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NeuroViva
Our Team

The people behind NeuroViva

A small team spanning research, rehabilitation, business, and technology — working together to make healthy aging solutions practical and accessible.

Portrait of Dr. Eleni Stroulia

Dr. Eleni Stroulia

President

Full Professor, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta

Her research addresses real-world problems with digital technologies, relying on artificial intelligence and machine-learning methods.

Portrait of Dr. Farnaz Koubasi

Dr. Farnaz Koubasi

CEO

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta

Coordinates the team and its research-to-practice work, connecting studies with the communities they serve.

Portrait of Dr. Victor Fernandez Cervantes

Dr. Victor Fernandez Cervantes

Tech Lead

Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta

Victor is the Founder of Virtual Gym and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Computing Science Department of the University of Alberta. He designed and built the Virtual Gym VR games.

Portrait of Dr. Sharon Barker

Dr. Sharon Barker

Business Consultant

PhD (Molecular Oncology), MBA, DipACLM · Health and Medical Innovation Consultant, Measured Success Consulting Inc

With over 20 years of experience helping health and medical innovators advance discoveries into products, she has worked with hundreds of companies on strategy, capital, and partnerships.

Portrait of Vardan Saini

Vardan Saini

Software Engineer

Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta

Focuses on machine learning, software engineering, games, and AI. Designs and builds the web platform and maintains its infrastructure.

Portrait of Harshita Ajmani

Harshita Ajmani

Unity Developer

Graduate Student, Multimedia Program, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta

Works as a Unity developer on the Virtual Gym project under the guidance of Dr. Victor Fernandez.