Samuel Guay

PhD Researcher by day, neuroinformagician by night

sam@guay.dev SamGuay | SamGuay | 0000-0001-6990-839X

Education

PhD in Psychology - Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

2019 - present
Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC.
Supervisor: Louis De Beaumont
  Thesis: Faciliting the identification of athletes at risk of suffering from
  neurodegeneration by defining a distinctive biological signature of the
  long-term effects of repetitive head impacts using multimodal neuroimaging.

PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology

2017 - 2019
Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC.
*Reoriented in a research-only program in 2019

BA in Psychology

2014 - 2017
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC.

Research Experience

Data Steward

Sports & Trauma Applied Research Lab, CIUSSS NÎM Research Centre, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC. 2019 - present
  • Develop workflows and software to standardize big, longitudinal and sentitive data from the acquisition to storage in hospital settings.
  • Convert brain, physiological, and phenotypical data into the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) organizational standard and FAIR data sets.
  • Acquire multimodal neuroimaging data in active and retired athletes with a history of repetitive head impacts.
  • Analyze multimodal neuroimaging data (sMRI, dMRI, QSM, MRS, and PET).

Research Assistant

Sports & Trauma Applied Research Lab, CIUSSS NÎM Research Centre, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC. 2017 - 2019
  • Drafted Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions for new studies
  • Helped optimized analysis pipelines for animal and clinical projects led by other students in the lab
  • Performed quantitative statistical analyses, wrote, and revised manuscripts.
Research Chair on the Neurobiology of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC. 2015 - 2017
  • Principal investigator: Louis De Beaumont
  • Recruited participants and ran behavioral tasks
  • Acquired and analyzed electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) data in patients and controls.
Service de soutien et d’entraide en méthodologie (SESAME), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC. 2015 - 2016
  • Principal investigator: Michael Cantinotti
  • Project: Learning by doing: experience of students involved in the creation of tutorials in quantitative methods in psychology
  • Wrote, created, and taught interactive and didactic contents on statistics.

Languages

Français

English

Skills

Data Analysis & Analytics

  • R - Bash - Python

    • Programming & Systems

  • Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
  • Linux environment - High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Virtualization - Proxmox - Containerization - Docker - Singularity
  • Version control system - Git
  • Static site generators
  • CI/CD

    • Interests

  • #DataOrganization
  • #OpenScience
  • #Outreach
  • #OpenSource
  • #Reproducibility

    • Community Involvement

  • Open Science UMontreal, Co-Founder
  • Brainhack & Brainhack Global, Participant & Organizer
  • Framework for Open & Reproducible Research Training (FORRT), Maintainer
  • dcm2bids, Open-source Maintainer
  • BIDS Extension 36: Phenotypic Data Guidelines, Co-lead

    • Teaching and Mentoring Experience

    Lecturer

    Initiation à la programmation en sciences sociales (FAS1002), Université de Montréal, QC. Fall 2021 - 2022

    Section Leader

    Code In Place, Online / Stanford Engineering, Department of Computer Science, CA. May 2021
    • Led weekly discussion section of students in the 5-week introductory online Python course:
      Code In Place, a free, human-centric, intro-to-coding course in the time of COVID-19.

    Teaching Assistant

    Méthodes en neurosciences cognitives 2 (PSY3018), Université de Montréal, QC. Fall 2018 - 2019 - 2020
    • Introduction to main methods to explore the human and animal nervous system including
      Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI, dMRI, fMRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Optical Imaging.
    • Prof: by Pierre Bellec | Educational material at https://psy3018.github.io

    Instructor

    Certified Carpentries Instructor 2022 - present
    Partager ses analyses sur le Web, La PAUSE Méthode, Online @ Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. 2021
    • 60-min workshop on how to make statistical analyses available online with Git & GitHub.
    Brainhack School, Montreal, QC & Online 2019 & 2020
    • Main organizer of a 4-week long, project-based, transdisciplinary “summer” school in
      Neuroscience, Statistical Modeling and Computer Science.
    Introduction à la science des données sociales avec R, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) by EDUlib. 2020
    • Created ~3 hours of video content and exercises for the chapter I led on Open Science.
    • Course led by Pr. Eric Lacourse.
    Open Science principles and practices, opensciencemooc.eu 2018
    • Co-created and revised the first course on Open Principles of the Open Science MOOC.
    En finir avec l’impuissance statistique, 38e annual conference of the Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Trois-Rivières, QC. 2016
    • 75-min pre-conference workshop on statistical power.

    Mentor

    100 Days of Data.Trek, Online by IVADO 2022
    • Mentored four wonderful trainees for their 100-day training course on data manipulation, computational analysis and machine learning.
    Open Life Science, Online 2020
    Mentoring of students with disabilities, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière, Trois-Rivières, QC. 2016-2017
    • Hired by the University to mentor and tutor students with ADHD, anxiety issues, and learning difficulties through their study journey.

    Science Communication & Volunteer Work

    Coopérative de solidarité de Gallix

    - Gallix, QC.
    2022 - present
    Board administrator, system administrator, and web developer.

