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- Robyn Bluhm
- Assistant Professor
- Philosophy & Religious Studies
- 9019 Batten Arts and Letters
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-6705
- rbluhm@odu.edu
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Education
- University of Western Ontario,
2005
- Major: Philosophy
- Degree: Ph. D.
- McMaster University,
2000
- Major: Philosophy
- Degree: M.A.
- The University of Toronto,
1998
- Degree: Part-time Enrollment in Undergraduate courses
- Laurentian University,
1993
- Major: Philosophy
- Degree: B.A.
- Laurentian University,
1992
- Major: Behavioural Neuroscience
- Degree: B.S.
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Book Chapters
- White, A., and Bluhm, R. Embryo Quality and Embryo Research. In: Nisker J, Baylis F, Karpin I, McLeod C, Mykitiuk R, editors. The Healthy Embryo: Social,
Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives.. Cambridge University Press.
- Bluhm, R. (2008). Beyond the Basics: Human Emotional Development and its Implication for Modularity. In The Modularity of Emotions (Supplementary
Volume #32 of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy). Christine Tappolet and Luc Faucher, editors. (pp. pp. 73-94). Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
- Viger, C., Bluhm, R., and Mosurinjohn, S. (2008). The Binding Problem: Achilles in the 21st Century. In: Lennon T, Stainton R, editors. The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology. (pp. pp. 257-275). Dordrecht: Springer.
- Bluhm, R. (2007). Clinical Trials as Nomological Machines: Implications for Evidence-Based Medicine. In: Kincaid H, McKitrick J, editors. Establishing
Medical Reality: Methodological and Metaphysical Issues in Philosophy of Medicine. (pp. pp. 149-166). Dordrecht: Springer.
- Lanius, R., Bluhm, R., and Lanius, U. (2007). PTSD Symptom Provocation and Neuroimaging: Heterogeneity of Response. In: Vermetten E, Dorahy M, Spiegel D, editors. Traumatic
Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment. (pp. pp. 191-218). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
- Lanius, R., Bluhm, R., and Pain, C. (2006). The Origins of Emotion Regulation: Clinical Presentation and Neurobiology. In: Romans S, Seeman MV, editors. Women’s Mental
Health: A Life-Cycle Approach.. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Bluhm, R. (2003). From Catchphrase to Catechism: The Central Dogma in Molecular Biology and the Media. In: Almond B, Parker M, editors. Ethical
Issues in the New Genetics: Are Genes Us?. (pp. pp. 91-98.). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Press.
- Gupta, A., Ryder, J., and Bluhm, R. (2003). Oncyhomycosis. In: Williams H, Bigby M, editors. Evidence-Based Dermatology.. BMJ Books.
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Articles
- Bluhm, R., Williamson, P., Osuch, E., Frewen, P., Stevens, T., Boksman, K., Neufeld, R., Théberge, J., and Lanius, R. Alterations in default network connectivity in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
- Bluhm, R., Miller, J., Lanius, R., Osuch, E., Boksman, K., Neufeld, R., Théberge, J., Schaefer, B., and Williamson, P. Retrosplenial cortex connectivity in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging
- Bluhm, R. Some observations on “observational” research. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Bluhm, R., Osuch, E., Lanius, R., Boksman, K., Neufeld, R., Théberge, J., and Williamson, P. (2008). Default network connectivity: effects of age, sex and analytic approach. Neuroreport, 19, (pp. 887-881).
- Osuch, E., Willis, M., Bluhm, R., Ursano, R., and Drevets, W. (2008). Neurophysiological Responses to Traumatic Reminders in the Acute Aftermath of Serious Motor Vehicle Collisions Using [(15)O]-H2O
Positron Emission Tomography. Biological Psychiatry, 64, (pp. 327-335).
- Bluhm, R., Lanius, R., Osuch, E., Boksman, K., Neufeld, R., Théberge, J., Schaefer, B., and Williamson, P. (2007). Default network connectivity: effects of age, sex and analytic approach. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33, (pp. 1004-1012).
