ADRC Seminar Series: Kevin Duff, PhD, Professor of Neurology, University of Utah

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  Monday, April 11, 2022   12:00pm - 1:00pm ( 1 hrs )

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Title: Practice effects in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's disease: Why two in the bush might be better than one in the hand

Speaker: Kevin Duff, PhD, Professor of Neurology, University of Utah

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Dr. Kevin Duff has specialized in neuropsychology for nearly 20 years. He obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York in Albany. He completed his neuropsychology internship at the Southern Arizona Healthcare System in Tucson, AZ, and his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. He joined the Psychiatry Department at the University of Iowa in 2003, where had clinical and research responsibilities working with patients with dementia, Huntington’s disease, and a variety of other neuropsychiatric conditions. In 2009, he joined the University of Utah as Associate Professor of Neurology and neuropsychologist for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research. He was promoted to Professor with Tenure in 2016. 

Dr. Duff’s research has focused primarily on the early identification of cognitive decline in neuropsychiatric illnesses. Across multiple studies, Dr. Duff has used short-term practice effects as a marker of brain plasticity in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment to examine if short-term changes in cognition can predict the diagnosis and prognosis of dementia, as well as its brain pathology and response to interventions. He has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals and he has lectured nationally and internationally on his areas of expertise. His research on practice effects in Mild Cognitive Impairment has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2005, including a new grant that goes until 2026. 

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The ADRC seminar series occurs on second Mondays, noon - 1 pm. 

The topic of the seminar series will be a wide range of areas of relevance to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), biological heterogeneity, and other themes of the ADRC. The presenters will be a mix of UW, regional, and external (national and international) guests and will also have an eye towards enhancing collaborations. For more information on the ADRC seminar series, please contact Genevieve Wanucha (gwanucha@uw.edu) or Annika Noreen (annikn@uw.edu) or visit the ADRC Talks & Events calendar.

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