    Expo-Sciences

    - QC.
    2016 - present
    Annually judge this science and technology competition open to all young people aged 6 to 20 in Quebec.

    ComSciConQC

    - Online, QC.
    2020
    Co-organized the first ComSciCon annual meeting in Quebec, a 2-day series of science communication workshops.

    BrainReach

    - Montreal, QC.
    2016 - 2020
    Provided neuroscience classes to highschool students and for the Correctional Service of Canada.

    Secured Funding

    CGS - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement for an internship abroad

    6 000$2022
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award

    150 000$2019-2022
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award

    105 000$2019-2022
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    Doctoral Training Award

    84 000$2019-2023
    Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS)

    Masters Training Award

    35 000$2017-2019
    Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS)

    Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters Award (CGS-M)

    17 500$2017-2018
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    Bourse d’accès direct au doctorat depuis le baccalauréat

    30 000$2017-2020
    Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales (FESP) de l’Université de Montréal

    Undergraduate Student Research Award

    10 500$2016
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

    Distinction

    Anne Martin-Matthews Doctoral Prize of Excellence in Research on Aging

    2019
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aging

    Dynamism in Research Award

    2016
    Received at the annual scientific day of the CogNAC research group from UQTR, Trois-Rivières, QC.

    Excellence Awards & Merit Scholarships

    Highest average GPA in Psychology

    300$2016 & 2017
    Psychology Student Association Annual Gala, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    Bourse d’excellence – premier cycle

    2 000$2016 & 2017
    Fondation de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    Bourse d’excellence François Armand Mathieu

    2 500$2016
    Fondation de l’Université du Québec

    Bourse d’excellence – Implication Scolaire

    2 000$2016
    Ma bourse D | Programme Excellence jeunesse Desjardins Mauricie

    Scholarship - Undergraduate studies (Other disciplines)

    1 500$2016
    Fondation Desjardins

    Oral Presentations

    Invited Talks

    Guay, S. (2022). La science ouverte jour et nuit. École d'été 2022 en gestion et analyse des données de masse de sommeil, Centre d'études avancées en médecine du sommeil | Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, QC.
    Guay, S., & Proulx, A. (2021). First steps into Open Science. Unifying Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence in Quebec (UNIQUE) - Student Symposium, Online.
    Guay, S., & Proulx, A. (2020). Parlons science ouverte. Symposium annuel sur la recherche étudiante en sciences infirmières (SARÉSI), Online.
    Guay, S. (2019). La science ouverte: un monde de possibilités | Open science: A World of Possibilities. Global Health Axis and Quebec Population Health Research Network Research days, Montreal, QC.
    Guay, S., & Roskams-Edris, D. (2020). Supporting Science in the Open. The (virtual) NeuroSymposium 2020, Online.
    Guay, S. (2017). Importance des projets de recherche sur les effets à long terme des commotions cérébrales. 6e congrès annuel du Conseil chiropratique des sciences du sport, Trois-Rivières, QC.

    First Author Oral Conference Presentations

    Guay, S., et al. (2019). A White Matter Investigation of the Effects of Subconcussive, Repetitive Head Impacts in Women Athletes. 7th Annual Concussion Research Symposium, Canadian Concussion Center, Toronto, ON.
    Guay, S., et al. (2018). Full-Brain Connectivity Analysis in Healthy Aging Concussed Athletes. 6th Annual Concussion Research Symposium, Canadian Concussion Center, Toronto, ON.
    Guay, S., et al. (2018). Analyse de la connectivité structurelle chez les athlètes commotionnés à la retraite. 40th annual conference of the Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Quebec, QC.
    Guay, S., et al. (2018). Investigation du connectome structurel d’athlètes commotionnés. Annual Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur Scientific Day, Montreal, QC.
    Guay, S., et al. (2016). Effet de la stimulation transcrânienne par courant alternatif (tACS) sur l’activité cérébrale d’athlètes commotionnés. Annual CogNAC Research Group Scientific Day, Trois-Rivières, QC.

