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I have a degree in Clinical Psychology from University of Copenhagen with my dissertation on multidisciplinary research on depression, which received the university gold medal (2006), and an MSc (with Distinction) (2004) and a DPhil (PhD) (2008) from University of Oxford in Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry.
I lead a number of clinical and experimental studies in patients with affective disorders using clinical ratings, neurocognitive testing and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Alongside my research I have received training in and worked with cognitive behavioural therapy of patients with depression or bipolar disorder and qualified as clinical psychologist in 2011.
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| Julian Macoveanu,
PhD
Senior researcher and lecturer. The current research focus aims to identify neurobiological changes underlying the cognitive improvements observed with treatment of affective disorders. The methodological expertise includes extensive experience with functional MRI study design, image acquisition and analysis, structural and diffusion MRI, and computational modeling of neurophysiological data.
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| Hanne Lie Kjærstad,
Psychologist, PhDPostdoctoral researcher. My research focus is on investigating cognitive and neuroimaging predictors of mood episodes and illness onset in patients newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder and their unaffected relatives (part of the Bipolar Illness Onset study (BIO/PREDICT)). Additionally, I am conducting a pilot study to investigate a sensitive and ecologically valid measure of emotion regulation in patients with bipolar disorder using virtual reality (VERA). I have a BSc(Hon) from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and a MSc and PhD from the University of Copenhagen.
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| Anne Juul Bjertrup,
Psychologist, PhD
Psychologist (University of Copenhagen), PhD and post doc researcher on the PACT and PreScreen projects where we investigate pregnant women and mothers with and without affective disorders. My primary research interests center around affective cognition in pregnancy and motherhood, understanding risk for postpartum depression and understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms involved in intergenerational transmission of risk from mothers with affective disorders to their children.
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| Katrine Cramer,
Research nurse
I work on the PRETEC-EPO and EPO-T studies. In these studies, I assist with administrative tasks in relation to conducting these randomised controlled trials, blood tests, infusions of the study medication and ECGs etc. I have previously worked as a clinical nurse helping patients with affective disorders and find it very interesting and relevant to help these patients with their cognitive issues in the present trials. I have also worked giving patients ECT and therefore know how clinically relevant it would be for the patients if we can counteract the cognitive side-effects of this intervention.
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| Andreas Elleby Jespersen,
PsychologistPsychologist (University of Copenhagen) and PhD researcher on the CAVIR project where we investigate if virtual reality can be used to improve assessement and treatment of cognitive impairment in patients with affective or psychosis spectrum disorders. Additionally, I am involved in the PRETEC-EPO study where I coordinate recruitment, inclusion and neuropsychological assessement of the study participants. My main research interests lie within neuropsychology, psychiatry and the improvement of cognitive treatment strategies for affective disorders.
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| Viktoria Damgaard,
BSc student
Undergraduate student of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and a research assistant in the NEAD Group. I'm primarily involved in the BIO-3 studies where I assist with neuropsychological testing, clinical rating, and fMRI scanning of the participants. My main interests are neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. I am particularly interested in identifying neurocognitive biomarkers and how this knowledge can lead to new and improved treatment strategies for affective disorders.
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| Jeanne Ruth Kofoed,
BSc student
Undergraduate student of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and research assistent in NEAD group. I am currently involved in the BIO-3 study. I assist with neuropsychological testings, fMRI scans and ratings of participants.
My research interests are within the field of neuropsychology, cognitive- and clinical psychology. I am especially interested in how the understanding and the treatment of affective disorders can be improved. |
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| Frida Simon Jahn,
BSc studentUndergraduate student of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen and research assistant in the NEAD Group. I am primarily involved in the BIO-3 study, where I assist with clinical ratings, neuropsychological testing and fMRI scans of the participants. My research interests are within the field of clinical psychology and neuropsychiatry, and I am particularly interested in how psychological treatments can be better integrated with the knowledge of biological underpinnings of psychiatric diseases.
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| Johanna Mariegaard,
BScPostgraduate student in Psychology at the University of Copenhagen, specialising in neuropsychology and clinical psychology, and research assistent in the NEAD group. I am involved with the BIO-3 project where I assist with neuropsychological testing, ratings of participants and fMRI scans. My research interests generally lie in the field of cognitive neuropsychiatry as well as clinical psychology. Currently, I am particularly interested in the identification of cognitive- and biomarkers of affective disorders as part of an effort to improve preventive measures and better guide treatment.
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Caroline Fussing Bruun,
MD
Medical doctor from Copenhagen University with three years of clinical experience with concurrent research activties. I have mainly worked in the field of psychiatry, which has sharpened my interest in the complex field of affective disorders, in particular the search for novel biomarkers. In the context of the NEAD group, I am attached to the PRETEC-EPO project as a part of the medical team that handles the health safety of EPO administration.
