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Doctoral Alumni

Master’s Alumni

Undergraduates and Post-bach Alumni

 

 

Dissertations and Outcomes

Rapport Lab Doctoral Alumni

Brooke Brines, Ph.D., 1996

Practice effects of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised in a normal population.

Internship: Henry Ford Healthcare System, Detroit

First position: Michigan Head Pain Neurologic Institute / Chelsea Head Pain

Current: University of Michigan, Behavioral Medicine, Transplant team; Deceased, 2014

Stephen Vangel, Jr., Ph.D., 1996

The Goodness of Fit hypothetical factor structure for the Functional Independence Measure.

Internship: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

Current: Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit; Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, WSU School of Medicine

Robin Montgomery Hanks, Ph.D., 1996

The ecological validity of measures of executive functioning in a traumatically brain injured population.

    • Del Harder Student Research Award

Internship: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens NY

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington-Seattle School of Medicine

Current: Chief, Psychology & Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan & Professor, WSU School of Medicine

Mary Theisen-Goodvich, Ph.D., 1997

The effects of practice in the repeated administration of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised and the California Verbal Learning Test in normal adults.

Internship: Henry Ford Healthcare System, Detroit

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Current: Faculty, Spine Program,  University of Michigan

Mark Jacobson, Ph.D., 1998

Neuropsychological deficits associated with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Internship: VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, VA San Diego Healthcare System/UCSD

Current: VA San Diego Healthcare System/UCSD; Associate Professor UCSD, Psychiatry.

Paul Barrett, Ph.D., 1999

The Relative Validity of MMPI-2 interpretations based on standard and neurocorrected profiles for traumatic brain injury patients receiving rehabilitation services.

Internship: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Henry Ford Healthcare System, Detroit

Current: Private Practice, Mountain Memory Assessment, Asheville NC

Gina Losasso Langen, Ph.D., 2000

Cognitive and affective sequelae of neurotoxic exposure to a combination of solvents and (meth)acrylate.

Internship: Henry Ford Healthcare System, Detroit

First position: Faculty, Yorkville University

Current: Faculty, American Military University

Quintin Poore, Ph.D., 2000

Verbal fluency deficits in Alzheimer’s and ischemic vascular dementia.

Internship: London Ontario Health Sciences Centre

First positions: Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) Postdoctoral Fellow; Neuropsychologist, SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Current: Neuropsychologist, US Army Guthrie Ambulatory Health Care, Syracuse NY

Renee Coleman Bryer, Ph.D., 2000

Neuropsychological predictors of driving safety following traumatic brain injury. 

Internship: VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD

Current: Private practice, Plymouth Michigan

Jennifer Huffman, Ph.D., 2000

The relationship of psychological factors, treatment adherence, and outcome among migraine headache patients. (co-chair with Mark Lumley)

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant
    • Michigan Psychological Association Student Research Grant
    • International Headache Society Travel Award
    • Citation poster: Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society

Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (pediatric neuropsychology); Neuropsychologist/Training Supervisor, Henry Ford Allegiance Neurology,  Jackson Michigan

Current: Private practice, Jackson Michigan

Sara Friedman, Ph.D., 2000

Affect perception and interpersonal skills of adults diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Henry Ford Healthcare System

Current: Psychologist Peer Reviewer CIGNA Health Solutions, Minneapolis-St. Paul MN

Tatyana Gershkovich Jones, Ph.D., 2001

Cognitive and psychosocial predictors of subjective well-being in older adults.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant

Internship: James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Semel Institute

Current: Neuropsychologist, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey CA; Instructor, Dept. of Psychology, Fullerton College

Anthony Lequerica, Ph.D., 2004

Facets of agitation in traumatic brain injury: Impact on progress in acute rehabilitation therapies.

Internship: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Current: Senior Research Scientist, Kessler Foundation; Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers

Tanya Ergh Sherman, Ph.D., 2004

Awareness of deficit in multiple sclerosis and its relation to caregiver distress.

    • WSU Summer Dissertation Fellowship
    • Multiple Sclerosis Society Research Grant

Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Current: Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan; Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, WSU School of Medicine

Christine Paradee, Ph.D., 2006

Circadian preference and facial emotional perception among cognitively and noncognitively impaired rehabilitation inpatients.

