Vina Goghari

Dr. Goghari is an academic clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto. She holds an appointment in both the Department of Psychology, as well as the Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical science on the Scarborough campus. She completed her PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2009.

Research Synopsis

Dr. Goghari's research brings together multiple methodologies, including neuroimaging, behavioural genetics (i.e., family studies), cognitive and affective experimental psychology, and clinical assessment. The main aim of her research is to advance scientific knowledge in the causes, course and outcome, and treatment of psychosis. Her laboratory also studies other disorders that present with cognitive deficits, including mood disorders and addictive disorders. A secondary aim in her laboratory is to better understand basic cognitive and affective processes in the healthy population.