Biography

Websites:
Lab Website
Research with Rowan

Education:
Post-Doctoral Associate, Yale University School of Medicine
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Kent State University
M.A., Clinical Psychology, Kent State University
B.A., Psychology, University of Minnesota

Research Expertise:
Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders | Psychosis Risk Assessment | Health Behaviors | Individual Differences

My research focuses on schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD). I am interested in understanding the individual risk factors that contribute to the development (or exacerbation) of SSD. Over the last several years my lab has specifically examined neurocognitive functioning, personality factors, social/interpersonal functioning, & lifestyle behaviors. Recent research has included outpatients with schizophrenia and high-risk samples (e.g. college students with high levels of schizotypy). I am also interested in the relationship between health behaviors (e.g., substance use, stress management, exercise & nutrition) and outcomes in those with SSD.

Teaching Narrative:
For the past decade I have taught graduate students how to diagnoses mental disorders in the course titled Psychopathology I, while exploring etiological theories of disorder in Psychopathology II.

Awards and Honors:
President's Teamwork Values Award
PROF of the Month 

Professional Memberships:
American Psychological Association 

Selected Publications:
Massaro, D.*, Capodilupo, G., Ehrlich, S., Nitzburg, G., & Dinzeo, T.J. (2024). Defeatist beliefs and Schizotypy in Adolescents and Emerging Adults. Journal of Psychological Perspectives, 6(1), 39-46

O'Kane, T. W.*, Sledjeski, E. M., & Dinzeo, T. J. (2022). The examination of sleep hygiene, quality of life, and schizotypy in young adults. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 150, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.03.016

Dinzeo, T.J. & Thayasivam, U. (2021). Schizotypy, lifestyle behaviors, and health indicators in a young adult sample. Behavioral Sciences, 11(179). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11120179

Uygur, M. & Dinzeo, T.J. (2021). Feasibility and effectiveness of a novel cycling training on the parkinsonian motor and psychiatric symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 61, 102760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102760

Dinzeo, T.J., Culiañez, V.*, Pujji, S.* & Sledjeski, E.M. (2018). The relationship of categorical & phonological verbal fluency to social functioning in a non-clinical schizotypy sample. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 28, 43-57 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2017.1418307

*Denotes graduate student work/contributions overseen by Dr. Dinzeo