Kallene Vidal, M.D., Ph.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Kallene Vidal, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor.

She earned her Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany, from 2017 to 2018. Dr. Vidal worked previously as a psychiatrist and researcher at the Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation Service of the Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (IPq-HCFMUSP), one of the largest academic medical centers in South America. She also received formal training in clinical research and clinical trials at Harvard Medical School.

Her research focuses on neuromodulation treatment strategies for neuropsychiatric disorders and on psychophysical and electrophysiological assessment of the visual system, guided by the concept of the “eye as a window to the brain,” to study neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.

Publications

Featured Publications

Dissipating the fog: Cognitive trajectories and risk factors 1 year after COVID-19 hospitalization.: Gonçalves NG, Aliberti MJR, Bertola L, Avelino-Silva T, Dias MB, Apolinario D, Busatto G, Forlenza O, Nitrini R, Brucki SMD, Brunoni AR, Vidal KSM, Jacob-Filho W, Suemoto CK, Alzheimers Dement 2023 Sep 19 9 3771-3782
The Association Between Acquired Color Deficiency and PET Imaging of Neurodegeneration in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease.: Vidal KSM, Decleva D, Barboni MTS, Nagy BV, de Menezes PAH, Aher A, Coutinho AM, Squarzoni P, Faria DP, Duran FLS, Buchpiguel CA, Kremers J, Filho GB, Ventura DF, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022 May 63 5 20
Alterations of color vision and pupillary light responses in age-related macular degeneration.: Decleva D, Vidal KS, Kreuz AC, de Menezes PAHL, Ventura DF, Front Aging Neurosci 2022 14 933453
Combination of transcranial direct current stimulation with online cognitive training improves symptoms of Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19: A case series.: Cavendish BA, Lima A, Bertola L, Charvet L, Bikson M, Brunoni AR, Vidal KS, Brain Stimul 2022 15 6 1375-1377
Glaucoma, but not cataracts, predicts lower verbal fluency performance: 3.8-year follow-up from the ELSA-Brasil study.: Vidal KSM, Bertola L, Suemoto CK, Moreno AB, Duncan B, Schmidt MI, Maestri M, Barreto SM, Lotufo PA, Benseñor IM, Brunoni AR, Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2021 Nov 28 6 871-883
The spatial distribution of ERGs reflecting luminance and L-/M-cone-opponent signals.: Vidal KS, Aher AJ, Ventura DF, Kremers J, Doc Ophthalmol 2021 Jun 142 3 329-342
Correlations Between Dark-Adapted Rod Threshold Elevations and ERG Response Deficits in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.: Barboni MTS, Dias SL, Silva LA, Damico FM, Vidal KS, Costa MF, Nagy BV, Kremers J, Ventura DF, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021 Apr 62 4 29
Association Between Posterior Segment Eye Diseases, Common Mental Disorders, and Depression: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health Cohort.: Vidal KS, Suemoto CK, Moreno AB, Viana MC, Lotufo PA, Benseñor IM, Brunoni AR, J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry 2021 62 1 70-78
Longitudinal visual acuity development in ZIKV-exposed children.: Lima DDS, Baran LCP, Hamer RD, Costa MFD, Vidal KS, Damico FM, Barboni MTS, França VCRM, Martins CMG, Tabares HS, Dias SL, Silva LA, Decleva D, Zatz M, Bertozzi APAP, Gazeta RE, Passos SD, Ventura DF, J AAPOS 2020 Feb 24 1 23.e1-23.e6
Association between cognitive performance and self-reported glaucoma in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of ELSA-Brasil.: Vidal KS, Suemoto CK, Moreno AB, Duncan B, Schmidt MI, Maestri M, Barreto SM, Lotufo PA, Bertola L, Bensenor IM, Brunoni AR, Braz J Med Biol Res 2020 53 12 e10347

Books

: The non-image-forming visual system: its relation to sleep, circadian rhythm, pupillary light reflex and other functions. In Cognitive Science: Recent Advances and Recurring Problems

(2017). Vernon Press