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| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Diamond |
First name: | Adele |
| Address: | Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
2255 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T 2A1 |
Fax: | (604) 822-7232 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | Psychiatry |
| E-mail address: |
adele.diamond@ubc.ca |
BC research location(s): |
Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Hospital)
BC Children's Hospital |
| Web Page: |
http://www.devcogneuro.com/People/AdeleDiamond.htm
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
19/08/2009
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Postdoctorate |
Neuroanatomy |
1985 |
Yale University |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Developmental Psychology |
1983 |
Harvard University |
| Bachelor's |
Psychology; Sociology-Anthropology |
1975 |
Swarthmore College |
| Diploma |
Philosophy of Science |
1972 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Last update: |
05/06/2009
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research topics: |
Executive Functions (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Cognitive Development in Children (Child, Youth and Maternal Health)
Mental Health and Psychopathology in Children and Youth (Child, Youth and Maternal Health)
Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Social Determinants of Child and Youth Development (Child, Youth and Maternal Health) |
| Fields of application: |
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diseases
Education |
| Last update: |
19/08/2009
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Last update: |
19/08/2009
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
cognitive development, cognitive control, prefrontal cortex, attention, dopamine, working memory, developmental disorders, fMRI, executive functions, animal models |
| Research interests: |
The early development of cognitive control functions (incl. cognitive flexibility & inhibition [e.g., selective attention] collectively called executive functions) dependent on prefrontal cortex (PFC). Also the neuroanatomical & neurochemical mechanisms that make those functions possible, esp. the role of PFC & its dopamine projection, & the modulation of those functions by genes & experience. |
| Last update: |
19/08/2009
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
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Volume |
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Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Diamond, A., Briand, L., Fossella, J., & Gehlbach, L. |
| "Genetic and neurochemical modulation of prefrontal cognitive functions in children." |
| 2004 |
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pp. 125-132 |
American Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Diamond, A. |
| "A model system for studying the role of dopamine in prefrontal cortex during early development in humans. [Summarizes 20 year's of work]" |
| 2001 |
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pp. 433-39 |
Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience |
C. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.) |
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press |
| Diamond, A., Prevor, M., Callender, G., & Druin, D.P. |
| "Prefrontal cortex cognitive deficits in children treated early and continuously for PKU." |
| 1997 |
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pp. 1-207 |
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Monograph #252) |
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| Last update: |
05/06/2009
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English, French |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
19/08/2009
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