Faculty - Krestin A. Radonovich, Ph.D.
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Krestin A. Radonovich Assistant Professor |
Dr. Radonovich completed her doctoral degree in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida, where she trained in the Neuropsychology track under the direction of Eileen Fennell, Ph.D. While at UF, she received extensive training in neuropsychological assessment of adults and children. Some of her research experience included published work using fMRI to analyze the role of limbic regions in language production in adults. Dr. Radonovich completed her clinical internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University where she trained in Neuropsychology and Behavioral Psychology. She then chose to complete post-doctoral training on an NIMH T32 program through the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. This position allowed her to further expand her experience in neuropsychological clinical research and make strides towards becoming an independent clinical investigator. She joined the Department of Psychiatry in 2004 as an assistant professor.
Research and Scholarly Interests:
Dr. Radonovich is committed to establishing her career as an independent investigator in early childhood neural and cognitive development. Her clinical research interests are in three general areas: development, intervention, and technology. The culmination of her interests is to design early intervention programs for children at risk for cognitive impairment, such as ADHD, autism, developmental coordination disorder, and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Specifically, she is interested in examining the relationship of early cognitive and motor development. There is some data suggesting that in certain populations the incremental information provided by examination of early motor skills, in conjunction with cognitive skills, results in better predictions about later cognitive abilities. She has designed and is beginning to implement a number of research protocols utilizing established standardized assessments and developmental laboratory paradigms to determine the prognostic utility of a variety of approaches to early childhood assessment.
McCourt, M.E., Mark, V.W., Radonovich, K.J., Willison, S.K., & Freeman, P. (1997). The effects of gender, menstrual phase and practice on the perceived location of the midsagittal plane. Neuropsychologia, 35, 717-724.
Budney, A.J., Radonovich, K.J., Higgins, S.T., & Wong, C.J. (1998). Adults seeking treatment for marijuana dependence: A comparison with cocaine-dependent treatment seekers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 6, 419-426.
Crosson, B., Radonovich, K., Sadek, J.R., Gokcay, D., Bauer, R.M., Fischler, I.S., Cato, M.A., Maron, L., Auerbach, E.J., Browd, S.R., & Briggs, R.W. (1999). Accessing knowledge of emotional connotation in the left hemisphere during word generation. NeuroReport, 10, 2449-2455.
Budney, A.J., Higgins, S.T., Radonovich, K.J., & Novey, P.L. (2000). Abstinence-based vouchers increase marijuana abstinence during outpatient treatment for marijuana dependence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 1051-1061.
Radonovich, K.J. & Mostofsky, S.H. (2004). Duration judgments in children with ADHD suggest deficient utilization of temporal information rather than general impairment in timing. Child Neuropsychology, 10, 162-172.
Pulsifer, M., Radonovich, K., Belcher, H. & Butz, A. (2004). Intelligence and school readiness in preschool children with prenatal drug exposure. Child Neuropsychology, 10, 89-101