Sanne van Rooij
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor
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Emory University
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
69 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
Overview
Dr. Sanne van Rooij is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, and investigator and Associate Director of Scientific Outreach at the Grady Trauma Project. Her research aims to identify neurobiological predictors for PTSD development and treatment response, and the investigation of novel neuromodulation treatments in a low resourced, civilian population. Dr. van Rooij received her Ph.D. in Clinical Neuroscience in 2015 from Utrecht University, the Netherlands where she performed a pre- and post-treatment neuroimaging study in war veterans with PTSD. As a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University, she studied neural correlates of PTSD in acutely and chronically traumatized civilians and children. She uses neuroimaging and psychophysiological measures to study fear and response inhibition and related context processing. Dr. van Rooij is currently PI on an NIMH K01 clinical trial to investigate the effect of TMS on PTSD symptoms and biomarkers, and a Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD) young investigator award to study individualized TMS treatment targets for PTSD.
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- PhD Clinical Neuroscience from University Medical Center Utrecht
- MSc Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience from Maastricht University
- MSc Developmental Psychology from Maastricht University
- BSc Psychology and Neuroscience from Maastricht University
Research
Publications
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Sequential decreases in basolateral amygdala response to threat predict failure to recover from PTSD.
Neuropsychopharmacology
05/03/2025 Authors: Roeckner AR; Lin ER-H; Hinrichs R; Harnett NG; Lebois LAM; van Rooij SJH; Ely TD; Jovanovic T; Murty VP; Bruce SE -
The case for hemispheric lateralization of the human amygdala in fear processing.
Mol Psychiatry Volume: 30 Page(s): 2252 - 2259
05/01/2025 Authors: Xie T; van Rooij SJH; Inman CS; Wang S; Brunner P; Willie JT -
Social Buffering of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Longitudinal Effects and Neural Mediators.
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging Volume: 10 Page(s): 531 - 541
05/01/2025 Authors: Santos JLC; Harnett NG; van Rooij SJH; Ely TD; Jovanovic T; Lebois LAM; Beaudoin FL; An X; Neylan TC; Linnstaedt SD -
Reward Neurocircuitry Predicts Longitudinal Changes in Alcohol Use Following Trauma Exposure.
Volume: 10 Page(s): 314 - 323
03/01/2025 Authors: Hinojosa CA; van Rooij SJH; Fani N; Ellis RA; Harnett NG; Lebois LAM; Ely TD; Jovanovic T; Murty VP; House SL -
Towards predicting posttraumatic stress symptom severity using portable EEG-derived biomarkers.
Sci Rep Volume: 15 Page(s): 5344
02/13/2025 Authors: Peddi A; Sendi MSE; Minton ST; Langhinrichsen-Rohling R; Hinojosa CA; West E; Ressler KJ; Calhoun VD; van Rooij SJH -
Characterizing the Prevalence of Psychiatric Conditions and Fear-Potentiated Startle Response in Civilians with a History of Trauma and Seizures.
Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks) Volume: 9 Page(s): 24705470251321953
01/01/2025 Authors: Prochaska T; Zeleke H; Minton ST; Powers A; Michopoulos V; Willie JT; Drane DL; Jovanovic T; van Rooij SJH -
Neighborhood Resources Associated With Psychological Trajectories and Neural Reactivity to Reward After Trauma.
JAMA Psychiatry Volume: 81 Page(s): 1090 - 1100
11/01/2024 Authors: Webb EK; Stevens JS; Ely TD; Lebois LAM; van Rooij SJH; Bruce SE; House SL; Beaudoin FL; An X; Neylan TC -
Impacts of early life adversity on the neurocircuitry of emotional memory in children.
Dev Psychopathol Page(s): 1 - 12
10/29/2024 Authors: Oliver KI; Stenson A; van Rooij SJH; Johnson CB; Ely TD; Powers A; Minton ST; Wiltshire C; Kim YJ; Hinrichs R -
Smaller hippocampal volume is associated with anxiety symptoms in high-risk Black youth.
J Mood Anxiety Disord Volume: 7
09/01/2024 Authors: Lipschutz R; Powers A; Minton ST; Stenson AF; Ely TD; Stevens JS; Jovanovic T; van Rooij SJH -
Probing the neurocardiac circuit in trauma and posttraumatic stress.
J Psychiatr Res Volume: 176 Page(s): 173 - 181
08/01/2024 Authors: Seligowski AV; Harnett NG; Ellis RA; Grasser LR; Hanif M; Wiltshire C; Ely TD; Lebois LAM; van Rooij SJH; House SL