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Andrew
Budson, M.D.
Director
of the CTCN
Dr.
Budson is the Associate Director and Education Core Leader
at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, and
a Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of
Medicine. At the Veteran's Affairs Boston Healthcare System
he is the Chief of the Section of Cognitive & Behavioral
Neurology and the Associate Chief of Staff for Education.
Dr. Budson's specific research interests include understanding
how memory breaks down in Alzheimer's disease, improving
memory in Alzheimer's disease, false memory, memory for
music, and the science of learning and memory as it pertains
to education.
Dr.
Budson's Website
Dr. Budson's CV
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Maureen
K. O'Connor, Psy.D, ABCN.
Director
of Cognitive Rehabilitation
Dr.
O’Connor is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist.
She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania and completed an internship
in neuropsychology at Yale University School of Medicine.
Her post-doctoral training was completed at Weill Cornell
Medical College/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
and the Bedford Veterans Hospital/Boston University School
of Medicine. In addition to her work in the CTCN, Dr. O’Connor
is the Director of Neuropsychology at the Bedford Veterans
Hospital and Instructor of Neurology at Boston University.
Dr. O’Connor specializes in the clinical evaluation
and treatment of older adults. Her research interests focus
on understanding cognitive aging in an effort to develop
effective treatments to help aging adults and their families.
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Rebecca
Deason, Ph.D.
Instructor
in Neurology
Dr. Deason completed her Ph.D. in cognitive and biological
psychology at the University of Minnesota with a focus
on implicit memory. She joined the CTCN in 2008 as a
postdoctoral fellow and went on to receive a career development
grant from the VA. The overall goal of her research has
been to understand how we learn and remember items, how
these memorial processes are altered or impaired by aging
and disease, and how we can use preserved memorial processes
to improve the daily lives of older adults and patients
with Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Deason has investigated
memory for words, pictures, and, most recently, music
using both behavioral and ERP methodologies.
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Xiaoyan
Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Sun is a post-doc fellow at the CTCN.
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Sean Flannery, B.S.
Research
Technician
Sean
graduated from the University of Georgia in December
of 2008 with a B.S. in Psychology, minoring in Sociology
and Film Studies. He has been at CTCN since February
of 2008 in order to gain experience related to neuropsychology
with the hopes of higher-level education.
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Traci
Aoki
Traci graduated from University of Southern California
in 2011 with a B.A. in neuroscience. She is currently
pursuing a M.A. in medical sciences from Boston University
and plans to complete her thesis at the CTCN.
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Lee
Ashendorf, Ph.D
Investigator
Dr. Ashendorf
is a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in cognition
and aging. He also serves as the lead neuropsychologist
for the Bedford VAMC's Polytrauma clinic. His research
focuses on psychometric and process aspects of neuropsychological
assessment, particularly with older adults. He additionally
works as a clinical supervisor for neuropsychology interns
and postdoctoral fellows at the Bedford VAMC.
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Nick
Simmons-Stern
Student
Research Assistant
Nick
is a student at Yale University, where he studies the
cognitive neuroscience of music. He has worked for four
years as a research assistant at the CTCN, where his
research has focused on understanding the relationship
between music and memory in patients with Alzheimer's
disease.
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Nick
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Kara
Kleber
Student
Research Assistant
Kara
Kleber is a graduate student in the Anatomy and Neurobiology
department at Boston University School of Medicine.
Kara is completing her thesis in the CTCN lab, studying
response bias and ERP correlates of memory. She graduated
from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in
Neuroscience and joined the lab to learn more about
cognitive neuroscience and translational research.
She plans to attend medical school after completion
of her graduate work.
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Bruno
Frustace,
B.A.
Research
Technician
Bruno
received a B.A. in Psychology from Swarthmore College
in 2010. He has been working in the CTCN lab as a
research technician since January 2011. He hopes
to gain experience with research prior to his plans
for graduate school in Medicine or Neuroscience.
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Karin
Schon, Ph.D.
Karin
Schon is a senior postdoctoral associate at Boston
University. She is working on an NIA-sponsored K-award
project on the role of aerobic exercise and cardio-respiratory
fitness on memory using functional and structural
MRI methods.
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Lindsay
Embree
Lindsay graduated with her Ph.D. in clinical psychology/neuropsychology
at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. She completed her
dissertation in the CTCN investigating recollection and
familiarity for pictures and words in mild cognitive
impairment using receiver operating characteristics. Lindsay
continues to be a collaborator with the CTCN.
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Aleksandra
C Stark, M.D.
Aleksandra
is a post-doctoral fellow with the CTCN. She is a
neurologist by training, and completed neurology
residency at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
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Andrew Rosenblatt
Andrew graduated from
Skidmore College in 2010 with a B.A. in neuroscience. Andrew has worked
in a clinical neuropsychology setting since September, 2010, worked in
the CTCN lab as a research intern in 2011, and is now a collaborator with
CTCN. Andrew hopes to gain further experience with research in neuropsychology
prior
to his plans for graduate school in clinical psychology.
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