CDI for Psychiatry
Victoria J. Grochocinski

Victoria J. Grochocinski, Ph.D.

Dr. Grochocinski has more than 25 years of experience in mental health research, primarily as a data center administrator. She is an expert in the administration and coordination of data management activities of large mental health research centers and clinical protocols, including establishing and maintaining adherence to data entry guidelines, quality assurance programs, data management standards and practices, documentation, and subject/data confidentiality. She has coauthored over 65 papers mainly in the areas of treatment response in depression and bipolar disorder and in the assessment of spectrum phenotypes.

Positions

  • Director, Data Center for Mental Health Intervention Research Center for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1983, West Virginia University, Behavior Systems Analysis

 

Relevant Publications

  • Frank E, Soreca I, Swartz H, et al. The role of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in improving occupational functioning in patients with bipolar I disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165(12):1559-1565.
  • Gibbons R, Weiss D, Kupfer D, et al. Using computerized adaptive testing to reduce the burden of mental health assessment. Psychiatr Serv. 2008;59(4):361-368.
  • Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Buysse DJ, Swartz HA, Pilkonis PA, Houk PR, Rucci P, Novick DM, Grochocinski VJ, et al. Randomized trial of weekly, twice-monthly, and monthly interpersonal psychotherapy as maintenance treatment for women with recurrent depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2007;164(5):761-767.
  • Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Thase ME, Mallinger AG, Swartz HA, Fagiolini AM, Grochocinski V, et al. Two-year outcomes for interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in individuals with bipolar I disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62(9):996-1004.
  • Kupfer DJ, Frank E, Grochocinski VJ, Houk PR, Brown C. African-American participants in a bipolar disorder registry: clinical and treatment characteristics. Bipolar Disord. 2005;7(1):82-88.