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Thomas Whitford
Senior Lecturer
Research Areas: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; the psychological and neurobiological processes underlying illusions, delusions and hallucinations; neuroimaging and electrophysiology; neurodevelopment
Academic Career:
B.Psych (Hons I), University of Sydney, 2000
Ph.D., University of Sydney, 2007
Post-doc, Harvard University, 2008-2010
Post-doc, University of Melbourne, 2010-2011
Selected Publications:
- Whitford TJ, Ford JM, Mathalon DH, Kubicki M, Shenton ME. (in press). Schizophrenia, Myelination, and Delayed Corollary Discharges: A Hypothesis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, doi:10.1093/schbul/sbq105.
- Amminger GP, Schäfer MR, Klier CM, Slavik JM, Holzer I, Holub M, Goldstone S, Whitford TJ, McGorry PD, Berk M. (in press). Decreased nervonic acid levels in erythrocyte membranes predict psychosis in help-seeking ultra-high-risk individuals. Molecular Psychiatry, doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.167.
- Whitford TJ, Wood, S, Yung A, Cocchi L, Berger G, Shenton ME, Kubicki M, Phillips L, Velakoulis D, Yolken RH, Pantelis C, McGorry PD, Amminger GP. (in press). Structural abnormalities in the cuneus associated with Herpes Simplex Virus (type 1) infection in people at ultra-high risk of developing psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.11.003.
- Whitford TJ, Mathalon DH, Shenton ME, Roach BJ, Bammer R, Adcock RA, Bouix S, Kubicki M, De Siebenthal J, Rausch AC, Schneiderman JS, Ford JM. (2011). Electrophysiological and Diffusion-Tensor Imaging evidence of delayed corollary discharges in patients with schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 41, 959-969.
- Whitford TJ, Kubicki M, Ghorashi S, Schneiderman JS, Hawley KJ, McCarley RW, Shenton ME, Spencer KM. (2011). Predicting inter-hemispheric transfer time from the diffusion properties of the corpus callosum in healthy individuals and schizophrenia patients: a combined ERP and DTI study. NeuroImage, 54, 2318-2329.
- Whitford TJ, Savadjiev P, Kubicki M, O’Donnell LJ, Terry DP, Bouix S, Westin C-F, Schneiderman JS, Bobrow L, Rausch AC, Niznikiewicz M, Nestor PG, Pantelis C, Wood SJ, McCarley RW, Shenton ME. (2011). Fiber Geometry in the Corpus Callosum in Schizophrenia: Evidence for Transcallosal Misconnection. Schizophrenia Research. 132, 69-74.
- Whitford TJ, Kubicki M, Shenton ME. (2011). Structural imaging of schizophrenia. In: ME Shenton and B Turetsky. Understanding Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from Neuroimaging. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, pp 1-30. ISBN: 9780521899420
- Whitford TJ, Kubicki M, Schneiderman JS, O’Donnell LJ, King R, Alvarado JL, Khan U, Markant D, Nestor PG, Niznikiewicz M, McCarley RW, Westin, C-F, Shenton ME. (2010). Corpus callosum abnormalities and their association with psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 68, 70-77.
- Bryant RA, Felmingham K, Whitford TJ, Kemp A, Hughes G, Peduto A, Williams LM. (2008). Rostral anterior cingulate volume predicts treatment response to cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 33, 142-146.
- Whitford TJ, Grieve SM, Farrow TFD, Gomes L, Brennan J, Harris AWF, Gordon E, Williams LM. (2007). Volumetric white matter abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia: a longitudinal, tensor-based morphometry study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 1082-1089.
- Whitford TJ, Rennie CJ, Grieve SM, Clark CR, Gordon E, Williams LM. (2007). Brain maturation in adolescence: concurrent changes in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. Human Brain Mapping, 28, 228-237.
- Whitford TJ, Grieve SM, Farrow TFD, Gomes L, Brennan J, Harris AWF, Gordon E, Williams LM. (2006). Progressive grey matter atrophy over the first 2-3 years of illness in first-episode schizophrenia: a tensor-based morphometry study. NeuroImage, 32, 511-519.
- Farrow TFD, Whitford TJ, Williams LM, Gomes L, Harris AWF. (2005). Diagnosis-related regional grey matter loss over two years in first episode schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 58, 713-723.
Recent Research Funding:
- (2008-2012): Overseas-Based Biomedical Training Fellowship (CJ Martin), NHMRC
- (2011-2012): Young Investigator Award, NARSAD Brain and Behavior Research Fund
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