Timothea Toulopoulou, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychology

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Research

The work of Prof. Toulopoulou’s lab is interdisciplinary and focuses on understanding the cognitive, neurobiological, and genetic mechanisms that influence an individual’s susceptibility to develop mental disease or build resilience. It is hoped that with a better understanding of the brain mechanisms that increase vulnerability, prevention may be possible. For example, insights on how cumulative genetic risk, in tandem with environmental risk, is physically imbedded in the developing brain can lead to new treatments and can offer us the opportunity of making new and meaningful interventions by removing or compensating for the genetic and environmental effect.

Prof. Toulopoulou is pleased to consider applications from talented prospective PhD students and postdocs.

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Selected Publications

Yilmaz Kafali, H. Turan, S. Akpınar, S. Mutlu, M.,  Parlakay, A. Ö. Çöp, E. Toulopoulou, T. Correlates of psychotic like experiences (PLEs) during Pandemic: An online study investigating a possible link between the SARS-CoV-2 infection and PLEs among adolescents, Schizophrenia Research, Volume 241, 2022, Pages 36-43.

Toulopoulou, T; Zhang, X; Cherny, S S; Dickinson, D ; Berman, K; Straub, R; Sham, P; Weinberger, D. (2019) Polygenic risk score increases schizophrenia liability through cognition-relevant pathways. Brain, 142: 471–485.

Toulopoulou, T., Picchioni, M., Mortensen, P., B., & Petersen, L. (2017) IQ, the Urban Environment, and Their Impact on Future Schizophrenia Risk in Men. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43 (5), 1056–1063.

Cotier, F.A., & Toulopoulou, T. (2017) Negative social comparisons and psychosis proneness in a healthy adolescent population. European Psychiatry, 46, 51-56.

Mark, W., Toulopoulou, T. (2017) Validation of the Chinese version of Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) in an adolescent general population. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 26, 58–65.