Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Ph.D.

Phone Number	Clinical Office Address

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments	Psychiatry - Professor
Academic Divisions	Adult Psychiatry

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments	Psychiatry - Professor
Academic Divisions	Adult Psychiatry

Academic Office Locations

Academic Office Phone Number	Academic Office Address
(801) 587-1202	The Brain Institute 383 Colorow Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Academic Bio

Deborah Yurgelun-Todd completed her doctorate in Psychology from Harvard University and subsequently trained at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She serves as Director of the Salt Lake City Mental Illness Research and Clinical Center (MIRECC) for the VISN 19 VA Health Care System and Director of the Salt Lake City VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment. Her training in neuroscience and psychopathology has led to the application of multimodal imaging approaches aimed at identifying neurobiological bases of major psychiatric disorders. She has received funding for her research from NIMH, NIDA, CDC, CIA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her recent work has focused on understanding the neurobiologic basis of impulsivity, mood regulation and decision-making as risk factors for behavioral disorders. She served as an author on more than 250 publications and is a standing member on both NIH and VA grant review committees.

Research Statement

A. Narrative Report of Research, Teaching, and Clinical Contributions The focus of my research has been on the identification of brain abnormalities, particularly disruptions of the fronto-temporal network, which may represent risk factors for psychiatric illness or may be the site of primary pathology in these illnesses. Research studies have primarily included the application of neuropsychological measures, neurological hard signs, and magnetic resonance imaging methods completed both in patients and their well relatives. In recent years, this work has been extended by applying magnetic resonance techniques to study the effects of development on cortico-limbic networks in healthy children and adolescents. Additional ongoing studies have examined changes in these same networks produced by therapeutic antipsychotic drugs, as well as drugs of abuse. My future investigations will continue to examine the similarities and differences between functional cortical brain changes associated with pharmacotherapy of adult illness and healthy development.

Education History

Type	School	Degree
Postdoctoral Fellowship	Boston Neurobehavioral Institute	Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Training	Harvard University Neuro/Psych	Ph.D.
Graduate Training	Harvard University Psychology	M.A.
Graduate Training	Boston College Psychology	M.A.
Undergraduate	Mount Holyoke College Biology	B.A.

Selected Provider Publications

Journal Article

1. Baskin-Sommers AR, Hooley JM, Dahlgren MK, Gonenc A, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Gruber SA (2015). Elevated Preattentive Affective Processing in Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Preliminary fMRI Study. Front Psychol, 6.

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