Roman Kotov, Ph.D.

Roman Kotov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

One focus of my work is on refining the classification of mental disorders, which involves identify natural clusters of symptoms and charting trajectories of these syndromes over time. The other focus is on vulnerabilities to these disorders: genes, neural circuits, and personality traits. This work employs methods from advanced quantitative modeling, molecular genetics, and neuroscience. I study these questions in adults, adolescents, and special populations, such as, responders to WTC disaster. Main areas of focus are anxiety and mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and personality problems.

Education

  • BS (Physics and Psychology), The Ohio State University (2000)
  • MA (Clinical Psychology), University of Iowa (2003)
  • PhD (Clinical Psychology), University of Iowa (2006)
  • Psychology Internship, Brown University (2006)

Research Interests

  • Longitudinal research
  • Quantitative methods
  • Personality-psychopathology interface
  • Classification of mental disorders
  • Neural markers
  • Psychotic disorders
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Mental-physical comorbidity

Current Research

  • Principal Investigator, NIH: Personality Development and Vulnerability to First-Episode Depression
  • Principal Investigator, NIH: Trajectories of Recovery in Psychosis Over Two Decades
    Multiple Principal Investigator, NIOSH: Burden of Mental-Physical Comorbidity in World Trade Center Responders
  • Multiple Principal Investigator, NIOSH: Enhanced Smoking Cessation Intervention for World Trade Center Responders
  • Co-Investigator, NIOSH: Epigenetic Linkage Between PTSD and Respiratory Disease in WTC Responders
  • Co-Investigator, NIH: Trajectories of Reward Sensitivity and Depression across Adolescence
  • Co-Investigator, NIH: Temperamental emotionality in preschoolers and depression risk – Hurricane Sandy Supplement

Honors

  • University of Iowa Department of Psychology Spence Award (2006)

Publications

  • Medline Search
  • Research article: JAMA Psychiatry, "Boundaries of Schizoaffective Disorder: Revisiting Kraepelin" (October 2, 2013)
  • Research article: Psychiatry Research, "A cross-cultural replication of an interactive model of anxiety sensitivity relevant to suicide" (2013)
  • Research article:  Archives of General Psychiatry: "New dimensions in the quantitative classification of mental illness" (October 2011)

Psychological instruments and manuals

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