Internship: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

First position: Neuropsychologist, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL

Current: Retired; Cleveland OH

Kristen Loeher Votruba, Ph.D., 2007

Massed versus spaced practice in aphasia therapy.

    • American Psychological Association, Division 40 Student Award for Excellence

Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Current: Clinical Associate Professor and Neuropsychology Training Director, University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine)

Kelly Ryan, Ph.D., 2007

Neuropsychological predictors of driving status among persons with multiple sclerosis.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant
    • International Neuropsychological Society “Featured presentation”

Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Current: Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

Alicia Crossland Shapinksky, Ph.D., 2007

Neuropsychological aspects of capacity for medical decision-making following stroke.

Internship: VA St. Louis Health Care System

First position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Hope Institute for Children & Families, Springfield, IL

Current: Staff psychologist, Hope Institute for Children & Families, Springfield IL

Omar Mendoza Mahmood, Ph.D., 2008

Neural correlates of age differences in visual path integration.

Internship: VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

First position: VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Current: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical Center, Qatar

Carolyn Eichenhorn Scott, Ph.D., 2010

Unawareness of deficit and self-evaluation of driving simulator performance after stroke.

Internship: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit

Current: Neuropsychologist, Trinity Health-Ann Arbor

Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., 2010

The influence of religion and spirituality on rehabilitation outcomes among traumatic brain injury survivors

Internship: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Current: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Michigan

Sarah-Jane Meachen, Ph.D., 2011

Long-term psychological outcomes and awareness of deficit in persons with traumatic brain injury and their significant others: The role of physiological and neuroendocrine reactivity to stress.

    • Del Harder/United Way Research Grant

Internship: Edmonton Consortium, Alberta

First position: Staff Neuropsychologist, Edmonton AB

Current: Psychologist/Training Psychologist, Vancouver Coastal Health, Strong Rehabilitation Centre

Justin Miller, Ph.D., 2011

Assessment of memory function and effort using the Wechsler Memory Scale – 4th edition.

    • Del Harder/United Way Research Grant

Internship: UCLA Semel Institute

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Semel Institute

Current: Director of Neuropsychology, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health; Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

Julie Griffen, Ph.D., 2011

Neuropsychological correlates of on-road driving performance after acquired brain injury. 

Internship: University of Alabama-Birmingham / Birmingham VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit

Current: Staff neuropsychologist, Hope Network for Rehabilitation, Grand Rapids

Kaja Telmet Harper, Ph.D., 2012

Emotional expression and coping style in predicting well-being after TBI in survivors and caregivers.

Internship: Cincinnati VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit

Current: Staff Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Internship training faculty  Cincinnati VA Medical Center

Emily Anderson Briceño-Abreu, Ph.D., 2013

The influence of gender and aging on the neural circuitry supporting facial emotion processing in adults with Major Depressive Disorder.

Internship: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Psychiatry-Neuropsychology program

Current: Clinical Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Neuropsychology

Rachel Kay Keelan, Ph.D., 2016

Face emotion processing after traumatic brain injury.

Internship: James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa; Mary Free Bed Hospital, Grand Rapids

Current: Staff neuropsychologist and Neuropsychology Residency Training Director, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit. Assistant Professor, WSU School of Medicine

Michael Williams, Ph.D., 2016

Neuropsychological predictors of engagement in rehabilitation therapies.

    • Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (National Academies of Sciences)
    • Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Dissertation Research Grant

Internship: University of Washington School of Medicine

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Med School (2016-18)

Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Houston

Hillary Greene Parker, Ph.D., 2016

Neuropsychological correlates of health-related self-efficacy and health-promoting behaviors.

    • Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Student Research Prize

Internship: VA Medical Center, Milwaukee

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Milwaukee VA (2016-18)

Current: Neuropsychologist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University; Columbus OH

Jesse Bashem, Ph.D., 2016

Detecting suboptimal effort in traumatic brain injury assessment using novel eye-tracking systems.

