11 Facts About Regan Mandryk

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Regan Lee Mandryk is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Regan Mandryk earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Winnipeg in 1997.

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Regan Mandryk completed her Master's degree and PhD at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.

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Regan Mandryk was awarded the 2005 Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal in Applied Sciences and was nominated for the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award.

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Regan Mandryk then completed post-doctoral fellowships at the University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University.

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Regan Mandryk had originally never looked at the university for she had no family connections to Saskatoon but was convinced by Gutwin's work.

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In January 2015, Regan Mandryk was selected as an inaugural member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

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Regan Mandryk later received the University of Saskatchewan's New Researcher Award.

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Regan Mandryk received a $1.65 million grant to create a graduate program in game-user research for the Saskatchewan Waterloo Games User Research Initiative.

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Regan Mandryk later began researching whether video games could be used to assess mental health.

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Regan Mandryk said that due to social isolation, children were missing out on interactions with their friends and video games were a way to socialize.