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IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Last name:Woodward First name:Todd S
Address:Room 2N9 Detweiller Pavillion
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
2255 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T  1Z3
Fax:(604) 875-3871
BC academic affiliation:University of British Columbia
Department:Medicine, Psychiatry
E-mail address: todd.woodward@ubc.ca BC research location(s): University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus
Web Page: http://www3.telus.net/Todd_S_Woodward
MSFHR Research Unit(s):
Status:Researcher
Last update: 13/08/2010


TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Diploma / Credentials Specialty Year Institution
Postdoctorate Cognitive Psychology, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychiatry 2003   The University of British Columbia
Doctorate (PhD) Experimental Neuropsychology 1999   University of Victoria
Master's Multivariate Statistics, Neuropsychology 1993   University of Victoria
Bachelor's, Honours Neuropsychology 1989   University of Victoria
Last update: 07/11/2007


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Area of research: Human and social sciences
Disciplines trained in: Psychology
Research disciplines: Psychology
Psychiatry
Research topics: Schizophrenia (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Cognition and Language (Living Organisms)
Learning and Memory (Living Organisms)
Executive Functions (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Fields of application: Biomedical Aspects of Human Health
Last update: 13/08/2010


TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Technological applications: Radiology / Imaging
Last update: 13/08/2010


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise.
Key words: Schizophrenia, Schizotypy, Functional Neuroimaging, Cognition, Neuropsychology, Statistical Methodology
Research interests: 1) mapping the neural systems underlying the symptoms of schizophrenia, 2) identifying the dysfunction of those systems, and 3) teaching patients to retrain those dysfunctional systems. Accomplished by: 1) using functional brain imaging (see proposal), 2) interpreting originally designed cognitive tests, and 3) applying our originally developed metacognitive training program, respectively.
Last update: 13/08/2010


RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Authors
Title (article or book chapter)
Year Volume Number Pages Journal or book Editors City and publishing house
Tipper C, Cairo T A, Woodward T, Phillips A G, Liddle P F, Ngan, E T C
"Processing efficiency of verbal working memory system is modulated by amphetamine: An fMRI investigation"
2005 180 pp. 634-643 Neuropsychopharmacology   
Woodward T S, Ruff C C, Thornton, A E, Moritz S, Liddle P
"Methodological considerations regarding the association of Stroop and verbal fluency performance with the symptoms of schizophrenia"
2003 61 pp. 207-214 Schizophrenia Research   
Ruff C, Woodward T S, Laurens K, Liddle P
"The role of the anterior cingulate cortex in conflict processing: Evidence from reverse Stroop interference"
2001 14 pp. 1150-1158 Neuroimage   
Last update: 07/11/2007


LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Understand: English, French
Read: English, French
Write: English
Speak: English, French
Last update: 13/08/2010