Internship: West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Current: Mental Health Research Specialist, VA San Diego; Private practice; Faculty, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Irvine Valley College

Christina Gerhardstein Wong, Ph.D., 2017

Hearing loss and verbal memory assessment in older adults.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant

Internship: VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Current: Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/ Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas

Nia Billings, Ph.D., 2019

Multicultural face recognition memory and own-race-bias among adults with acquired brain injury.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant
    • John Teahan Endowed Memorial Award, Excellence in Clinical Training
    • Outstanding Service Award, Metro Detroit Association of Black Psychologists

Internship: Cincinnati VA Medical Center

First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas Medical Center Neurorehabilitation Psychology

Current: Staff psychologist, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA; Lecturer, Psychology, University of Michigan-Flint

Robert Kanser, Ph.D., 2019

The eyes never lie: Detecting simulated traumatic brain injury with eye-tracking.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant
    • Steven A. Lewis Memorial Research Award (2018)
    • The Clinical Neuropsychologist (TCN)/American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) Student Project Competition, first prize (2018)
    • The Clinical Neuropsychologist (TCN)/American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) Student Project Competition, runner-up (2017)

Internship: James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa

Postdoctoral Fellow, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa

First position: Assistant Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R)

Monica De Iorio, Ph.D., 2020

Perspective-taking and relationship quality in traumatic brain injury survivor and caregiver dyads.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant

Internship: VA Medical Center, Milwaukee

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Current position: Faculty and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Master’s Alumni

Rapport Lab Theses and Thesis Equivalent Projects
Patricia Bonello Johnson Schroeder, 1996. Psychometric properties of the Visual Object Space Perception battery among normal elderly American subjects.

 
R. Matthew Todd, 1996. What is a nervous breakdown? Diagnostic description of a common lay term for the mental health professional.

 

Gina Losasso Langan, 1997. Lateralized dominance and performance on the Trail Making tests.

    • Steven Lewis Research Award

Renee Coleman Bryer, 1998. Effects of coaching on the detection of malingering on the California Verbal Learning Test.

    • Steven Lewis Research Award

Jeffrey Kuentzel, 1998. An attention-deficit hyperactivity scale for the MMPI-2.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Student Research Grant
    • American Psychological Association Student Research Travel Grant
Amy Vanvoorhis, 2000. Executive functioning in Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

 
Anthony Lequerica, 2000. Subjective and objective assessment methods of mental imagery control: Construct validation of self-report measures.

 

Tanya Ergh Sherman, 2000. Predictors of distress among caregivers of patients with traumatic brain injury.

    • Steven Lewis Research Award
    • Del Harder Student Research Award

Omar Mahmood, 2002. Effect of sleep disturbance on neuropsychological functioning following traumatic brain injury.

    • Charles Gdowski Memorial Award for excellence in research

Christine Paradee, 2003. Effect of circadian preference on neuropsychological performance among rehabilitation inpatients.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant

Alicia Crossland Shapinksky, 2003. Civilian PTSD Scales: Relationships with Trait Characteristics and Everyday Distress.

    • Charles Gdowski Memorial Award for excellence in research

Kelly Ryan, 2004. Predictors of subjective well-being among individuals with multiple sclerosis.

    • Steven Lewis Research Award

Kristen Loeher Votruba, 2005. Behavioral assessment of impulsivity in persons with brain injury.

    • Psychology Department 50th Anniversary Gala poster award.
Carolyn Eichenhorn Scott, 2007. Self-Assessment of driving ability and the decision to resume driving following stroke.

 
Kaja Telmet Harper, 2007. Community integration and driving among persons with multiple sclerosis.

 
Julie Griffen, 2007. Community integration and driving after stroke.

 
Brigid Waldron-Perrine, 2008. Predictors of life-satisfaction in caregivers of persons with Multiple Sclerosis.

 

Michael Williams, 2011. Incremental validity of neuropsychological evaluations to computed tomography scans for predicting long-term outcomes among persons with traumatic brain injury.

    • Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) fellowship. NIGMS/NIH R25 GM 058905-18
    • American Psychological Association (Division 40) Blue Ribbon Award 
    • Charles Gdowski Memorial Award for excellence in research
    • Steven Lewis Research Award

Jesse Bashem, 2012. Multimethod models of detecting suboptimal effort in traumatic brain injury assessment.

