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Congratulations to Gavin Sanders and his invaluable wingperson, Robiann Broomfield, for garnering a research grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The grant will help to fund Gavin’s dissertation research, “Recognition and Memory for Facial Affect After Traumatic Brain Injury.”

Woo hoo for Lauren, who garnered her top choice postdoctoral fellowship at the Boston VA Medical Center. Hard-earned and well deserved, LJR-II. Lauren will have rich clinical and research experience there, including opportunities to continue her dissertation research on memory for emotion after acquired brain injury.

Jeremy is currently completing his predoctoral internship at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, and he will finish in June 2022.

Jeremy won a competitive postdoctoral fellowship grant from the Florida Department of Health (Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program), which will fund his research, “Novel Training in Interventions for Treatment Adherence in Underserved Diverse Patients at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Lauren’s dissertation: “Memory for Emotional Expressions in Adults with Acquired Brain Injury” and her committee: Lisa Rapport (Chair), Mark Lumley, Robin Hanks (WSU School of Medicine), and Scott Langenecker (University of Utah, Psychiatry).

• Lauren will be presenting a portion of her results at the upcoming conference of the International Neuropsychological Society: “Relationship Between Self-Reported Affect and Emotion Perception Following Acquired Brain Injury” (Poster Session 10, Friday 2/4, 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm).

Jeremy’s dissertation: “Predictors of Cognitive Reserve in Multiple Sclerosis” and his committee: Lisa Rapport (Chair), Mark Lumley, Eva Bernitsas (WSU, Neurology), Brigid Waldron-Perrine (University of Michigan), and Keith Whitfield (former WSU Provost, now UNLV President).

• Jeremy will be presenting a portion of his results at the upcoming conference of the International Neuropsychological Society, as a Paper Presentation in a symposium: “Cognitive Enrichment Moderates the Relationship Between Cognitive Dysfunction and Education Quality in Multiple Sclerosis” (Paper Session 15, Movement, Friday 2/4, 3:30-4:55 pm. The INS talks will also be available as recordings online.

 

Congratulations to NeurAL alumnus Dr. Michael Williams, who was awarded a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The title of this 3-year grant is “Impact of Chronic Pain on Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury.” The research will examine the extent to which chronic pain influences outcomes (i.e., functional independence, societal participation, and life satisfaction) following traumatic brain injury (TBI). In addition, the study will gather consumer perspective on pain treatment and interest in non-pharmacological interventions to inform development of novel interventions for adults with comorbid chronic pain and TBI.

He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston.

He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2016. While at WSU, he was a trainee in the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) and won a Ford Foundation fellowship. He completed his internship in Behavioral Medicine and Neuropsychology at the University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle); postdoctoral fellowship in the Adult Rehabilitation and Clinical Neuropsychology program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Katrail Davis will be attending Louisiana State University’s Clinical Psychology Program, working in the research lab of Dr. Matt Calamia. She was awarded LSU’s prestigious  Huel Perkins Research Fellowship, which will cover her tuition and 12-month stipend over 4 years.

New articles accepted:

Kanser, R. J., Rapport, L. J., Hanks, R. A., & Patrick, S. D. (2021). Time and money: Exploring enhancements to performance validity research designs. Applied Neuropsychology-Adult, 1-8. doi:10.1080/23279095.2021.2019740. Free download of the article at Taylor & Francis Publishing.

Kanser, R.J., Rapport, L.J., Hanks, R.A., & Patrick, S.D. (2021). Utility of WAIS-IV Digit Span indices as measures of performance validity in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 1–14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2021.1921277.  Free download of the article at Taylor & Francis Publishing.

Congratulations to Sarah Patrick and the NeurAL team of eyetracking, performance validity test (PVT) researchers. New publication in press based on Sarah’s thesis.
Patrick, S.D., Rapport, L.J., Kanser, R.J., Hanks, R.A., & Bashem, J.R. (2021). Detecting simulated versus bona fide traumatic brain injury using pupillometry. Neuropsychology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34014751/

We’re very proud of NeurAL members Lauren Radigan and Jeremy Grant, who matched for internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System and the University of Florida Health Science Center, respectively.
Related (i.e., speaking of pride in accomplishments), check out the Recent Work page to view posters presented by the lab at the February meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society.

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We’re very proud of NeurAL members Lauren Radigan and Jeremy Grant, who matched for internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System and the University of Florida Health Science Center, respectively.
Related (i.e., speaking of pride in accomplishments), check out the Recent Work page to view posters presented by the lab at the February meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society.