Sophia Vinogradov
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Credentials
MD
Bio
I am the Donald W. Hastings Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Department Head of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School. Before joining UMN, I served as Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and as Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centre.
I earned my MD at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. I further trained at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center and Stanford University, where I served as Chief Resident, followed by a fellowship in Psychiatric Neurosciences Research.
I direct a translational clinical neuroscience laboratory that focuses on cognitive dysfunction in psychosis. My lab studies neuroscience-informed cognitive training methods focusing on young adults in early psychosis with the goal of ameliorating cognition and focusing on functional outcomes. I lead a hub of the national EPINET (Early Psychosis Intervention Network) initiative, overseeing measurement-based specialty care in Minnesota and Iowa. I am also a co-PI on an NIMH Conte Center using computed psychiatry methods to study state representation dysfunction in psychosis.
I serve as Deputy Editor of the Schizophrenia Research Journal and am a fellow of the American College of Neuropharmacology. I lead the Clinical Neuroscience curriculum for the residency program. I have participated in the White House conference on “Video Games to Enhance Attention and Well-Being” and was a recipient of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Research Award.
In the Media
- 2023: Helped write this Star Tribune op-ed titled, "Health will suffer with predicted hospital cuts…They may not bring in big money, but we can't afford to lose pediatrics, obstetrics and mental health services"
- 2023: Featured in this MinnPost article titled, “Living beyond diagnoses, Uma Oswald aims for a life ‘in recovery’ from mental illness.”
- 2022: Featured in a video titled, "Tackling Psychiatric Illness Using Translational Models and Computations", shot as part of the American Psychiatric Association's Conference TV with funding from NeuroPRSMH (NeuroPlasticity Research in Support of Mental Health), the U’s multidisciplinary neuroscience research group
- 2022: Featured for their work on NeuroPRSMH in an issue of UMN’s The Scope
- 2022: Featured in this UMN Medical School article titled, “Collaborating to a Successful Grant,” about the process used to secure their P50 Conte Center Grant.
- 2021: Quoted in a Minneapolis Star Tribune story titled, Minnesota's long haul: One year of COVID-19.
- 2021: Quoted in an editorial in the Star Tribune titled, “Doctor's 'long climb out' after bout with COVID-19”.