Tamara Vanderwal
BSc, MD, MAR
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Child Psychiatrist, TOPs Program
"Brain Mapping of Discrete Developmental Periods", American Psychiatric Association/Lilly Psychiatric Research Fellowship
“The use of movies to assay brain network dynamics in ADHD”,
Klingenstein Family Foundation
"Intrinsic Connectivity Networks in Young Children", American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
"Developmental Trajectories of Intrinsic Functional Connectivity", Allison Family Foundation
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Junior Investigator Award
Resident Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Contributing Editor (2014-2017), The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Yale Psychiatry Research Scholar, Yale School of Medicine
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For Dr. Tamara Vanderwal, movies are more than just a fun distraction for kids. She’s using movies as an innovative tool to see how the developing brain processes information. Her work could improve the way doctors diagnose and treat mental illness in children, leading to better outcomes for kids with these chronic, life-altering conditions.
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