Birth: Feb. 28 1972 in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
Citizenship: brazilian
Language Fluency: English, German, Portuguese
Address:
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo
P.O. Box 8091
05403-010 São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Telephone +55+49 (4271) 5792
Telefax: +5511 3062.9029
e-mail: j.yacubian@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Education:
Faculty of Medicine, Sao Paulo of University (1990 – 1995)
Residence in Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, Sao Paulo of University (1995 – 1998)
Specialist Title in Psychiatry from the Brazilian Psychiatric Association (1998)
Specialist in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (1998)
Ph.D. in Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, Sao Paulo University (1999 – 2002)
Professional Experience:
Supervisor at the Ambulatory of Psychotic Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
Supervisor at the General Psychiatry Ambulatory, Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of Sao Paulo
Supervision at the course of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of the Anxiety Clinic, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo
Research work in imaging, neurochemistry and neuropsychology of Schizophrenia under supervision of Wagner F. Gattaz
5-year experience in 31- Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Neuropsychology evaluation of schizophrenic patients - training at the Neuropsychology Service of Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo
Psychiatric symptoms scales training – Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Negative Symptoms Rating Scale, Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS), Structural Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID)
Selection and evaluation of the schizophrenic patients included in the Thematic Project: Phospholipids Metabolism in Schizophrenia and Alzheimer Disease, Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM 27), Faculty of Medicine, São Paulo University
Current Research Projects:
1. Fellowship – CNPq/DAAD – Germany – NeuroImage Nord, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf – Hamburg University.
Project: Reward processes in healthy volunteers: genetic polymorphism, functional MRI, neuropsychology and personality characteristics.
2. IMAGEN - a European research project on risk taking behaviour in teenagers - European Commission
Scientific Produtivity:
13 Full Papers
5 Published Abstracts
5 Book Chapters
25 Contributions to Scientific Meetings
Selected publications:
