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Antonia Kaczkurkin

Assistant professor of psychology
Vanderbilt University

Antonia Kaczkurkin is assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. Her lab’s research focuses on identifying neurobiological markers of psychopathology across the lifespan. She integrates multimodal measures such as neuroimaging and psychophysiology to develop a comprehensive understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying psychopathology symptoms.

After earning her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania before joining Vanderbilt University as assistant professor in the College of Arts and Science.

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