Puberty and hormones | Dr. Ayesha Khan | TEDxMcMasterU

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Dr. Ayesha Khan discusses her scientific research experiences based on the Scientific Manifesto, specifically how hormonal factors influence behaviour. Play, a childhood routine, can be analogous to lab routines, such that anyone can "aspire for novelty even in the face of routine."

Dr. Ayesha Khan has completed her doctorate in behavioural endocrinology under the supervision of Dr. Denys deCatanzaro in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). She is interested in how environmental factors such as maternal diet and hormonal exposure during pregnancy and social factors such as presence of non-related adult males during post-natal development influence time to sexual maturity in young females. She has published in journals such as Reproduction, Physiology & Behavior, Reproduction, Fertility and Development, Hormones and Behavior, and Hormone and Metabolic Research. Following the completion of lecturer appointments for several terms at the University of Toronto (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) and at Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), she has now been appointed as a cross-listed Assistant Professor between the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour and the Life Sciences Program at McMaster University.

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