Monica E. Calkins, Ph.D.


Education/Training


Institution and Location
Degree, if applicable
Year(s)
Field of Study
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
B.A.
1987-1991
Psychology-Honors
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
M.A.
1994-1998
Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Ph.D.
1994-2002
Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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2002-2004
Neurpsychiatry-Postdoctoral Fellow


A. Positions and Employment

1990-1991 Research Apprentice, Interpersonal Cognitive Problem Solving Skills Project, Hahnemann University
1991-1994 Research Assistant, Temple-Wisconsin Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression Study, Temple University
1994-1999 Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager, Research In Schizophrenia Project, University of Minnesota
1994-1997 Teaching Assistant (11 courses), Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
1996-1998 Trainee, NIMH Neurobehavioral Aspects of Personality and Psychopathology Training Grant, University of Minnesota
1997-1999 Instructor (7 courses), Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
1999-2000 Clinical Psychology Intern, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
2000-2001 Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, University of Minnesota
2001-2002 Research Assistant, Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research, University of Minnesota
2002-2004 NIMH Neuropsychiatry Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
2002-2004 Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
2004- Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Section, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1995-2001 Graduate and Undergraduate Research Mentor (19 students), Research in Schizophrenia Project, University of Minnesota
1995 NAssessment Practicum, Outpatient Psychiatry, Minneapolis Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
1995 Assessment Practicum in Neuropsychology, Department of Quantitative Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospital
1996 Therapy Practicum, Department of Pediatric Psychology, University of Minnesota Hospital
1996 Assessment Practicum, Department of Pediatric Psychology, University of Minnesota Hospital
1996-1998 Therapy Practicum, Walk In Counseling Center, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Member, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
2000 Member, American Psychological Association
2001 Member, Society for Psychophysiological Research
2005 Member, Schizophrenia International Research Society
2002- Ad hoc reviewer: American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Biological Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Psychological Medicine, Schizophrenia Research

Honors
1987-1989 Freshman-Sophomore Honors Program, Temple University
1988 Alpha Lambda Delta, National Honor Society for Freshmen
1989 Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
1989 Eta Sigma Phi, National Honor Society for Students of Classics
1988-1990 Dean's List (GPA >3.5)
1990 Golden Key National Honor Society
1990-1991 Dean's Scholar (GPA = 4.0)
1989-1991 Psychology Honors Program, Temple University
1991 Magna Cum Laude, Temple University
1994-1995 Department of Psychology Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota
1999-2000 Graduate Research Ethics Participant Grant, National Science Foundation and the Association For Practical and Professional Ethics
2000 Harrison Gough Research Travel Award, University of Minnesota
2001 Doctoral Dissertation Supplemental Grant, Graduate School of the University of Minnesota
2002 Harrison Gough Research Travel Award, University of Minnesota
2003 National Institute of Mental Health Loan Repayment Program Participant Grant
2005 Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research


B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
Calkins, M. E., & Iacono, W. G. (2000). Eye movement dysfunction in schizophrenia: A heritable characteristic for enhancing phenotype definition. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 97, 72-76.
Calkins, M. E. (2000). Research on human subjects with mental disorders: Case and commentary. In B. Schrag (Ed.) Research ethics: Cases and commentaries (Vol. 4, pp. 3-17). Bloomington, IN: Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.
Calkins, M. E., Katsanis, J., Hammer, M., & Iacono, W. G. (2001). The misclassification of blinks as saccades: Implications for investigations of eye movement dysfunction in schizophrenia. Psychophysiology, 38, 761-767.
Curtis, C. E., Calkins, M. E., Grove, W. M., Feil, K., & Iacono, W. G. (2001). Saccadic disinhibition in patients with acute and remitted schizophrenia and their first-degree biological relatives. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 100-106.
Curtis, C. E., Calkins, M. E., & Iacono, W. G. (2001). Saccadic disinhibition in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree biological relatives: A parametric study of the effects of increasing inhibitory load. Experimental Brain Research, 137, 228-236
Conklin, H. M., Calkins, M. E., Dinzeo, T., Anderson, C. A., & Iacono, W. G. (2002). Recognition memory for faces in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives. Neuropsychologia, 40, 2314-2324.
Calkins, M. E., Iacono, W. G., & Curtis, C. E, (2003). Smooth pursuit and antisaccade performance evidence trait stability in schizophrenia patients and their relatives. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 49, 139-146.
Calkins, M. E., Curtis, C. E., Grove, W. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2004). The multiple dimensions of schizotypy in the first-degree biological relatives of schizophrenia patients. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30, 317-25.
Calkins, M. E., Curtis, C. E. & Iacono, W. G. (2004). Antisaccade performance is impaired in medically and psychiatrically healthy biological relatives of schizophrenia patients, Schizophrenia Research, 71, 167-178.
Conklin, H. M., Curtis, C. E., Calkins, M. E., & Iacono, W. G. (2005). Working memory functioning in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: Cognitive functioning shedding light on etiology. Neuropsychologia, In press.
Calkins, M.E., Gur R. C., Ragland J. D., & Gur, R. E. (2005) Face recognition memory deficits in schizophrenia patients and their relatives: Comparison with visual object memory performance. American Journal of Psychiatry, In press.