    • American Psychological Association (Division 40) Applied Neuropsychology Student Poster Award
Hillary Greene Parker, 2013. Psychometric properties of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations among persons with traumatic brain injury.

 
Rachel Kay Keelan, 2013. Effects of depression medications on cognitive functioning tasks.

 
Christina Wong, 2013. Emotional expression and psychophysiological reactivity to stress after traumatic brain injury.

 
Nia Billings, 2014. Coping style predicts objective and subjective well-being after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.

 

Robert Kanser, 2013. Detection of simulated versus bona fide traumatic brain injury using response time on a performance validity test.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant
    • First prize, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN)/The Clinical Neuropsychologist (TCN) Student research award.

Monica De Iorio, 2015. Affectivity in adults with unrecognized hearing loss.

    • Steven Lewis Research Award

Lauren Radigan, 2019. Multicultural and single cultural facial recognition memory among Black and White adults.

    • Nominated: American Psychological Association, Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, Blue Ribbon Award

Jeremy Grant, 2019. Religion, spirituality, and cognitive reserve as predictors of well-being outcomes in multiple sclerosis.

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant

Sarah (Plummer) Patrick, 2020. Detecting simulated versus bona fide traumatic brain injury using pupillometry.

    • Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) fellowship. NIGMS/NIH R25 GM 058905-18
    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Research Grant
    • American Psychological Association, Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, Blue Ribbon Award
Robiann Broomfield, 2021. Multicultural familiarity and the own-race bias in face emotion perception.

 

 

Undergraduate and Post-Bach Alumni

Honors Thesis and Post-Bach Projects
Neil Mansharamani, 1996. Examination of error types on the Wechsler Memory Scale Associate Learning Test. 

    • Where are they now (WATN): Speechwriter, Federal Aviation Administration.
Todd Farchione, 1998. Effects of coaching on malingered motor function profiles.

    • WATN: Boston University. Research Associate Professor of Psychology, Director, Intensive Treatment Program, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD)
Laura Kakaati, 2000. Negative affectivity and alexithymia.

    • WATN: Private practice, Lincoln Park.
Kaja Telmet Harper, 2000. Gender differences and level of androgyny associated with abilities in mental imagery.

    • WATN: Staff Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Internship training faculty, Cincinnati VA Medical Center.

Paul Hubbarth, 2010. Cortisol stress reactivity and spiritual well-being among people with traumatic brain injury.

      • Wayne State University Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Grant.
    • WATN: Creative and technical media services that I do not understand, San Diego
Barret Vermilion, 2015. Lexical, phonetic and phonotactic analysis of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Task–Revised six alternate forms.

    • WATN: Doctoral program, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Central Florida.
Shoshana Krohner, 2016. Equivalence of the semantic clusters in the Hopkins Verbal Learning Task–Revised alternate forms.

    • WATN: Doctoral program, Clinical Psychology, WSU

Brooke Billings, 2018. Neuropsychological correlates of lipreading in hearing impaired and normal-hearing adults.

      • Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) fellowship. NIGMS/NIH R25 GM 058905-18
      • Wayne State University Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Grant.
      • Second prize, Wayne State University Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
      • First prize, Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research Day.
    • WATN: PricewaterhouseCoopers Company (PwC) Transfer Pricing Associate; Mike Ilitch School of Business, Part-Time Faculty, Accounting.

Austin Brown, 2018. Coping style and religion/spirituality as predictors of functional status in multiple sclerosis.

      • Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) fellowship. NIGMS/NIH R25 GM 058905-18
    • WATN: On a walkabout.
Katrail Davis, 2019. I know how you feel: Perspective-taking difficulty following traumatic brain injury.

    • WATN: Research Technician, University of Michigan Research Program on Cognitive and Neuromodulation-Based Interventions (RP-CNBI). Fall 2021, doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, Louisiana State University (LSU).

 

Rebecca De La Garza, 2023. Alexithymia Moderates the Relationship between Memory for Emotion and Companionship.

      • ReBUILD Detroit Scholar. National Institutes of Health RL5GM118981, TL4GM118983, 1UL1GM118982.
    • WATN: Finishing her senior year.