About D. (Dogukan) Koc, PhD Student
Introduction
I am a dedicated physician-scientist focused on improving clinical care and health outcomes for young individuals at risk of serious mental illnesses. I earned my medical degree from Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir, Türkiye in 2016 and completed a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residency there in 2020. During my residency, I focused on risk factors for mania associated with antidepressant treatment in early-onset bipolar disorder. After residency training, I enriched my research skills with a Master's degree in Epidemiology from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2024. Currently, I am a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and a PhD candidate at the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology at Erasmus MC. My PhD studies investigate the neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal antidepressant exposure and maternal depressive symptoms on offspring brain morphology and functionality in the Generation R study.
Field(s) of expertise
- Child Psychiatry
- Population Neuroscience
- Neuroimaging
- Psychiatric epidemiology
Publications
A complete overview of publications can be found here.
Koc D, El Marroun H, Stricker BH, Muetzel RL, Tiemeier H. Intrauterine Exposure to Antidepressants or Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Offspring Brain White Matter Trajectories From Late Childhood to Adolescence. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Feb;9(2):217-226. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.10.009. Epub 2023 Nov 4. PMID: 37926188.
Koc D, Tiemeier H, El Marroun H. SSRIs in Pregnancy-What Offspring Brain Volumes Can and Cannot Tell Us-Reply. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 1;81(3):317-318. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.5039. PMID: 38198127.
Koc D, Tiemeier H, Stricker BH, Muetzel RL, Hillegers M, El Marroun H. Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and Offspring Brain Morphologic Trajectory. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 1;80(12):1208-1217. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3161. PMID: 37647036; PMCID: PMC10469300.
Koc D, El Marroun H, Stricker BH, Muetzel RL, Tiemeier H. Intrauterine Exposure to Antidepressants or Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Offspring Brain White Matter Trajectories From Late Childhood to Adolescence. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Feb;9(2):217-226. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.10.009. Epub 2023 Nov 4. PMID: 37926188.
Koc D, Tiemeier H, El Marroun H. SSRIs in Pregnancy-What Offspring Brain Volumes Can and Cannot Tell Us-Reply. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 1;81(3):317-318. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.5039. PMID: 38198127.
Koc D, Tiemeier H, Stricker BH, Muetzel RL, Hillegers M, El Marroun H. Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and Offspring Brain Morphologic Trajectory. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 1;80(12):1208-1217. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3161. PMID: 37647036; PMCID: PMC10469300.
Research projects
Serotonin and BEYOND.
