Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Biography
My research interests include the study of the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms associated with psychiatry disorders. I investigate how trauma-related events increase the vulnerability to develop mental disorders later in life.
Education & Training
- PhDNorthwestern University, Neuroscience (2014)
- BAUniversity of Puerto Rico, Biology (2009)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Travel Fellowship Award | Society of Biological Psychiatry | 2018 |
NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program | National Institute on Drug Abuse | 2017 |
NARSAD Young Investigator Grant | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | 2017 |
Biological Science Training Program Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2014 | |
Neuroscience Scholars Program Associate | Society of Neuroscience | 2014 |
Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant Award | National Institute of Mental Health | 2013 |
Multidisciplinary Clinical and Translational Training Grant Award | Northwester University | 2011 |
Neuroethics Writing Prize Runner-Up | Neuroethics Society | 2009 |
Best Scientific Research in Biology Award | University of Puerto Rico | 2009 |
Neuroscience Poster Presentation Award | Annual Biomedical Research Conference | 2006 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Neuroscience Letters | Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
PLOS One | Associate Editor | 2018 - Present |
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry | Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
The American Journal of Addictions | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
Society of Biological Psychiatry | Member | 2017 - Present |
American Society of Human Genetics | Member | 2015 - Present |
Ciencia Puerto Rico | Member | 2014 - Present |