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Sherain Harricharan, PhD (she/her/hers)

Clinical Psychology Graduate Student
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sherain Harricharan is currently pursuing her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from McMaster University under the supervision of Dr. Margaret McKinnon. She previously received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Medical Sciences at Western University, and then went on to complete her doctoral degree in Neuroscience at Western with Dr. Ruth Lanius in 2019. From 2020-2022, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at McMaster University in collaboration with Homewood Research Institute. Her research focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder, using neuroimaging to study how pathways in the brain are altered as a function of trauma and dissociation. In particular, she studies how sensory processing in the mind and body impact cognitive functioning, including emotion regulation and social engagement, which she is continuing to study for her second thesis project. She has co-authored 19 publications, 5 of which she is listed as first author, where her work largely focuses on how subcortical structures are key to understanding bottom-up therapeutic modalities studied tailored for trauma. She has been afforded the opportunity to speak about her research at numerous international conferences, including those for the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. In 2024, she was listed as the recipient of the David Caul Award by the International Society of Study for Trauma and Dissociation, which recognizes graduate students that study dissociation. Sherain is dedicated to exploring how sensory input can be incorporated into psychological treatment for traumatized individuals and is interested in identifying neural correlates associated with sensorimotor interventions that emphasize the mind-body connection.

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