Sofia Orellana
Hi! đŸ‘‹
I am a computational neuroscientist (my childhood dream!) and currently a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. đŸ§ In my work I use big data and neuroinformatics to understand how brain networks and structure are shaped by both physical health and developmental processes in childhood and adolescence. I am supervised by Prof. Ed Bullmore and co-supervised by Prof. Petra VĂ©rtes and Dr. Richard Bethlehem.You can read more about me here.
News!
My most recent paper is now out in PNAS:
Childhood maltreatment influences adult brain structure through its effects on immune, metabolic and psychosocial factors; by Sofia C. Orellana, Richard A.I. Bethlehem, Ivan Simpson-Kent, Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Petra E. VĂ©rtes and Edward Bullmore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (2024)
Sofia Orellana
Bio
Currently, I am a PhD student in computational neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and member of the Brain Mapping Unit, within the department of Psychiatry. I am supervised by Prof. Ed Bullmore and co-supervised by Prof. Petra VĂ©rtes and Dr. Richard Bethlehem.Before starting my PhD I also completed an MPhil in Psychiatry at Cambridge under the supervision of Prof. Anne-Laura van Harmelen. Previously, I was also an Excellent Student Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Amsterdam, where I worked with Dr. Linda Douw (VU Amsterdam). I completed my undergraduate studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.