1:00PM: “Neural Basis of Cognitive Motor Dysfunction”
Kathy Haaland, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
VA Research Career Scientist, New Mexico VA Healthcare System
Education
Ph.D.: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Postdoctoral Fellowship: VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM
Kathy Haaland is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist, a Research Career Scientist at the New Mexico VA Healthcare System and Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, NM.. She is a lifelong clinician, researcher, and teacher. She is President-elect of the International Neuropsychological Society, past-president of Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association and of the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of JINS from 2005 to 2013. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and in 2012, she received the Distinguished Lifetime Career Contribution Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology. In 2013, she received a prestigious Clinical Science Research Award from the UNM Health Sciences Center for her clinical research contributions. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Haaland has been continuously grant funded for over 30 years, and she has published over 100 papers and chapters largely focused on the cognitive and neuroanatomical correlates of complex movement, especially after unilateral stroke with a particular focus on limb apraxia. Dr. Haaland’s work has found that each of the hemisphere controls different aspects of movement in both arms suggesting that hemispheric asymmetries are present not only for language but also for movement. One of the most important clinical implications of this work is that stroke patients have problems moving their un-paralyzed as well as their paralyzed arm after damage to one hemisphere, suggesting that stroke rehabilitation therapy should include both arms.
2:00PM: “Executive Functioning: A Construct in Crisis”
Yana Suchy, Ph.D., ABPP
Associate Professor of Psychology
Clinical Neuropsychology Training Program Director
University of Utah, Brain Institute, Center on Aging
Education:
Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Clinical Postdoc Fellowship: Evanston Hospital-Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Research Postdoc Fellowship: Rosalind Franklin University-The Chicago Medical School
Yana Suchy is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist and an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. She is a dedicated mentor and educator, and serves as the Director of the Clinical Neuropsychology Training Program at the University of Utah. She is a Fellow of the Division 40 (Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and has served as the Associate Editor for the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, as well as the consulting editor for The Clinical Neuropsychologist and Neuropsychology Review. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Suchy’s research has focused on the interface between executive, motor, and affective processes, with over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and neuropsychology textbooks. She has also authored the book titled Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion (Guilford Press, 2011), and is currently writing a book on executive functioning.
3:00PM: “Evidence Based Practice: Moving from Group Data to Individual Decision-Making”
Gorden Chelune, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Neurology, University of Utah Health Science Center
Senior Neuropsychologist, Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research
University of Utah, Brain Institute, Center on Aging
Education
Ph.D.: University of Nevada
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Colorado Health Science Center
Gordon Chelune is a board certified neuropsychologist and a Professor of Neurology at the University of Utah Health Science Center. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Division 40 (Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association, and the Society for Personality Assessment. He has served as President of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and the Division of Clinical Neuropsychology of the American Psychological Association. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the International Neuropsychological Society. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Utah in 2006, he was member of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he was Director of Neuropsychological Services at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, and founder of the Section of Neuropsychology. Dr. Chelune’s research spans several areas but has focused primarily on longitudinal assessment and methods of measuring reliable change in outcomes research and cognitive aging, cognitive assessment methods, and memory disorders. He is currently developing methods for assessing trajectories of cognitive change over time as a potential biomarker of neurologic integrity for the early detection of dementia.