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Todd Woodward

Professor
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Professor
Research Focus
Brain and Nerves Diagnostic Imaging Mental Health and BehaviourSchizophrenia
Degrees / Designations

B.Sc., MA, PhD

Contact Info
todd.woodward@ubc.ca
604-875-2000 ext.4724

Biography

Dr. Todd Woodward is a full member of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, a professor in the University of British Columbia's Department of Psychiatry, a research scientist with the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute and a centre investigator with the Brain Research Centre.

The objective of Dr. Woodward’s research program is to gain a functional and anatomical understanding of the functional brain networks that underlie the primary symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia. Three lines of research are being pursued. First, the cognitive correlates of the symptoms of psychosis are being explored by way of originally designed cognitive paradigms assessing specific aspects of memory and reasoning. Translation of these results back to people with schizophrenia in a group setting have led to a promising treatment program called metacognitive training (MCT). Second, functional neuroimaging (e.g. fMRI, EEG, MEG) is being utilized to identify the neural underpinnings of these cognitive functions, and how their dysfunction manifests as the symptoms of psychosis, and how they are affected by MCT. Finally, software is being developed for multivariate analysis of functional neuroimaging data (fMRI-CPCA and MEG-CPCA).

Research Studies

Diagnostic Imaging, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Brain and Nerves, Mental Health and Behaviour

Improving our understanding of functioning in psychosis

Brain, Schizophrenia

Contrasting Group Therapy Methods for Psychosis (MCT)

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