Preeti Kar

Preeti Kar, Ph.D.
Calgary, Alberta

Preeti completed her Ph.D. (2021) at the University of Calgary with the supervision of Dr. Catherine Lebel, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia. Her research through her training focused on understanding how various prenatal and postnatal experiences impact brain and behavioural development in children. Alongside her research, Preeti has worked as a behaviour therapist with children with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. She is passionate about family/community engagement in research and knowledge translation holding roles with the Calgary Fetal Alcohol Network, Autism Alliance of Canada, and the Policy Advisory Research Trainee (PART) committee for Kids Brain Health Network. Currently, Preeti is a medical student at the University of Calgary with the long-term career goal of being a clinician-scientist in the field of neurodevelopment.