Karyn Groth, B.A.

Psychology Quinnipiac College Research Assistant Neuropsychiatry Research Center Institute of Living at Harford Hospital Yale University (860) 545-7233 (Laboratory) kgroth@harthosp.org Biosketch

Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Driving Studies:
  • Collection and analysis of driving-related behavioral measures using E_Prime software and SPSS. 
    
  • Collection and analysis of driving-related fMRI data using Matlab and SPM99.
    
• Schizophrenia Biomarker Studies:Assisting with development of paradigm for studying biological markers in schizophrenics and their close relatives as an indicator of potential genomic predisposition to developing the disorder.
  
• Event-related Potentials (ERP) Studies:
  Applying ERP techniques in an auditory paradigm to improve prediction of clinical response of depressed and schizophrenic patients to various serotonin-agonistic medications.
  

Objectives/Interests in Neuropsychiatry:

• Exploring the role that intoxicants, such as alcohol and marijuana, and sleep deprivation have in impairing cognition.
  
• Development of biostatistical applications for the analysis of genetic variations in the epidemiology of Schizophrenia.

Current Projects:

• Effects of Alcohol and Marijuana on cognitive performance in a simulated-driving task using fMRI. K. Groth, V. Calhoun, G. Pearlson
  
• Loudness-dependent Event-related Potentials as a predictor of response to serotonin agonists. K. Groth, K. Kiehl