- Lanius, R., Bluhm, R., Lanius, U., and Pain, C. (2006). A review of neuroimaging studies in PTSD: Heterogeneity of response to symptom provocation. Journal of Psychiatry Research, 40 (8), (pp. 709-729).
- Nisker, J., Martin, D., Bluhm, R., and Daar, A. (2006). Theatre as a public-engagement tool for health policy development. Health Policy, 78 (2-3), (pp. 258-71).
- Borgerson, K., and Bluhm, R. (2005). Evidence-Based Medicine: editors' overview and introduction. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 48 (4), (pp. 475-476).
- Bluhm, R. (2005). From Hierarchy to Network: A Richer Notion of Evidence for Evidence-Based Medicine. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 48 (2), (pp. 535-547).
- Lanius, R., Williamson, P., Bluhm, R., Densmore, M., Boksman, K., Neufeld, R., Gati, J., and Menon, R. (2005). Functional connectivity of dissociative responses in PTSD: An fMRI investigation. Biological Psychiatry, 57 (8), (pp. 873-884).
- Gupta, A., Bluhm, R., Barlow, J., Fleischer, A., and Feldman, S. (2004). Prescribing practices for seborrheic dermatitis vary with the physician's specialty: implications for clinical practice. Journal of Dermatologic Treatment, 15 (4), (pp. 208-213).
- Gupta, A., Ryder, J., Bluhm, R., Johnson, A., and Summerbell, R. (2003). Onychomycosis: quality of studies. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, 7 (4), (pp. 312-316).
- Gupta, A., Bluhm, R., and Summerbell, R. (2002). Pityriasis versicolor. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 16 (1),
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Presentations
- Gender Differences and Brain Research
- Conference Name: Panel sponsored by the Society for Analytic Feminism
- Sponsoring Organization: Panel sponsored by the Society for Analytic Feminism
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: December, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Comments on John Worrall’s “Evidence: Philosophy of Science meets Medicine”
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Toronto
- Date: November, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient Autonomy
- Conference Name:
- Location: Rijeka, Croatia
- Date: September, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- What can Neuroimaging do for Psychiatry? The Case of the Default Network
- Conference Name: University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: January, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Further Lessons from ECMO: The Ethics and Epistemology of Clinical Research
- Conference Name: University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
- Date: September, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- The Hierarchy of Medicine and Biomedical Research” Part of a symposium: “Challenging the Hierarchy of Evidence in Evidence-based
Medicine.” Other symposium participants: Kirstin Borgerson, Maya Goldenberg
- Conference Name: University of Twente
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Twente
- Location: Enschede, Holland
- Date: August, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Low Frequency Connectivity in the “Default Network” in Psychiatric Disorders
- Conference Name: University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: June, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Achilles and the Binding Problem (paper cowritten with Chris Viger and Sharday Mosurinjohn). Part of a symposium: “The Achilles
Problem.” Other symposium participants: Shannon Dea, John Thorp, Benjamin Hill
- Conference Name: University of Saskatchewan
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Saskatchewan
- Date: May, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- “The Hierarchy of Medicine and Biomedical Research” Part of a symposium: “Challenging the Hierarchy of Evidence in Evidence-based
Medicine.” Other symposium participants: Kirstin Borgerson, Maya Goldenberg
- Conference Name: University of Saskatchewan
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Saskatchewan
- Date: May, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Studies of the Neurocircuitry of Reward in Depression. With Dr. Elizabeth Osuch
- Conference Name: The University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: May, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Low Frequency Oscillations in the ‘Default Network’: Alterations in Psychiatric Disorders
- Conference Name: The University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: March, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- “Evidence-based Medicine as a Philosophy of Medicine” Part of a symposium: “Three Epistemological Paradigms in Medical Research”
Other symposium participants: Miriam Solomon, Harold Kincaid, Stefan Timmermans, David Teira, John Worrall
- Conference Name:
- Location: Vancouver, BC
- Date: November, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Ethical Issues in Observational Research
- Conference Name: University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: October, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Ethical Issues in Outcomes Research
- Conference Name: Trent University
- Sponsoring Organization: Trent University
- Date: October, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Comments on James Anderson’s “Taking the Therapeutic Misconception Seriously”
- Conference Name:
- Location: York University
- Date: June, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Conference Name: University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Location: Low Frequency Connectivity in Psychiatric Disorder: An fMRI Pilot Investigation
- Date: June, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Beyond Blobology? Is Functional Neuroimaging the New Phrenology?
