Stella Tsotsi
Faglige interesser
I am primarily interested in risk factors that may make children and adolescents more susceptible to developing psychopathology. These risk factors involve: 1) child neurocognitive factors, such as executive functions; 2) child emotional factors, such as emotion regulation and temperament; 3) parental factors, such as mental health issues and aspects of parenting (transgenerational transmission of mental health issues); 4) biological markers, such as genotype and epigenetic processes. I am also interested in devising and implementing early interventions to assist the more cognitively disadvantaged children in buffering the risk. I am a trained clinical neuropsychologist and have research experience working in large multidisciplinary cohort studies focusing on the above-mentioned research interests.
My current research involves examining the role of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in the association between early life stress, aspects of parenting and child socio-emotional difficulties.
Undervisning
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PSY2205 – Biopsychosocial development
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PSY4205, Prevention of Mental Health Disorders (MA)
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PSY4521, Project Development and Methodology (MA)
Bakgrunn
Høyere utdanning
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PhD, Psychology (specialization: Clinical Neuropsychology), Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009-2013
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Master of Science (MSc), Psychology (specialization: Clinical Neuropsychology), University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2006-2007
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Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000-2004
Jobbhistorikk
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Research Scientist, Centre for Research in Child Development, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, April 2018-November 2020
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow; Neurodevelopment Research Centre, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, August 2014 – March 2018
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Research Associate; Neuropsychology, 1st Psychiatry Clinic, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2010 – June 2014
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Instructor; Clinical Training Program in Mental Health, 1st Psychiatry Clinic-GPH Papageorgiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 2011-June 2012
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Part-time Teaching Fellow; School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, January 2011-December 2012
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Adjunct Part-Time Lecturer; City College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Thessaloniki, Greece, January 2010-September 2012
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Research Assistant, Marie Curie Reintegration Grant Post-doctoral Fellowship entitled, Development of Culturally Appropriate Neuropsychological Tests for the Greek Population, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2009-September 2011
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Research Assistant, Pythagoras II-Reinforcement of University Research Teams grant entitled, Brain and Social Cognition: Neurocognitive Mechanisms, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2005-April 2006
Priser
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Best poster prize. Poster presented at the 2nd Academic Psychiatry Symposium (Department of Psychiatric Medicine, National University of Singapore; Singapore, September 25, 2014). Fetal DNA methylation of cortisol-related genes and infant neurobehavior at 6 months: the role of antenatal maternal anxiety.
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Best poster prize. Poster presented at the 2nd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology and Treatment Guidance (Aristotle University; Thessaloniki, Greece, November 24-27, 2011). A longitudinal evaluation of neuropsychological findings in 1st psychotic episode patients: A six-month follow-up.
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Research Training Award: Fellow at the Social Cognitive Neuroscience International Summer School – International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA; Trieste, Italy, July 15-28, 2013).
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Research Training Award: Fellow at the “Pathology and Genetics of Human Cognition” course – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.A., April 9-13, 2012).
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Research Training Award: Fellow at the Visceral Mind Summer School – University of Bangor (Bangor, Wales, U.K., September 5-9, 2011).
Verv
I am a peer reviewer for the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meetings and various journals, including the Journal of Affective Disorders and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
Samarbeid
I collaborate with researchers in Irvine (California, USA), Montreal and Ottawa (Canada), Amsterdam and Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Saarbrücken (Germany) and Singapore in understanding how parental mental health and parenting shapes children’s emotional competence and susceptibility to psychopathology.
Publikasjoner
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Loo, Evelyn Xiu Ling; Soh, Shu-E; Loy, See Ling; Ng, Sharon; Tint, Mya Thway & Chan, Shiao-Yng [Vis alle 34 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Cohort profile: Singapore Preconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes (S-PRESTO). European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE). ISSN 0393-2990. doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00697-2.
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Delgadillo, Desiree; Borapai, Sameen; Pressman, Sarah D.; Goldstein, Alison; Bureau, Jean-François & Schmiedel, Sabrina [Vis alle 16 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Maternal expressions of positive emotion for children predicts children’s respiratory sinus arrhythmia surrounding stress. Developmental Psychobiology. ISSN 0012-1630. doi: 10.1002/dev.22082.
