Vina Goghari
PhD, CPsych
Qualification
- PhD
- CPsych
Vina M. Goghari is a clinical psychologist, whose research brings together multiple methodologies, including neuroimaging, behavioural genetics (i.e., family studies), cognitive and affective experimental psychology, and clinical assessment. The main aim of her research is to advance scientific knowledge in the causes, course and outcome, and treatment of psychosis. Her laboratory also studies other disorders that present with cognitive deficits, including mood disorders and addictive disorders. A secondary aim in her laboratory is to better understand basic cognitive, social and affective processes in the healthy population. She has also published in the area of training and education in both undergraduate and graduate studies. She was awarded two prestigious national awards in 2021, the Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology and the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Program Award for Excellence in Professional Training – Academic. She is the former Editor of Canadian Psychology, the flagship journal of the Canadian Psychological Association, and an Associate Editor of Clinical Psychological Science and Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Grants:
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Recent Publications: Krzyzanowski, D. J., Wu, S., Agarwal, S.M., Remington, G., & Goghari, V.M. (2022). Trait anhedonia in schizophrenia: A systematic review and comparative meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 48, 335-346. Krzyzanowski, D., Kusi, M., & Goghari, V. M. (2022). Malleability of expectations of computerized cognitive training. Personality and Individual Differences 196, 111737. Kusi, M., Wong, S. T. S, Percival, C. M., Zurrin, R., Roes, M. M., Woodward, T. S. & Goghari, V. M. (2022). Altered activity in functional brain networks involved in lexical decision making in bipolar disorder: An fMRI case-control study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 317:59-71. Aidelbaum, R., Hodgins, D.C., Goghari, V.M. (2024). A Family Study of Executive Function in Gambling Disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22,1876–1899.
Honours and Awards: Young Investigator Award for travel to the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Conference, 2011 Lilly Young Investigator Fellow in Bipolar Disorder, in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, 2011 Department of Psychology Undergraduate Research Supervision Award, 2012 Canadian Psychological Association President’s New Researcher Award, 2013 Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Program Award for Excellence in Professional Training – Academic, 2021 Canadian Psychological Association Fellow – 2022 Association of Psychological Science Fellow – 2023 College of Liberal Arts Alumni of Notable Achievement, University of Minnesota – 2024 Fellow, American Psychological Association - commencing January 2024 |