Research Laboratory (WiNTER Lab) was founded to improve the understanding of the comorbidities of epilepsy and the diagnosis and surgical treatment of people with epilepsy primarily through neuroimaging techniques and translation into clinical practice. This has developed into employing more multimodal approaches, including robotic technology, neuropsychology, EEG and machine learning.
The lab moved to the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University in 2019 having previously been at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in London, UK. We work closely with Kingston Health Sciences Centre District Epilepsy Centre and have active collaborations with the School of Computing at Queen’s University, as well as within and outside Canada.
LAB NEWS
Our Recent Highlights
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
A post-doctoral level research position is available for a Connected Minds funded project: Development and Validation of a Technologically Advanced, Clinically-Effective, Socio-Ethically-Responsible Wearable EEG System for Personalized Epilepsy Management.
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CLAE-LCCE 2025
The WiNTER lab attended the CLAE LCCE Annual Scientific Meeting in Calgary, Alberta, from Oct 24 to 26th, 2025.
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Presenters included MSc students Aikam Rai and Matthew Suppa Modrusan, and former 4th year undergrade project students Alice Smith (presenting on behalf of herself and Shaniya Patrick), Danielle Joyce, and Kristen Kyone.
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RECENT AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
We are proud to announce funding of our Connected Minds Team grant proposal "A Wearable EEG for Personalized Epilepsy Management". This joint project with co-PI Dr. Hossein Kassiri (Neuro-IC lab) aims to develop a wearable EEG device designed for clinical accuracy, long-term comfort, and ethical use in everyday environments.
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Congratulations to Theo Aliyianis on publishing the review he wrote during his MSc @QueensU_CNS on the effect of cognitive impairment on quality-of-life in people with epilepsy @QueensuDOM
WELCOME NEW LAB MEMBERS!
PhD. candidate Reza Jahantigh joins the Wearable EEG (Connected Minds) project, co-supervised by Dr. Winston in CNS and Dr. Ali Etemad in Electrical and Computer Eng. at Queen's.
In May, 2025, Dr. Amin Jalali joins as a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in AI and deep learning methods for neuroimaging.
PhD. candidate Amr Mustafa has studied EEG and completed a MSc in AI and data science and joins the First Seizure study.