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Rifkin-Graboi, Anne; Goh, Shaun Kok-Yew; Chong, Hui Jun; Tsotsi, Stella; Sim, Lit Wee & Tan, Kok Hian [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Caregiving adversity during infancy and preschool cognitive function: adaptations to context? Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. ISSN 2040-1744. doi: 10.1017/S2040174420001348.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Borelli, Jessica L.; Backer, Mumtaz; Veragoo, Noraini; Abdulla, Nurshuhadah & Tan, Kok Hian [Vis alle 11 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Preschoolers’ emotion reactivity and regulation: Links with maternal psychological distress and child behavior problems. Development and Psychopathology. ISSN 0954-5794. doi: 10.1017/S0954579421000936.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Rifkin-Graboi, Anne; Borelli, Jessica L.; Chong, Yap Seng; Rajadurai, Victor Samuel & Chua, Mei Chien [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Neonatal brain and physiological reactivity in preschoolers: An initial investigation in an Asian sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research. ISSN 0022-3956. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.11.010.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Borelli, Jessica L.; Abdulla, Nurshuhadah; Tan, Hui Min; Sim, Lit Wee & Sanmugam, Shamini [Vis alle 11 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Maternal sensitivity during infancy and the regulation of startle in preschoolers. Attachment & Human Development. ISSN 1461-6734. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1542737.
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Goh, Shaun K.Y.; Yang, Hwajin; Tsotsi, Stella; Qiu, Anqi; Chong, Yap Seng & Tan, Kok Hian [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Mitigation of a Prospective Association Between Early Language Delay at Toddlerhood and ADHD Among Bilingual Preschoolers: Evidence from the GUSTO Cohort. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. ISSN 0091-0627. doi: 10.1007/s10802-019-00607-5.
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Tan, Hong Kuang; Goh, Shaun K.Y.; Tsotsi, Stella; Bruntraeger, Michaela; Chen, Helen Yu & Broekman, Birit [Vis alle 11 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Maternal antenatal anxiety and electrophysiological functioning amongst a sub-set of preschoolers participating in the GUSTO cohort. . BMC Psychiatry. ISSN 1471-244X. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-2454-3.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Broekman, Birit; Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi; Tan, Kok Hian; Chong, Yap Seng & Chen, Helen [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Maternal Parenting Stress, Child Exuberance, and Preschoolers’ Behavior Problems. Child Development. ISSN 0009-3920. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13180.
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Rifkin-Graboi, Anne; Khng, Kiat Hui; Cheung, Pierina; Tsotsi, Stella; Sun, He & Kwok, Fuyu [Vis alle 13 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Will the future BE POSITIVE? Early life experience as a signal to the developing brain pre school entry. Learning: Research and Practice (LRP). ISSN 2373-5082. doi: 10.1080/23735082.2019.1674907.
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Bozikas, Vasilios P.; Dardagani, Aikaterini; Parlapani, Eleni; Ntouros, Evangelos; Lagoudis, Athanasios & Tsotsi, Stella (2019). Improved facial affect recognition in patients with first-episode psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. ISSN 1751-7885. doi: 10.1111/eip.12738.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Broekman, Birit; Sim, Lit Wee; Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi; Tan, Kok Hian & Chong, Yap Seng [Vis alle 10 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Maternal anxiety, parenting stress, and preschoolers' behavior problems: The role of child self-regulation. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. ISSN 0196-206X. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000737.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Kosmidis, Mary H. & Bozikas, Vasilios P. (2017). Improved facial affect recognition in schizophrenia following an emotion intervention, but not training attention-to-facial-features or treatment-as-usual. Psychiatry Research. ISSN 0165-1781. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.038.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Bozikas, Vasilios P. & Kosmidis, Mary H. (2015). The role of attention processes in facial affect recognition in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. ISSN 1354-6805. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2015.1110517.
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Bozikas, Vasilios P.; Kosmidis, Mary H.; Giannakou, Maria; Kechayas, Petros; Tsotsi, Stella & Kiosseoglou, Grigoris [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2014). Controlled shifting of attention in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder through a dichotic listening paradigm. Comprehensive Psychiatry. ISSN 0010-440X. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.02.014.
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Vlahou, Christina H.; Kosmidis, Mary H.; Dardagani, Aikaterini; Tsotsi, Stella; Giannakou, Maria & Giazkoulidou, Aikateirni [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2012). Development of the Greek Verbal Learning Test: Reliability, Construct Validity, and Normative Standards. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. ISSN 0887-6177. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acs099.
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Kosmidis, Mary H.; Tsotsi, Stella; Karambela, Olympia; Takou, Eleni & Vlahou, Christina H. (2010). Cultural factors influencing performance on visuoperceptual neuropsychological tasks. Behavioural Neurology. ISSN 0953-4180. doi: 10.3233/BEN-2010-0306.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Abdulla, Nurshuhadah; Li, Chen; Chong, Yap Seng; Richmond, Jenny & Saw, Seang Mei [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2015). Fetal DNA methylation of cortisol-related genes and infant neurobehavior at 6 months: The role of antenatal maternal anxiety . Psychoneuroendocrinology. ISSN 0306-4530. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.07.484.
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Tsotsi, Stella; Kopsida, Eleni; Paschalidou, Marina; Gelagoti, Maria; Milonas, Ioannis & Kosmidis, Mary (2005). Humour appreciation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis. ISSN 1352-4585.