Todd Woodward

MA, PhD, BSc

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

Dr. Woodward is a Professor within the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine, a Research Scientist with the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute (BCMHARI), and Centre Investigator with the Brain Research Centre.

The objective of Dr. Woodward’s research program is to gain a functional and anatomical understanding of the functional brain networks that underlie the primary symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia. Three lines of research are being pursued.

First, the cognitive correlates of the symptoms of psychosis are being explored by way of originally designed cognitive paradigms assessing specific aspects of memory and reasoning. Translation of these results back to people with schizophrenia in a group setting have led to a promising treatment program called metacognitive training (MCT). Second, functional neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG, MEG) is being utilized to identify the neural underpinnings of these cognitive functions, and how their dysfunction manifests as the symptoms of psychosis, and how they are affected by MCT. Finally, software is being developed for multivariate analysis of functional neuroimaging data (fMRI-CPCA and MEG-CPCA).

Academic Affiliations

  • Professor, , Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Brain, Behaviour & Development
  • Research Group(s): Mental Health and Behaviour; Visualizing the Brain

Contact Information

Location

950 West 28th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5Z 4H4

Grants

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant (2023-2028). $745,876. Schizophrenia Canadian Neuroimaging Database (SCanD). C. Hawco (PI), M. Lepage (PI), A. Voineskos (PI), M. Chakravarty (Co-PI), C. Crocker (Co-PI), K. Dempster (Co-PI), E. Dickie (Co-PI), A. Dumais (Co-PI), S. Guimond (Co-PI), P. Orban (Co-PI), L. Palaniyappan (Co-PI), S. Potvin (Co-PI), P. Tibbo (Co-PI), L. Tuominen (Co-PI), T. S. Woodward (Co-PI).

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant (2023-28). $195,000. Project Title: fMRI-detectable brain networks involved in working memory in humans. T. S. Woodward (PI).

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant (2022-2027). $956,250. Efficacy of Combined Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. M. Best (PI), C. Bowie (Co-PI), F. Doell (Co-PI), G. Foussias (Co-PI), M. Grossman (Co-PI), S. Kidd (Co-PI), M. Menon (Co-PI), W. Wang (Co-PI), T. S. Woodward (Co-PI).

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant (2022-2027). $979,200. From episodic memory to functioning in schizophrenia and related psychoses: A neurocognitive model. M. LePage (PI), S. Guimond (Co-PI), M. Menon (Co-PI), T. S. Woodward (Co-PI), M. Bodnar (Co-PI), M. Chakravarty (Co-PI), S. Heckers (Co-PI), R. Joober (Co-PI), Lavigne (Co-PI), C. Makowski (Co-PI), B. Misic (Co-PI), D. Raucher-Chéné (Co-PI), J. Shah (Co-PI).

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant (2022-2026). $852,976. Promoting cognitive health in schizophrenia: A national collaborative effort to implement online psychological interventions. M. LePage (PI), M. Best (Co-PI), M. Bodnar (Co-PI), C. Bowie (Co-PI), S. Guimond (Co-PI), M. Menon (Co-PI), T. S. Woodward (Co-PI), D. Ayonrinde (Co-PI), A. Baines (Co-PI), R. Joober (Co-PI), S. Lal (Co-PI), K. Lavigne (Co-PI), T. Lecomte (Co-PI), S. Moritz (Co-PI), M. Piat (Co-PI), D. Raucher-Chéné (Co-PI), G. Sauve (Co-PI), J. Shah (Co-PI), N. Wright (Co-PI).

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant (2013-18). $617,395. Project Title: Functional Brain Networks Underlying Non-pharmaceutical Interventions for Psychosis. T. S. Woodward (PI), M. Menon & S. Moritz.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant (2012-17). $160,000. Project Title: Multimodal Neuroimaging of Cognitive Control. T. S. Woodward (PI).

Honours & Awards

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Early Career Award (2013)

Brain & Behaviour Research Foundation Independent Investigator Award (2016)

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