Speaker
Dr. Thorhildur Halldórsdóttir
Assistant professor at Reykjavik University
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Biography
Dr. Thorhildur Halldórsdóttir received her PhD in Clinical Psychology under the mentorship of Thomas Ollendick, PhD at Virginia Tech. Her PhD focused on examining predictors and moderators of treatment outcomes in youth following empirically-supported psychosocial interventions. Upon graduating, Dr. Halldórsdóttir was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany, with Elisabeth Binder, MD, PhD. Building on her background in developmental psychopathology, she studied gene-by-environment interactions shaping the risk for psychiatric symptoms and disorders across the developmental trajectory. Relocating back to Iceland, Dr. Halldórsdóttir was a postdoctoral fellow with Unnur Valdimarsdottir, PhD, at the University of Iceland where she gained more experience in interdisciplinary population-based studies. Dr. Halldórsdóttir is now an assistant professor at Reykjavik University. At the intersection of clinical psychology, behavioral genetics and epidemiology, Dr. Halldórsdóttir’s research focuses on understanding when and how genetic and environmental factors – in particular stress exposure – shape mental health outcomes in youth and young adults.