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Dissertation in progress: Assessment of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) effects on children’s brain structures development.

My interest is in understanding the connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and alterations in children’s brain structures, which is crucial in providing a potential explanation of any onset of psychopathology and behavior dysfunction in childhood or later life.

I am using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, which is the largest study of brain development and children's health in the United States. This study allows us to investigate the effects of ACE-specific elements on brain structures in children with and without mental disorders.  

My PhD goal is to examine the relationship between parental psychopathology and brain limbic system structures in children without mental disorders. This will help in better understanding the early changes in brain structures that may be linked to any onset of psychopathology and behavior dysfunction in childhood.

In addition to my medical background, I was trained to study the brain by earning a master's degree in applied anatomy at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in 2017, adding to brain connectivity courses at The Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and successfully accomplishing multiple online courses from Coursera in brain connectivity in 2018.