Ondrej Bezdicek (0000-0002-5108-0181)

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Ass. Prof. Ondřej Bezdíček, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Charles University (1st Faculty of Medicine) Associate Professor (Medical psychology) 2019
Charles University (1st Faculty of Medicine) Ph.D. (Neuroscience) 2014
Charles University (Faculty of Arts) M.S. (Experimental psychology) 2007
Charles University (Faculty of Arts) M.S. (German studies) 2006
Charles University (Faculty of Arts) B.S. (Psychology) 2003

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2007–2008 Psychologist in Alzheimer Disease Centre, Prague Psychiatric Center; 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University
2008–2019 Lecturer in Medical Psychology, Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University
2008–2019 Lecturer, since 2014 Assistant Professor at Prague School of Psychosocial Studies
2014 PhD. Supervisor in Medical Psychology programme, 1st Faculty of Medicine
2016 Foundation of Diamant Neuropsychology Laboratory (Lab head)
2016 PhD. Supervisor in Neuroscience programme, 1st Faculty of Medicine
2008–2019 Clinical psychologist (board certified in Clinical Psychology since 2016)
2014–2019 Postdoctoral researcher (Medical Psychology; Neuroscience), Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine
2019 Associate Professorship in Medical Psychology and Psychopathology (1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

International Neuropsychological Society (INS; full member)
Czech-Moravian Psychological Society (Division General Psychology, Head of the Division; Division Clinical Neuropsychology; full member);
Czech Neurological Society (affiliate member)
The Czech Association for Neuropsychology (CANP; full member)

HONORS, AWARDS, and NOMINATIONS

2002 DAAD scholarship (University Leipzig, Linguistics and Psychology)
2009 Euro-Neuro scholarship (Medical University Innsbruck, Clinical Neuropsychology; Prof. Dr. M. Delazer)
2018 International Neuropsychological Society Early Career Award
2019 National Psychiatric Vladimír Vondráček’s Award (Národní psychiatrická cena profesora Vladimíra Vondráčka; co-recipient with Jiří Michalec, PhD)
2020 International Neuropsychological Society best poster award for Adéla Fendrych Mazancová, MS, PhD candidate (INS Mid-year Meeting in Vienna; a PhD trainee of mine in our laboratory)

RESEARCH GRANTS & AWARDS

Funded:

1. 2010-12 Prospective Memory in Parkinson Disease; 251196 118410, PI; ca., $30, 000

2. 2013-15 Brain Functional Connectomics in Parkinson Disease, LH13256 (VES13-KontaktII), PI Prof. MUDr. Robert Jech, Ph.D.; Co-Investigator

3. 2016-18 Micro- and Macro-connectomics of Subthalamic Nucleus, 16-13323S, PI Prof. MUDr. Robert Jech, Ph.D.; Co-Investigator

4. 2012-16 Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Neurodegenerative Diseases; PRVOUK-P26/LF1/4, PI Prof. MUDr. Evžen Růžička, DrSc.; Co-Investigator

5. 2012-15 National Normative Study of Cognitive Determinants of Healthy Aging, NT13145, Co-Investigator

6. 2016-18 Cognitive Predictors of Neurodegenerative Disease, 16-01781S,
PI, ca. $100, 000; Principal Investigator

7. 2017-20 Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Neurodegenerative Diseases; Progres Q27/LF1; PI Prof. MUDr. Evžen Růžička, DrSc.; Co-Investigator

8. 2015-19 Biomarkers of Progression and Therapeutic Response in Neurodegenerative Diseases; 15-25602A; PI MUDr. Petr Dušek, Ph.D.; Co-Investigator

9. 2016-19 REM Behavioral Sleep Disorder – Clinical Aspects and Evolution, 16-28914A; PI Prof. MUDr. Karel Šonka, DrSc.; Co-Investigator

10. 2019-21 CLinical, IMAging and BIological predictors of effects associated with deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease (CLIMABI), NV19-04-00233; PI Prof. MUDr. Robert Jech, PhD.; Co-Investigator

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Courses Taught:
Clinical Neuropsychology (since 2014)

Undergraduate Courses Taught:
General and Cognitive Psychology (since 2008)
Physiological/Biological Psychology (since 2014/2020)
Assessment (since 2014)
Neuropsychological Assessment (since 2014)
History and Systems of Psychology (since 2019)

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Clinical populations and settings

• Trainee supervision (neuropsychological evaluations and report writing).
• Neuropsychological evaluations of adults
o Diagnostic groups: Progressive Neurodegenerative Disorders
o Settings: Outpatient clinic, Inpatient medical clinic

