CONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
1) Rabinsky, R., Vargas, T. (2013). Hispanic Entrepreneurs Today. Honors Summer Research Reception, Coral Gables FL. Funded by the University of Miami Honors Program 2013 Summer Research Grant
2) Vargas, T., Ihne, J., Bartholomew, M., et al. (2015). Childhood urbanicity and COMT val/met interaction alters prefrontal efficiency during an encoding task. Biological Psychiatry
3) Vargas, T., Ihne, J., Mattay, A., et al. (2015). Childhood urbanicity and BDNF val/met interaction alters bilateral parahippocampal gyrus during a relational memory task. National Institutes of Health Research Festival
4) Vargas, T. , Tong, Y., Apud, J., et al. (2016). Tolcapone improves cortical information processing in schizophrenia Val/Val homozygotes of the COMT (val158met) genotype. Society of Research for Psychopathology Annual Meeting
5) Apud, J., Tong, Y., Rasetti, R., Vargas, T., Callicott, J., Dickinson, D., Kolachana, B., Weinberger, D., Mattay, V., Berman, K. Cortical Information Processing in Patients with Schizophrenia is Modulated by Tolcapone: Role of COMT val158met Genotype (2017) Schizophrenia Bulletin, Volume 43, Issue suppl_1, Pages S17
6) Mittal, V., Gupta, T., Dean, D., Bernard, J., Kelley, N., Ristanovic, I., Osborne, K. J., Vargas, T. (2018) Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Improves Procedural Learning in Non-Clinical Psychosis. Biological Psychiatry Vol.83(9), S, pp.S427-S42
7) Callicott, J.H., Marenco, S., Vargas, T. , Reed, J., Morse, J., Mattay, V., Weinberger, D., Berman, K. (2018) Gene-environment interaction involving obstetrical complications. Society for Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, New York, New York
8) Mittal, V., Dean, D., Walther, S., Gupta, T., Vargas, T., Osborne, K. J. (2018) Motor Subtypes and Prediction of Course in Psychosis Risk Youth. Schizophrenia Bulletin, Vol. 44, pp. S42-S43
9) Damme, K.S, Gupta, T., Vargas, T., Mittal, V. A. (2018). Structural and Functional Network Structure in the Psychosis Risk Period. Society of Research for Psychopathology Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana
10) Mittal, V.A., Gupta, T., Dean, D., Bernard, J., Kelley, N., Ristanovic, I., Osborne, J., Vargas, T. 2018) Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Improves Procedural Learning in Non-Clinical Psychosis. Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, New York, New York
11) Vargas, T., Damme, K.S., Mittal, V. A. (2018). Bullying Victimization in Typically Developing and Clinical High Risk (CHR) Adolescents: A Multimodal Imaging Study. Society of Research for Psychopathology Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana
12) Dumett Torres, E., Vargas, T., Morse, J., Reed, J., Marenco, S., Berman, K.F., Callicott, J.H. (2019) The Effect of the TRKB Polymorphism and Urban Upbringing on Hippocampal Coupling During Episodic Memory. Society for Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
13) Vargas, T., Damme, K.S. F., Hooker, C.I., Gupta, T., Cowan, H.R., Mittal, V.A. (2019) Differentiating Implicit and Explicit Theory of Mind and Associated Neural Networks in Youth at Clinical High Risk (CHR) for Psychosis. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy
14) Vargas, T., Damme, K.S. F., Hooker, C.I., Gupta, T., Cowan, H.R., Mittal, V.A. (2019) Differentiating Implicit and Explicit Theory of Mind and Associated Neural Networks in Youth at Clinical High Risk (CHR) for Psychosis. Society of Research for Psychopathology, Buffalo, New York
15) Ricard, J.R., Gupta, T., Haase, C.M., Hittner, E.F., Vargas, T., Mittal, V.A. (2019) Facial expressions of emotions and trauma in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Society of Research for Psychopathology, Buffalo, New York
16) Severaid, K., Yee, C., Vargas, T., Schiffman, J., Mittal, V.A. (2019) News media portrayal of severe mental illness: A content analysis. Society of Research for Psychopathology. Buffalo, New York
17) Osborne, K.J., Vargas, T., Mittal, V.A. (2019). Early Childhood Social Communication Deficits in Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: Associations with Functioning and Risk. Society of Research for Psychopathology. Buffalo, New York
18) Bridgwater, M., Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, P., Klaunig, M., Petti, E., Roemer, C., Andorko, N., DeLuca, J., Pitts, S., Mittal, V.A., Vargas, T., Schiffman, J. (2020) Mental health service utilization in young adults reporting psychosis-like experiences. Schizophrenia International Research Society. Florence, Italy
19) Vargas, T., Damme, K.S.F, Mittal, V.A. (2020) Neighborhood deprivation, prefrontal morphology, and neurocognition across late childhood and early adolescence. Society of Biological Psychiatry (Note: the conference was cancelled due to COVID-19)
20) Vargas, T., Damme, K.S.F, Mittal, V.A. (2020) Neighborhood deprivation, prefrontal morphology, and neurocognition across late childhood and early adolescence. Society of Research for Psychopathology (Note: the conference was cancelled due to COVID-19)
21) Vargas, T., Damme, K.S.F., Osborne, K.J., Mittal, V.A. (2021) Differentiating kinds of systemic stressors with relation to psychotic-like experiences in late childhood and early adolescence: the stimulation, discrepancy, and deprivation model of psychosis. Biological Psychiatry virtual conference.
22) Damme, K.S.F, Park, J., Vargas, T., Walther, S., Shankman, S., Mittal, V.A. (2021) Motor abnormalities, depression risk, and clinical course in adolescence. Biological Psychiatry virtual conference
23) Vargas, T.G., Damme, K.S.F., Osborne, K.J., Mittal, V.A. (2022) Differentiating Kinds of systemic Stressors with Relation to Psychotic-Like Experiences in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: The Stimulation, Discrepancy, and Deprivation Model of Psychosis. Schizophrenia International Research Society. Florence, Italy
24) Damme, K.S.F., Vargas, T., Bauer, J.A. (2024). The Impact of Environmental Pollution on Neurodevelopment, Cognition, and Mental Health. Society of Biological Psychiatry, San Diego CA.
25) Vargas, T., Rakesh, D., McLaughlin, K.A. (2024). Neighborhood Dimensions, Psychopathology, and Possible Underlying Mechanisms. Flux Congress, Baltimore, MA.
26) Vargas, T., Rakesh, D., McLaughlin, K.A. (2024). Neighborhood Dimensions, Psychopathology, and Possible Underlying Mechanisms. Society of Research for Psychopathology, Montreal, CA.
27) Hanford, L., Machlin, L., Vargas, T., McLaughlin, K.A. (2024). Investigating Associations Between Early-Life Adverse Experiences and Indices of Ventricle Structure and Function. Flux Congress, Baltimore, MA.