Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, PhD
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

She is particularly interested in assessing and treating problems with executive control (mental abilities such as making plans, carrying out plans, learning from mistakes and other skills that allow people to perform tasks).

Novakovic-Agopian's research focuses on restoring executive function after brain injury and assessing the mind's function using advanced imaging technologies.

Novakovic-Agopian earned a doctorate at Alliant International University's California School of Professional Psychology. She completed a residency and a fellowship in neuropsychology at UCSF.

Novakovic-Agopian co-directs the neurorehabilitation programs at UCSF, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Northern California Veterans Affairs Health Care System (Martinez Outpatient Clinic) and University of California, Berkeley.

Novakovic-Agopian served as chair of the California Pacific Regional Rehabilitation Center's brain injury research committee. She formerly served as president of the Northern California Neuropsychology Forum.

• Functional Improvements 6+ Months After GOALS Training Predicted Decreased PTSD Symptoms Among Veterans with PTSD/mTBI.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2022 Rachel Santiago, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• Improvement in executive functioning after Goal-Oriented Attentional Self-Regulation training is associated with reduction in PTSD hyperarousal symptoms among veterans with comorbid PTSD and mild TBI.
  Applied neuropsychology. Adult 2021 Maruyama BA, Abrams G, Kornblith E, Posecion LF, McQuaid JR, Neylan TC, Groberio J, Chen AJ, Novakovic-Agopian T
• Goal-Oriented Attention Self-Regulation Training Improves Executive Functioning in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
  Journal of neurotrauma 2020 Novakovic-Agopian T, Posecion L, Kornblith E, Abrams G, McQuaid JR, Neylan TC, Burciaga J, Joseph J, Carlin G, Groberio J, Maruyama B, Chen AJW
• Improvement in Executive Functioning after Goal-Oriented Attentional Self-Regulation Training Predicts Reduction in PTSD Hyperarousal Symptoms Among Veterans With Comorbid PTSD and Mild TBI.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2020 Brian Maruyama, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• A randomized pilot trial of topiramate for alcohol use disorder in veterans with traumatic brain injury: Effects on alcohol use, cognition, and post-concussive symptoms.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2020 Pennington DL, Bielenberg J, Lasher B, Herbst E, Abrams G, Novakovic-Agopian T, Batki SL
• Goal-oriented attentional self-regulation training in individuals with acquired brain injury in a subacute phase: a pilot feasibility study.
  International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation 2020 Cizman Staba U, Vrhovac S, Mlinaric Lesnik V, Novakovic-Agopian T
• Interventions to Improve Cognitive Functioning After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
  2020 Anthony Chen, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, Fred Loya
• Long Term Outcomes of Executive Function Training in Veterans with PTSD and mild TBI.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2019 Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, Gary Abrams, Erica Kornblith, Lainie Posecion
• Long-Term Effect of Cognitive Rehabilitation Regardless of Prerehabilitation Cognitive Status for Veterans with TBI.
  Applied neuropsychology. Adult 2019 Kornblith E, Posecion L, Abrams G, Chen AJ, Burciaga J, D'Esposito M, Novakovic-Agopian T
• Long-term effects of executive function training among veterans with chronic TBI.
  Brain injury 2019 Novakovic-Agopian T, Kornblith E, Abrams G, McQuaid JR, Posecion L, Burciaga J, D'Esposito M, Chen AJW
• Goal-Oriented Attention Self-Regulation (GOALS) training in older adults.
  Aging & mental health 2019 Turner GR, Novakovic-Agopian T, Kornblith E, Adnan A, Madore M, Chen AJW, D'Esposito M
• Attention Self-Regulation Training Applied To Participant Defined Goals For Veterans With PTSD And Mild TBI.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2018 Erica Kornblith, Gary Abrams, Joaquin Burciaga, Lainie Posecion, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• Baseline Neurocognitive Status And Long Term Effects Of Executive Function Training Among Veterans With TBI.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2018 Erica Kornblith, Gary Abrams, Joaquin Burciaga, Lainie Posecion, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• Impact of baseline neurocognitive functioning on outcomes following rehabilitation of executive function training for veterans with history of traumatic brain injury.