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| Johanne Lilmose Bech,
BSc student
Undergraduate student of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and research assistent in NEAD group. I am currently involved in the BIO-3 study. I assist with neuropsychological testings, fMRI scans and ratings of participants.
My research interests are within the field of neuropsychology, cognitive and clinical psychology. I'm particularly interested in identification of biomarkers that leads to an improvement of treatment for affective disorders. |
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| Tue Krebs Roikjer
BScPostgraduate student in Psychology at the University of Copenhagen, specialising in clinical psychology and neuropsychology, and research assistant in the NEAD group. I am involved with the BIO-3 project, assisting with neuropsychological testing and clinical ratings. My research interests are within the fields of clinical psychology, neuropsychology and psychiatry. I am interested in research on mood disorders and cognition, particularly research into improving preventative- and treatment options.
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| Johanne Esther Volkmann,
BScPostgraduate psychology student at the University of Copenhagen and research assistant in the NEAD group. I currently assist with clinical ratings and neuropsychological testing in the BIO-3, as well as PACT and IMPACT COVID studies. My research interests primarily lie within the areas of neuropsychiatry, clinical- and cognitive psychology.
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| Anjali Sankar,
PhD
My research is dedicated to the study of mood disorders, both major depressive and bipolar disorders. An important focus is on identifying reliable biomarkers that can predict clinical response to treatments as well as negative outcomes such as suicide using multimodal neuroimaging techniques.
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| Alexander Tobias Ysbæk-Nielsen,
BSc student
I am primarily engaged in the preprocessing and
analysis of neuroimaging data across various NEAD centre studies and
collaborations. I lead the paradigm design, acquisition and analysis of
neuroimaging data on the CAVIR project. In addition, I perform clinical
ratings, neuropsychological screenings, participant recruitment, and
statistical analysis of data on different projects. |
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| Johanna Kølle Pedersen,
BSc student
Psychology student at the University of Copenhagen and research assistant in the NEAD group. I assist in the BIO-3 project, where I do neuropsychological testing and ratings of participants. My research interests lie within the field of cognitive, clinical and neuropsychology.
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| Ida Astrid Nilsson,
BSc student
I am an undergraduate student of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen and a research assistant in the NEAD Group. I am currently involved in the BIO-3 study where I assist with neuropsychological testing and clinical ratings. My research interests are within the fields of psychiatry, neuropsychology, cognitive and clinical psychology. I am particularly interested in how the understanding of potential neurocognitive biomarkers of affective disorders can lead to improvement of treatment and preventive measures, and how social and emotional cognition plays a role in the development of affective disorders.
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| Rose Valentiner-Branth Garly,
BSc studentI am an undergraduate student of psychology at the
University of Copenhagen and research assistant in the NEAD group. I'm
primarily involved in the BIO-3 studies where I assist with neuropsychological
testing, clinical rating, and fMRI scanning of the participants. I have a
background in medicine, and I am particularly interested in psychiatry, neuro-
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| Jeff Zarp Petersen,
Psychologist, PhDPsychologist, PhD (University of Copenhagen), postdoctoral researcher and external lecturer. My main scientific works include clinical and neurobiological research investigating cognitive functioning in patients with unipolar depression and bipolar disorder as assessed with neuropsychological tests, clinical assessments, and neuroimaging measures. I am currently involved in the EDIT-B multicentre international clinical study investigating RNA-editing blood-based biomarkers in differentiating bipolar from unipolar depression.
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| Catrine Sejer,
BSc student
Undergraduate student of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and
research assistant in the NEAD Group. I
assist with neuropsychological testing, clinical ratings and fMRI scanning of
participants across the different studies in the NEAD Group.
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| Sille Tørring,
BSc studentUndergraduate student of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and research assistant in the NEAD Group. I assist with neuropsychological testing, clinical ratings and fMRI scanning of participants across the different studies in the NEAD Group. |
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| Sebastian Vestergaard Segerlin,
BSc studentUndergraduate student of psychology at Syddansk Universitet and research assistant in the NEAD Group. I assist with neuropsychological testing, clinical ratings and fMRI scanning of participants across the different studies in the NEAD Group.
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| Tobias Vilhelmsen,
BSc studentUndergraduate student of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and research assistant in the NEAD Group. I assist with neuropsychological testing, clinical ratings and fMRI scanning of participants across the different studies in the NEAD Group. |
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| Zacharias Kalle Obel Christensen,
BSc studentI assist with neuropsychological testing and
clinical ratings of participants.
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