Calancie | Department of Ophthalmology | School of Medicine

Dr. Olivia Calancie MD, PhD

Position(s)

Resident—PGY-1

Contact Info

• Medical students wishing to arrange to observe/assist/shadow are kindly asked to contact the Postgraduate Program Assistant, Shauna Vinkle: sv58@queensu.ca

• All medical inquiries should go through the clinic where you arranged your appointment

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Queen’s University (2025)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Center for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University (2023)
Bachelor of Science Honours (BScH), Major in Psychology, Queen’s University(2016)

Research Publications

Pitigoi I, Brien D, Riek H, Noyes B, Yep R, Calancie O, Kirkpatrick R, Coe B, Morningstar M, & Munoz D. (2025). Learning to blink strategically is crucial to performance in the interleaved pro-/anti-saccade task and varies across the lifespan. [Under review]
Branyiczky M, Soncin S, Calancie O, Brien D, Coe B, & Munoz D. (2024). Analysis of temporal saccade prediction in Parkinson’s Disease using video-based eye tracking. McMaster University Medical Journal.
Calancie O, Parr A, Brien D, Coe B, Booij L, Khalid-Khan S, & Munoz D. (2024). Impairment of visual fixation and preparatory saccade control in borderline personality disorder with and without co-morbid Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. DOI: /10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.003
Pitigoi I, Coe B, Calancie O, Brien D, Yep R, Riek H, Kirkpatrick R, Noyes B, White B, Blohm G, & Munoz D. (2024). Attentional modulation of eye blinking is altered by sex, age, and task structure. ENeuro. DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0296-23.2024
Huang J, Smorenburg M, Yep R, Riek H, Calancie O, Kirkpatrick R, Brien D, Coe B, Wang CA, & Munoz, D. (2024). Age-related changes in pupil dynamics and task modulation across the healthy lifespan. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Perception Science. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1445727
Calancie O, Parr A, Brien D, Huang J, Pitigoi I, Coe B, Booij L, Khalid-Khan S, & Munoz D. (2023). Motor synchronization and impulsivity in pediatric borderline personality disorder with and without Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: an eye-tracking study of saccade, blink and pupil behavior. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Visual Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1179765
Yep R, Smorenburg M, Riek H, Calancie O, Kirkpatrick R, Perkins J, ... & Munoz D. (2022). Interleaved pro/anti-saccade behavior across the lifespan. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Neurocognitive Aging and Behavior. DOI:10.3389/fnagi.2022.842549
Calancie O, Brien D, Huang J, Coe B, Booij L, Khalid-Khan S, & Munoz D. (2022). Maturation of temporal saccade prediction from childhood to adulthood: Predictive saccades, reduced pupil size, and blink synchronization. Journal of Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0837-21.2021
Calancie O, Khalid‐Khan S, Booij L, & Munoz, D. (2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD: current neurobiological theories and a new hypothesis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13882

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