  Applied neuropsychology. Adult 2018 Kornblith E, Abrams G, Chen AJ, Burciaga J, D'Esposito M, Novakovic-Agopian T
• Training in Goal-Oriented Attention Self-Regulation Improves Executive Functioning in Veterans with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury.
  Journal of neurotrauma 2018 Novakovic-Agopian T, Kornblith E, Abrams G, Burciaga-Rosales J, Loya F, D'Esposito M, Chen AJW
• Brain Changes Following Executive Control Training in Older Adults.
  Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 2017 Adnan A, Chen AJW, Novakovic-Agopian T, D'Esposito M, Turner GR
• Long-Term Use and Perceived Benefits of Goal-Oriented Attentional Self-Regulation Training in Chronic Brain Injury.
  Rehabilitation research and practice 2017 Loya F, Novakovic-Agopian T, Binder D, Rossi A, Rome S, Murphy M, Chen AJ
• Executive Function Training in Veterans with Chronic TBI: Short and Longer Term Outcomes.
  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015 Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• 'From Start-Up-to-CEO': Fostering Guided Experiential Learning of Goal-Oriented Attention Regulation through Game-Assisted Training following Brain Injury (P7.187).
  Neurology 2015 Fred Loya, Deborah Binder, Nicholas Rodriguez, Michelle Madore, Bruce Buchanan, Audrey Kossman, Michael Sapiro, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, Anthony Chen
• Functional brain network modularity predicts response to cognitive training after brain injury.
  Neurology 2015 Arnemann KL, Chen AJ, Novakovic-Agopian T, Gratton C, Nomura EM, D'Esposito M
• C-68Long-Term Outcomes of Goal-Oriented Attention and Problem Solving Training in Veterans with Chronic TBI.
  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 2014 T Novakovic-Agopian, A Chen, G Abrams, F Loya, M Madore, G Carlin, M Murphy, A Rossi
• Tonic and phasic alertness training: a novel treatment for executive control dysfunction following mild traumatic brain injury.
  Neurocase 2014 Van Vleet TM, Chen A, Vernon A, Novakovic-Agopian T, D'Esposito MT
• Assessment of subcomponents of executive functioning in ecologically valid settings: the goal processing scale.
  The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation 2014 Novakovic-Agopian T, Chen AJ, Rome S, Rossi A, Abrams G, D'Esposito M, Turner G, McKim R, Muir J, Hills N, Kennedy C, Garfinkle J, Murphy M, Binder D, Castelli H
• Goal-Oriented Attention Regulation Training in Veterans with Chronic TBI (P01.186).
  Neurology 2012 T. Novakovic-Agopian, A. Chen, G. Abrams, A. Rossi, D. Binder, J. Muir, M. Murphy, G. Carlin, R. Fitzsimmons, M. D'Esposito
• Interventions to Improve Cognitive Functioning After TBI.
  Traumatic Brain Injury 2012 Anthony J.-W. Chen, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• Rehabilitation of executive functioning with training in attention regulation applied to individually defined goals: a pilot study bridging theory, assessment, and treatment.
  The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation 2011 Novakovic-Agopian T, Chen AJ, Rome S, Abrams G, Castelli H, Rossi A, McKim R, Hills N, D'Esposito M
• Training of goal-directed attention regulation enhances control over neural processing for individuals with brain injury.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2011 Chen AJ, Novakovic-Agopian T, Nycum TJ, Song S, Turner GR, Hills NK, Rome S, Abrams GM, D'Esposito M
• Attention.
  Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences 2003 Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian
• Relationship between neuropsychological performance, and immune parameters in HIV-1 infected patients with and without AIDS dementia complex.
  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 1999 T. Novakovic-Agopian, S. Gysens, M.P. Heyes, N. Marlowe, R.W. Price
• Relationship between neuropsychological performance, and immune parameters in HIV-1 infected patients with and without AIDS dementia complex.
  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 1999 T. Novakovic-Agopian, S. Gysens, M.P. Heyes, N. Marlowe, R.W. Price
• Time course of cerebrospinal fluid responses to antiretroviral therapy: evidence for variable compartmentalization of infection.
  AIDS (London, England) 1999 Staprans S, Marlowe N, Glidden D, Novakovic-Agopian T, Grant RM, Heyes M, Aweeka F, Deeks S, Price RW
• Failure to detect nelfinavir in the cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-1--infected patients with and without AIDS dementia complex.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association 1999 Aweeka F, Jayewardene A, Staprans S, Bellibas SE, Kearney B, Lizak P, Novakovic-Agopian T, Price RW