- Conference Name:
- Location: York University
- Date: May, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine
- Conference Name: The University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: February, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Functional Connectivity in the ‘Resting’ Brain: Implications for Self-monitoring and Consciousness
- Conference Name: The University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: December, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Further Lessons from ECMO: The Epistemology and Ethics of Clinical Research
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Date: November, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- The Price of Cheap Evidence: The Ethics and Epistemology of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Conference Name:
- Date: October, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- The ‘Hierarchy of Evidence’ and EBM
- Conference Name: The University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: September, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Mechanisms and Medicine
- Conference Name:
- Location: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: May, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Beyond the Basics: Human Emotional Development and its Implications for Modularity
- Conference Name:
- Location: Université de Montréal/Université du Québec à Montréal
- Date: May, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- What Can the Prefrontal Cortex Tell us about Free Will?
- Conference Name: Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Group session on Neurophysiological Determinism and the Problem of Agency
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Group session on Neurophysiological Determinism and the Problem of Agency
- Location: Chicago
- Date: April, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Comments on Steven Todd’s “Unmasking Multiple Drafts: A case study demonstrating the impact of empirical data on theories
of consciousness”
- Conference Name:
- Location: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: April, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Folk Psychology and Borderline Personality Disorder
- Conference Name:
- Location: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: April, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Further Lesson from ECMO: The Ethics and Epistemology of Observational Research
- Conference Name: University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: February, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Thinking of You, Thinking of Me: The Neural Correlates of Reflection on Oneself and on Another
- Conference Name: The University of Western Ontario
- Sponsoring Organization: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: October, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Clinical Trials as Nomological Machines: Implications for Evidence-Based Medicine
- Conference Name:
- Location: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Date: May, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Thinking of You, Thinking of Me: The Neural Correlates of Reflection on Oneself and on Another
- Conference Name:
- Location: Washington University at St. Louis
- Date: April, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
Densmore, M.
Schurmans , K.
Stevens , T.
Neufeld , R.
Menon , R.
Lanius , R.
- Folk Psychology and Borderline Personality Disorder
- Conference Name:
- Location: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: October, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Comments on Tom Rand’s “Causality: Nomological, Transitive, and Mereological Considerations for the Token-Identity Theorist”
- Conference Name:
- Location: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: April, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Comments on Sara Bagg’s “Multiplicity: The Potential of our Narrative Selves.”
- Conference Name:
- Location: The University of Western Ontario
- Date: April, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- The Ideology of the ‘Central Dogma’ and the Notion of a Genetic Basis
- Conference Name:
- Location: Manchester, UK
- Date: May, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Sex and Gender and the Human Brain
- Conference Name:
- Location: McMaster University
- Date: October, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Blueprint for an Individual: the Philosophical Implications of Genetic Research
- Conference Name:
- Location: McMaster University
- Date: September, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Bluhm, R.
- Fellowship (declined), Ontario Women’s Health Council/CIHR Institute of Gender and Health Fellowship
- 2007: CIHR Strategic Training Fellow, Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research – Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC)
- 2004: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
- 2003: Graduate Tuition Scholarship - Recognition, The University of Western Ontario
- 2003: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)
- 2003: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
- 2002: University Students Council Teaching Honour Roll
- 2001: University Students Council Teaching Honour Roll
- 2000: Nominated for Graduate Teaching Award
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research