PhD, University of New Brunswick, 2009
BA, University of British Columbia, 2000.

Areas of Specialization: Autism, Developmental Delays, Child Psychology.

Dr. Azarbehi has over a decade of experience working as a researcher and therapist within the field of Autism. She comes to Tyndale having spent the last two years completing her training to become a child psychologist in Toronto area hospitals working with young children with a wide range of developmental challenges. Prior to her move to Toronto, as a member of the New Brunswick Autism Steering Committee, she helped to secure funding for, create, and run a province-wide autism intervention training program. Dr. Azarbehi’s research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of early autism intervention programs.

PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary (School of Psychology), 2003
MA, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2003
MS, Fuller Theological Seminary (School of Psychology), 2001
BSc (Hons), University of Toronto, 1996

Areas of Specialization: Marital and Family Therapy

Dr Noh’s area of specialization in both clinical practice and research is in the area of Marriage and Family Therapy. She completed her internship at Glen Roberts Child Study Center and Verdugo Mental Health, in Southern California, working with children, adults, and families, dealing with mental health issues, including depressive and anxiety disorders, ADHD, and PTSD, as well as family system issues, such as marriage and parenting. Her areas of research interest include Applied Psychology and Counseling with an emphasis on the integration of psychology, theology and spirituality.

PhD, Cornell University, 2007 (NY, USA)
MA, Cornell University, 2004 (NY, USA)
BA, Yonsei University, 2001 (Seoul, South Korea)

Areas of Specialization: Developmental Psychology; Bilingualism; Language Development; Executive Functions; Literacy; Psychology of Language

Dr. Sujin Yang did her undergraduate studies in Spanish and English (Literature and Linguistics) in Seoul, South Korea. Since attaining her Ph.D. and MA in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University (USA), she completed postdoctoral training at the National University of Singapore (Singapore), University of Toronto Scarborough (Canada) and York University (Canada) working in labs specializing in bilingualism, language development, and literacy. She has designed and carried out a multi-disciplinary research program with approaches from various disciplines—developmental, cognitive, experimental, and cross-cultural psychology—to investigate a variety of higher-order cognitive functions (e.g., inhibitory control, working memory, cognitive flexibility, planning, and monitoring abilities) considering how language learning experience (i.e., bilingualism) modulates the development of these functions in children and adults.