February WKW "Frontiers in Neuroscience" Conference Series: Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D.

Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D. - February 16, 2021

"Neurobiological Effects of Trauma in Adults and Children"

William K. Warren, Jr.  Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture 
Virtual Presentation via Zoom 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm     Program
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Tanja Jovanovic, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and the David and Patricia Barron Chair for PTSD Neurobiology at Wayne State University. Dr. Jovanovic’s research program focuses on the interaction of traumatic experiences, neurophysiology, neuroendocrinology, and genetics in stress-related disorders in adults and children in high-risk populations. She directs the Detroit Trauma Project (www.detroittraumaproject.com), which investigates the impact that urban trauma exposure has on the brain. Her research employs psychophysiological (e.g. fear-potentiated startle, skin conductance response, heart-rate variability) and brain imaging methods (e.g. MRI, fMRI) to investigate biomarkers of risk for trauma-related psychopathology, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her laboratory developed novel human fear conditioning, fear inhibition, and extinction paradigms for PTSD patients. Dr. Jovanovic is the lead investigator on several federally funded grants from the National Institutes of Health and has an Independent Investigator Award from the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and served on national and international grant review panels.
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Learning objectives: 

1.  Describe intermediate phenotypes for PTSD.
   
2.  Understand impact of trauma on brain and behavior.
   
3.  Discuss utility of brain-based biomarkers.

 
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Topic: WKW Frontiers in Neuroscience - Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D. - February 16, 2021
Time: Feb 16, 2021 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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