Melissa Lamar, PhD
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Term Expiration:
12/31/2029
Affiliation(s):
Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center; Rush University Medical Center
Areas of Interest:
cardiovascular disease risk factors, brain aging, cognition, neuroimaging, neuropathology, minority health
Biography & Research:
Melissa Lamar, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center, and a clinical neuropsychologist in the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Her research focuses on cardiovascular disease risk factors, brain aging and cognition with a particular focus on Latinos and African Americans. Dr. Lamar employs novel neuroimaging and data analytic techniques to identify modifiable factors that may promote health equity in brain aging. Additionally, she incorporates translational tasks and digital technology into her work assessing cognitive functioning in order to strengthen the accuracy of her work. Together with the Boston Process Approach to Neuropsychology, Dr. Lamar is able to detect subtle alterations in behavior and pin-point their roots in brain. Dr. Lamar has published extensively on brain-behavior profiles of risk and disease in aging and has received numerous honors and awards for her work including Fellows status of the American Psychological Association and the 2017 Arthur Benton Award for Mid-Career Research from the International Neuropsychological Society.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/melissa.lamar.1/bibliography/public/