    Publications

    Pownall, M., Azevedo, F., [...], Guay, S., [...], & FORRT. (2022). The impact of open and reproducible scholarship on students' scientific literacy, engagement, and attitudes towards science: A review and synthesis of the evidence. MetaArXiv. 10.31222/osf.io/9e526
    Parsons, S., Azevedo, F., Elsherif, M., Guay, S., [...], & Azcel, B. (2022). A Community-Sourced Glossary of Open Scholarship Terms. Nature Human Behaviour. 10.1038/s41562-021-01269-4
    Poulin, P., [...], Guay, S., [...], & Descoteaux, M. (2022). TractoInferno - A large-scale, open-source, multi-site database for machine learning dMRI tractography. Scientific Data. 10.1038/s41597-022-01833-1
    Levitis, E., [...], Guay, S., [...], & Maumet, C. (2021). Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences—An OHBM–Open Science perspective. GigaScience, (8). 10.1093/gigascience/giab051
    Corbin-Berrigan, L., Wagnac, É., Vinet, S., Charlebois-Plante, C., Guay, S., & De Beaumont, L. (2021). Head impacts in canadian varsity football: An exploratory study. Concussion, pp.CNC93. 10.2217/cnc-2020-0024
    De Koninck, B., Guay, S., Blais, H., & De Beaumont, L. (2021). Parametric study of transcranial alternating current stimulation for brain alpha power modulation. Brain Communications, (2). 10.1093/braincomms/fcab010
    Gau, R., [...], Guay, S., [...], & Zuo, X. (2021). Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience. Neuron. 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.001
    Lefebvre, G., Guay, S., [...], & Théoret, H. (2020). Diffusion tensor imaging in contact and non-contact university-level sport athletes. Journal of Neurotrauma. 10.1089/neu.2020.7170
    Corbin-Berrigan, L., Teel, E., Vinet, S., De Koninck, B., Guay, S., Beaulieu, C., & De Beaumont, L. (2020). The use of electroencephalography as an informative tool in assisting early clinical management after sport-related concussion: A systematic review. Neuropsychology Review. 10.1007/s11065-020-09442-8
    Woodley, L., [...], Guay, S., [...], & Vasko, S. (2020). A guide to using virtual events to facilitate community building: Curated resources. Zenodo. 10.5281/ZENODO.4270106

    Publications (continued)

    Massé, I., Moquin, L., Provost, C., Guay, S., Gratton, A., & De Beaumont, L. (2019). A novel and translational rat model of concussion combining force and rotation with in vivo cerebral microdialysis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10.3791/59585
    Azevedo, F., Parsons, S., Micheli, L., Strand, J., Rinke, E., Guay, S., [...], & FORRT (2019). Introducing a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT). preprint . 10.31219/osf.io/bnh7p
    Tennant, J., Caron, B., Havemann, J., Guay, S., Colomb, J., Lantsoght, E., Tóth-Czifra, E., Kriegel, K., Ahinon, J., & Smout, C. (2019). OpenScienceMOOC/module-1-open-principles: Second release. 10.5281/ZENODO.2595951
    Babiloni, A., Guay, S., Nixdorf, D., De Beaumont, L., & Lavigne, G. (2018). Non-invasive brain stimulation in chronic orofacial pain: A systematic review. Journal of Pain Research, , pp.1445-1457. 10.2147/jpr.s168705
    Carrier-Toutant, F., Guay, S., Beaulieu, C., Léveillé, É., Turcotte-Giroux, A., Papineau, S., Brisson, B., D’Hondt, F., & De Beaumont, L. (2018). Effects of repeated concussions and sex on early processing of emotional facial expressions as revealed by electrophysiology. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, (7), pp.673-683. 10.1017/s1355617718000231
    Guay, S., De Beaumont, L., Drisdelle, B., Lina, J., & Jolicoeur, P. (2018). Electrophysiological impact of multiple concussions in asymptomatic athletes: A re-analysis based on alpha activity during a visual-spatial attention task. Neuropsychologia, , pp.42 - 49. 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.11.022
    Massé, I., Moquin, L., Provost, C., Guay, S., Gratton, A., & De Beaumont, L. (2018). In vivo cerebral microdialysis validation of the acute central glutamate response in a translational rat model of concussion combining force and rotation. bioRxiv. 10.1101/432633
    Léveillé, E., Guay, S., Blais, C., Scherzer, P., & De Beaumont, L. (2017). Sex-related differences in emotion recognition in multi-concussed athletes. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, (1), pp.65-77. 10.1017/S1355617716001004
    Guay, S., Gagnon, J., Gélinas, S., & Cantinotti, M. (2016). Introduction à la puissance statistique avec G*Power 3. Service de soutien et d'entraide en méthodologie, Trois-Rivières, QC..

    Outreach

    Talks for the General Public

    Guay, S. (2019). Commotions cérébrales: Un combat multidisciplinaire. Faculté des arts et sciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC., 2019-10-24.
    Guay, S. (2020). Commotions cérébrales: Un combat multidisciplinaire | Sports-related Concussions: A multidisciplinary fight. Collège Stanislas, Montreal, QC., 2020-02-13.
    Guay, S. (2020). Commotions cérébrales: Un combat multidisciplinaire | Sports-related Concussions: A multidisciplinary fight. Collège Stanislas, Montreal, QC., 2020-01-30.

    Interviews

    Guay, S. (2019). Protect ya brain. 2019-10-01, SBC Skateboard Magazine.

    Other types of contributions

    Collaborative blog posts

    Steward, A., Bennett, A., Freeberg, M., Sharan, M., Doherty, M., Guay, S., & Yehudi, Y. (2020). Key skills to know before mentoring. 2020-10-09, Software Sustainability Institute's Blog.
    Lescak, E., Champieux, R., Doherty, M., Laderas, T., Guay, S., Robinson, E., & Bilgin, I. (2021). Supporting Open Research Communities During COVID. 2021-02-05, Code for Science & Society's Blog.

    Panel

    Guay, S., Larivière, V., & Paquin, É. (2019). Démystifier l'accès libre en recherche. 2019-03-25, Bar des sciences, Mois de la recherche de l'Université de Montréal.