Jacob Koudys - Clinical Psychology Research

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Ph.D. Program in Counselling and Clinical Psychology

(Field: Clinical Psychology)

Department of Psychological Clinical Science

University of Toronto

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Anthony C. Ruocco; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Cendri Hutcherson

ResearchGate Profile

Education:

B.Sc., Psychology, University of Victoria

M.A., Counselling and Clinical Psychology (Field: Clinical Psychology), University of Toronto

Awards:

Society of Biological Psychiatry Travel Fellowship Award – Predoctoral Scholar (2024)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2023-2024)

Branch Out Neurological Foundation Graduate Grant (2022-2024)

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2019-2022)

Graduate Student Research Award-Master's Level, University of Toronto Scarborough (2018)

Franco Vaccarino University of Toronto Scarborough Graduate Scholarship (2018)

Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2017-2018)

Bassili Family Graduate Award (2017)

Branch Out Neurological Foundation Summer Studentship (2017)

Research Interests:

Jacob Koudys is focusing on clinical psychology research by applying tools of computational psychiatry to the study of dimensional psychopathology and suicidality. In his research, he validates novel decision-making and cognitive control paradigms in community samples to investigate neurocognitive mechanisms related to suicide risk, exploring both planful and impulsive suicide attempts.