Dr. Nicholas Van Dam is a Senior Lecturer in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences. He holds an appointment of Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York (USA).
Nicholas completed a B.S. in Neurobiology and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison (USA). After deciding medical training would not fulfill his career objectives, Nicholas joined the laboratory of Dr. Harriet de Wit at the University of Chicago (USA) as a post-baccalaureate research assistant. He subsequently completed an MA & PhD under the supervision of Dr. Mitch Earleywine in Clinical Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY (USA). During his 3rd year of PhD training, Nicholas joined the laboratory of Dr. Jin Fan as a visiting scholar at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (USA) to learn neuroimaging. Prior to completing his PhD in Clinical Psychology, Nicholas did a pre-doctoral fellowship in Psychiatry at Yale University (USA) with Dr. Rajita Sinha. He subsequently worked at New York University (USA) and the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research with Drs. Don C. Goff and Michael P. Milham, prior to returning to Mount Sinai, where he did a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience and Psychiatric Neuroimaging.For more information, see: https://www.nicholastvandam.com/
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Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation
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Neurocognitive Predictors Of High-Prevalence Psychopathology Over Time
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'Stupid coronavirus!' In uncertain times, we can help children through mindfulness and pla..
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Data-Driven Phenotypic Categorization for Neurobiological Analyses: Beyond DSM-5 Labels
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Neurocognitive Predictors Of High-Prevalence Psychopathology Over Time
Internal Research Grant
We don't yet fully understand what mindfulness is, but this is what it's not
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Childhood Maltreatment, Altered Limbic Neurobiology, and Substance Use Relapse Severity vi..
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University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme: Neurocognitive Predictors of High-Prevalence Psychopathology Over Time. Jan, 2018 - Dec, 2018.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Margot Prior Early Career Research Award in Clinical Science
Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award
Travel Award
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer In Clinical Psychology
Melbourne School Of Psychological Sciences
Education
Education
PhD Clinical Psychology
State University of New York
MA Clinical Psychology
State University of New York
BS Neurobiology & Psychology
University of Wisconsin