Todd Woodward

Degrees / Credentials

PhD

Titles

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Membership

Full Member

Contact Info

Phone
604-875-2000 (4724)
Fax
604-875-3871
Mailing Address
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
3rd Floor, 938 W. 28th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4

Research Information

The objective of Dr. Woodward’s research program is to gain a functional and anatomical understanding of the functional brain networks that underlie the primary symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia. Three lines of research are being pursued.

First, the cognitive correlates of the symptoms of psychosis are being explored by way of originally designed cognitive paradigms assessing specific aspects of memory and reasoning. Translation of these results back to people with schizophrenia in a group setting have led to a promising treatment program called metacognitive training (MCT). Second, functional neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG, MEG) is being utilized to identify the neural underpinnings of these cognitive functions, and how their dysfunction manifests as the symptoms of psychosis, and how they are affected by MCT. Finally, software is being developed for multivariate analysis of functional neuroimaging data (fMRI-CPCA and MEG-CPCA).

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