Current Members

Denise Head dhead@wustl.edu	Principal Investigator
Denise is the Principal Investigator. She graduated from The University of Memphis with a Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology. Her primary research interests are neural correlates of cognitive aging with an emphasis on executive control processes.

Lindsay Casmaer lcasmaer@wustl.edu

Clinical Study Coordinator

Lindsay is a 2005 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Neurobiology and Behavior. She is currently involved in obtaining structural MRI data for the Common Anatomic Protocol (CAP) study at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). She is also involved in the Adult-Children Study (ACS), which utilizes MRI and PET scanning to investigate amyloid deposition and the relation to AD as a means of further understanding the biological origins of AD and appropriate interventions. Lindsay is also involved in the structural analysis of MRI data, specifically manual volumetry procedures investigating hippocampal volumes.

Tessa Mazzocco tmazzocc@artsci.wustl.edu

Research Assistant

Tessa graduated from Washington University in 2005 with a B.A. in Psychology and Anthropology. In 2007 she received her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Pacific University in Oregon. Tessa is currently collecting MRI data from older adults for the Common Anatomic Protocal (CAP), a collaborative project with the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). She will also be administering cognitive tests and obtaining MRI data for the GenPIB project which investigates the neurobiological precursors to Alzheimer's Disease.

Brad Kerley bradk@architecture.wustl.edu	Work-Study Student
Brad is an undergraduate studying architecture. He works in the lab as part of the work study program.

Rachel Cohen recohen@artsci.wustl.edu	Summer Research Trainee
Rachel Cohen is a rising sophomore at Washington University and is a Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) major. As a research assistant for the summer, she is collecting and analyzing data for the Spatial Navigation study.

Dana Cooper dscooper@artsci.wustl.edu

Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience Fellow

Dana is a junior at Washington University majoring in Psychology and planning on attending medical school. Last year Dana worked in the lab under the Mind, Brain, and Behavior class, contributing to quality control of FreeSurfer, collecting data for the Schizotypal Personality study, and collecting and analyzing data for the Acute Exercise and Cognition study. This summer, Dana is a Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) fellow, working on the Spatial Navigation and Task Switching experiments.