Karina Quevedo

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Credentials

PhD, LP

Bio

Karina Quevedo, PhD, LP, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. She directs the Health and Emotions in Adolescent Trajectories laboratory (HEAT lab). Dr. Quevedo completed her doctoral graduate training at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development (ICD) and her postdoctoral T32 training at the University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinics. She has received a BA in Psychology from the University of Havana, Cuba and an MA in counseling psychology from the University of St. Thomas, MN. Dr. Quevedo is an active faculty member at the Center for Neurobehavioral Development. Her research interests span typical and atypical pathways of emotional development; brain, physiological and hormonal markers of child and adolescent adaptation; long term impact of adverse experience; and adolescent psychopathology. She has further interests in neuromodulation approaches to treatment resistant depression (TRD) and suicide attempts in youth. Dr. Quevedo trains graduate and undergraduate students as both emerging clinicians and scientists and mentors post-doctoral junior scientists.

Research Summary

Typical and Atypical Pathways of Emotional Development: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19144221 Brain, Physiological and Hormonal Markers of Child and Adolescent Adaptation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22383860 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18037012 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20027622 Long Term Impact of Adverse Experience: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24552550 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16903808 Adolescent Depression and Psychopathology: The neural basis of aspects of self-knowledge, self-understanding and social cognitions are strongly linked to the course and morbidity associated to pediatric depressive disorders and risks for the illness during the adolescent transition. Our laboratory has collected functional magnetic resonance (fmri) data while teens think about- and see themselves while in the scanner. We are currently finishing data processing on three neuroimaging of tasks that tap self-knowledge and social interaction as well as diffusion tension imaging.Graduate students interested in clinical neuroscience are welcomed to contact us at queve001@umn.edufor collaboration in writing of manuscripts, data analyses and learning about how to use fmri to study basic processes of emotion and social cognition.