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Monica E. Calkins, Ph.D.
Education/Training
Institution and Location
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Degree, if applicable
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Year(s)
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Field of Study |
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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B.A.
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1987-1991
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Psychology-Honors |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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M.A.
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1994-1998
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Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Ph.D.
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1994-2002
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Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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2002-2004
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Neurpsychiatry-Postdoctoral Fellow |
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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
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| 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
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B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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