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Ms. Katarina Dedovic BSc, MSc

Dedovic, Katarina
  • Position : PhD Candidate
  • Institution : University of California
  • Department : Psychology
  • Location : Los Angeles, California, USA
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Main Research Focus

Depression, Neuroimaging, Psychoneuroendocrinology.   The goal of my research endeavors to date is to examine and understand processes underlying stress regulation in healthy individuals as well as in vulnerable populations. Specific focus of my PhD work is to investigate whether pre-existing abnormalities in brain structure and function can contribute to the development of major depression.

Career

Awards

 

2008            Alma Mater Student Fellowship, McGill University

2006            Doctoral Research Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2006            Summer School Travel Stipend, Vivian Smith Advanced Studies Institute Stipend, International Neuropsychologicial Society

2006            Poster Award, Montreal Neurological Insitute

2004            Alma Mater Travel Award, McGill University

2003            Training Program Stipend, McGill Program for the Study of  Behavior, Genes and Environment

Publication Highlights

 

Dedovic K, D'Aguiar C, Pruessner JC. (2009) What stress does to your brain: a review of neuroimaging studies. Can J Psychiatry. Jan;54(1):6-15.

Dedovic K, Wadiwalla M, Engert V, Pruessner JC. (2009) The role of sex and gender socialization in stress reactivity. Developmental Psychology, Jan;45(1):45-55.

Pruessner JC, Dedovic K, Khalili-Mahani N, Engert V, Pruessner M, Buss C, Renwick R, Dagher A, Meaney MJ, Lupien S. (2008) Deactivation of the limbic system during acute psychosocial stress: evidence from positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging studies. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Jan 15;63(2):234-40.

Dedovic K, Renwick R, Mahani NK, Engert V, Lupien SJ, Pruessner JC. (2005) The Montreal Imaging Stress Task: using functional imaging to investigate the effects of perceiving and processing psychosocial stress in the human brain. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2005 Sep;30(5):319-25.

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