Alexandra Korda, PhD
Translational Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck
- Biomedical Engineer
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Biomedical Engineer (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Education
2002-2008 Diploma & Master, Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, ECE, National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
2008-2010 Master, Biomedical Engineering, ECE, National Technical University of Athens and University of Patras (Greece)
2011-2017 PhD, Oculomotor signal processing using AI and mathematical modelling, ECE, National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
Professional Experience
2009-2015 Tutor of Mathematics in private high school, Athens (Greece)
2013-2015 External Associate at MED.I.S.P. Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technological University of Athens (ARCHIMEDES; Greece)
2015-2017 Data Scientist at Ernst&Young, Athens (Greece)
2017-2018 Consultant at IRI Worldwide, Athens (Greece)
2017-2018 Postdoctoral researcher, Oculomotor signal processing using AI and mathematical modelling, ECE, National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
2018-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Brain sMRI for identification of psychosis using explainable AI, LVR-Clinic, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2020-present Postdoctoral Researcher, Multimodal analysis for identification of psychosis using explainable AI, University of Lübeck & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (ZiP) (Germany)
- Korda A. I., Andreou C., & Borgwardt, S. (2021). Pattern classification as decision support tool in antipsychotic treatment algorithms. Experimental neurology, 339, 113635. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113635
- Korda A. I., Ruef A., Neufang S., Davatzikos C., Borgwardt S., Meisenzahl E. M., & Koutsouleris N. (2021). Identification of voxel-based texture abnormalities as new biomarkers for schizophrenia and major depressive patients using layer-wise relevance propagation on deep learning decisions. Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging, 313, 111303. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111303
- Korda A. I., Asvestas P. A., Matsopoulos G. K., Ventura’s E. M., & Smyrnis N. (2018). Automatic identification of eye movements using the largest lyapunov exponent. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 41, 10-20
- Penzel N., et al. (2021). Association between age of cannabis initiation and gray matter covariance networks in recent onset psychosis. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(8), 1484–1493. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-00977-9
- Wenzel J., et al. (2021). Cognitive subtypes in recent onset psychosis: distinct neurobiological fingerprints?. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(8), 1475–1483. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-00963-1
Best paper award
Grant
awarded by the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Foundation to Alexandra Korda (PI), Stefan Borgwardt (PI), and Christina Andreou (Group Leader) to investigate Intelligent health solutions for digitally informed psychiatry (10,000 €)