Last revised 05/08/2020

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Prague College of Psychosocial Studies: Prague, CZ

2020-01-01 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Psychology)

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Ondrej Bezdicek

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Prague College of Psychosocial Studies: Prague, CZ

Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, and General University Hospital in Prague: Prague, CZ

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Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, 1st Faculty of Medicine, and General University Hospital in Prague, Charles University in Prague: Prague, CZ

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The Clinical Neuropsychologist: Prague, CZ

Works (50 of 111)

Preoperative cognitive profile predictive of cognitive decline after subthalamic deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease

Instrumental activities of daily living and mild cognitive impairment

Impact of cognitive performance and negative symptoms on psychosocial functioning in Czech schizophrenia patients

Magnetic susceptibility changes in the brainstem reflect REM sleep without atonia severity in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder

Reducing misclassification of mild cognitive impairment based on base rate information from the Uniform data set

Older age is associated with a shift from ventral to dorsal PCC in pathways connecting the DMN with visual and limbic areas and a directionality shift in pathways connecting the DMN with sensorimotor areas

The factor structure of assaultive behaviour among acute schizophrenia patients

Cognition in Successful Aging: Systematic Review and Future Directions

Delayed matching to sample task 48: assessment of malingering with simulating design

A normative study of the Czech Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS): a brief report

The normative data study of the Czech MATRICS consensus cognitive battery

The 30-item and 15-item Boston naming test Czech version: Item response analysis and normative values for healthy older adults

SERIAL‐ORDER recall in working memory across the cognitive spectrum of Parkinson’s disease and neuroimaging correlates

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised: normative data and clinical utility of learning indices in Parkinson’s disease

Beck depression inventory, second edition, Czech version: demographic correlates, factor structure and comparison with foreign data

Profile of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and factor structure of the Czech MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery

Regional gray matter changes and age predict individual treatment response in Parkinson's disease

Prospective memory impairment in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

Memory impairment in Parkinson’s disease: The retrieval versus associative deficit hypothesis revisited and reconciled.

Semantic verbal fluency impairment is detectable in patients with subjective cognitive decline

Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric function in obstructive sleep apnea.

Unraveling connectivity changes due to dopaminergic therapy in chronically treated Parkinson's disease patients.

Eye movements in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: High antisaccade error rate reflects prefrontal cortex dysfunction.

Determining a Short Form Montreal Cognitive Assessment (s-MoCA) Czech Version: Validity in Mild Cognitive Impairment Parkinson's Disease and Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Brain connectivity changes when comparing effects of subthalamic deep brain stimulation with levodopa treatment in Parkinson's disease.

Mild cognitive impairment disrupts attention network connectivity in Parkinson's disease: A combined multimodal MRI and meta-analytical study.

The Uniform Data Set, Czech Version: Normative Data in Older Adults from an International Perspective.

A comparative study of tower of london scoring systems and normative data

A parsimonious scoring and normative calculator for the Parkinson’s disease mild cognitive impairment battery

A trend towards associative binding impairment but not delayed recall impairment of explicit memory by healthy aging decliners vs supernormals: Preliminary data

Clinimetric validity of the Trail Making Test Czech version in Parkinson’s disease and normative data for older adults

Cognitive sequelae of methanol poisoning involve executive dysfunction and memory impairment in cross-sectional and long-term perspective

Frequency-phase analysis of resting-state functional MRI

Frontal Assessment Battery in Parkinson's Disease: Validity and Morphological Correlates

GABA spectra and remote distractor effect in progressive supranuclear palsy: A pilot study

Gait and balance impairment after methanol intoxication

Genetic Alzheimer disease and sporadic dementia with lewy bodies: A comorbidity presenting as primary progressive aphasia

Genetic Alzheimer Disease and Sporadic Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Comorbidity Presenting as Primary Progressive Aphasia

Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder - clinical characteristic of 67 patients

Is Chelation Therapy Efficient for the Treatment of Intravenous Metallic Mercury Intoxication?

Kontrolované učení ve starším věku

Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA): Normative data for old and very old Czech adults

Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-Mental State Examination reliable change indices in healthy older adults

Psychosocial sequelae following cardiac arrest

Structural and Functional Correlates of Anxiety in Parkinson's disease.

Prospective memory impairment in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder.

Gait and Balance Impairment after Acute Methanol Poisoning.

Neurological and Neurophysiological Findings in Workers with Chronic 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin Intoxication 50 Years After Exposure.

Separate neural representations of depression, anxiety and apathy in Parkinson's disease.

Corrigendum: Frequency-phase analysis of resting-state functional MRI

Peer review (8 reviews for 5 publications/grants)