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TUĞÇE ÇABUK, Ph.D. 

 

PERSONAL DETAILS

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Date of Birth: 01.07.1991

Birthplace: Adana/Turkey

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LANGUAGES

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English (C2), French (A1), Turkish (Native)

 

RESEARCH SKILLS

 

Matlab, SPSS, Psychtoolbox, FMRIB Software Library (FSL), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS), Natural Language Processing (NLP), DSI Studio, Tractography, Voxel-Based Morphometry, CAT12, CONN, Resting-State fMRI

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RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE

 

September/2018 - May/2024

Bilkent University Department of Psychology, Brain Development and Psychosis Lab. Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center

National Magnetic Resonance Research Center UMRAM

Ankara/Turkey

• Graduate/Teaching Assistant

   

• Graduate Student Teacher

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October/2016 – January/2018

Yunus Emre State Hospital, Mavi Hospital

Eskisehir/Turkey

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February/2016 - June/2016

Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Department of Ear-Nose and Throat

Eskisehir/Turkey

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October/2016 - January/2018

Anadolu University, Research Center of Speech and Language Disorders DILKOM

Eskisehir/Turkey

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June/2016 - July/2016

Ankara Universiy, Faculty of Medicine, Center of Brain Research AUBAUM, Laboratory on Neurophysiology/EEG

Ankara/Turkey

• Intern

 

EDUCATION

 

2018 - 2024

Ph.D. in Psychology/Division of Neuropsychology, Bilkent University Ankara/Turkey

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Timothea Toulopoulou

G.P.A: 4.00/3.61

 

2015 - 2018

Master of Science Degree of Speech and Language Therapy, Anadolu University Eskisehir/Turkey

Thesis: Analysing Verbal Fluency Performance in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients

G.P.A: 4.00/3.56

 

2009 - 2014

Bachelor Degree of English Linguistics, Hacettepe University Ankara/Turkey

G.P.A: 4.00/3.43

 

2013

Applied Language Studies, University of Ghent Ghent/Belgium

Erasmus Mundus Programme

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PUBLICATIONS:

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

Çabuk, T., Şahin Çevik, D., Çakmak, I. B., Yılmaz Kafalı, H., Şenol, B., Avcı, H., Karlı Oğuz, K. & Touloupoulou, T., (2024). Analyzing Language Ability in First-Episode Psychosis and Their Unaffected Siblings: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Analysis Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 179, 229-237. ​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.09.021

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Çabuk, T., Sevim, N., Mutlu, E., Anıl Yağcıoğlu, A. E., Koç, A. & Toulopoulou, T., (2024). Natural Language Processing for Defining Linguistic Features in Schizophrenia: A Sample from Turkish Speakers. Schizophrenia Research, 266, 183–189.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.026

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Çabuk, T., Mutlu, E., & Toulopoulou, T. (2023). Thought and language disorder as a possible endophenotype in schizophrenia: Evidence from patients and their unaffected siblings. Schizophrenia Research, 254, 78-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.02.005

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Çabuk, T., Özdemir, Ş., & Töret, G. (2022). Language and communication features of childhood-onset schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders: A literature review. Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education, 23(3), 655-673. https://doi.org/10.21565/ozelegitimdergisi.857651

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Çabuk, T., Torun, Ş. & Özababalık-Adapınar D. (2020). Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment Verbal Fluency in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients. Turkish Journal of Neurology, 26(3), 212-219. https://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tnd.2020.66750

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ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS IN NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

 

Çabuk, T. & Torun, Ş. (2018). Qualitative Aspect of Verbal Fluency in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients, 54.th National Congress on Neurology, Antalya.

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Çabuk, T. & Torun, Ş. (2018). Verbal Fluency in Mild Cognitive Impairment, 54.th National Congress on Neurology, Antalya.

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Balo, E., Çabuk, T., Selvi, S., Yılmaz, N., Tunçer, M. & Maviş, İ. (2017). Vocabulary among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Peers, 9.th National Conference on Speech and Language Disorders, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul.

 

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

 

Çabuk, T., Mutlu, E. & Toulopoulou, T. (2022). Language Functioning in Schizophrenia is Related to Formal Thought Disorder. The Congress of Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS). Florence, Italy.

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Selvi, S., Balo, E., Yılmaz, N., Tunçer, M., Maviş, İ. & Çabuk, T. (2017). Vocabulary Assessment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Delayed Language and Typical Language Development. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention. Los Angeles, the USA.     

 

RESEARCH FUNDINGS

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2022

TÜBİTAK 2224: International Scientific Meetings Fellowship Programme. Budget: 17.706 TL (~1248 USD at the time of funding)

 

2021-2022

TÜBİTAK 1002 Grant: Language Ability in First-Episode Psychosis, Schizophrenia Patients and Genetic High-Risk Individuals: Neuropsychological and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Investigation, Researcher and Scholar. Budget: 45.000 TL (~6150 USD at the time of funding)

 

HONOURS AND AWARDS

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2023

DISCOURSE in Psychosis Travel Award partly supported by Tanenbaum Open Science Institute (TOSI) at the Neuro, McGill University and Francoise Bourgeois Foundation. Budget: 2.000 CAD

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2018-present

Full Scholarship (%100): Bilkent University

 

2013

Full Scholarship (%100): Erasmus Mundus Programme

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SELECTED COURSES

 

October 11, 2019

Boston Naming Test

Psychologist Ayten Ekinci, Kayseri

 

August 29, 2019

Thought and Language Disorder Scale-TALD. Dr. Emre Mutlu, Psychiatrist, Ankara

 

December 16, 2017

9.th Course of Basic Geriatrics: Neuropsychatrics Pathologies in Geriatric Population. Turkish Geriatrics Society, Ankara Chamber of Medical Doctors, Ankara

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February 2013 - May 2013

CVO De Bargi Ghent Dutch as Second Language A1 Certificate Ghent/Belgium

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Speech and language in schizophrenia, neurodegenerative diseases, neurolinguistics, natural language processing, neuroimaging studies of language

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

2022 - present

Planning Committee Member, Diverse International Scientific Consortium for Research in Thought, Language and Communication in Psychosis (DISCOURSE) 

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2019 - present

Member, Society for Brain Research in Turkey

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2020 – present

Member, Association for Speech and Language Therapists in Turkey