Vaibhav A Diwadkar (ax3112)
University information
Contact information
Brain Imaging Research Division
Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Professor
Specialty:
- Network analyses of fMRI signals and understanding the relevance of brain network dysfunction for psychiatric illnesses and its precursors.
Research Interests
- Schizophrenia
- Mood Disorders
- Adolescent Risk for Psychiatric Disease
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Brain Network Function
B.A. Coe College, Iowa
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Training
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging, Carnegie Mellon University
NIMH T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Child Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Anxiety/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD),Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders, Adolescent Risk for Psychiatric Disease, Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Brain Network Function
Translational Neuroscience Program
Using imaging to study the functional organization of cortico-striatal and cortico-limbic networks in normal development and to understand dysfunction in these circuits in vulnerable and disordered adolescent populations.
Disease/Disorder
Schizophrenia and mood disorders.
Species
Human
Methods
fMRI and neuropsychology tests.
Key Collaborators
Jeffrey Stanley, Nash Boutros, Bob Freedman, David Rosenberg, Otto Muzik, Harry Chugani, Diane Chugani, Joseph Jacobson, Sandra Jacobson
Courses taught by Vaibhav A Diwadkar
Fall Term 2024 (future)
Winter Term 2024 (current)
- PYC7140 - Fundamentals of Neuroimaging
- PYC7515 - Advanced Topics: Imaging, Neurodevelopment and Psychiatric Disorders
- PYC7890 - Research Seminar