Results for Cognitive Impairments

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Akiva S. Cohen, PhD
Akiva S. Cohen

Dr. Cohen's laboratory focuses on how traumatic brain injury alters hippocampal and cortical circuitry, thereby causing cognitive impairment.

E-mail:
cohena [at] chop.edu
Elizabeth Walshe, PhD
Elizabeth A. Walshe

Dr. Walshe's research uses cognitive, neuropsychological, and neuroscientific techniques to understand higher-level cognitive control over the complex and high-risk motor task of driving. In particular, Dr. Walshe investigates how cognitive development in young drivers may impact driver safety. 

E-mail:
walshee [at] chop.edu
Benjamin Yerys, PhD
Benjamin Yerys

Research by Dr. Yerys focuses on the development of cognitive and neural mechanisms that support adaptive behavior in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

E-mail:
yerysb [at] chop.edu

Emerging Innovators Present Far-reaching Research

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Mar 1, 2023
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Emerging Innovators Present Far-reaching Research
Three emerging innovators at CHOP Research Institute presented their high-impact research at a session in January.

CHOP Researcher Earns Competitive Child Neurology Career Development Grant

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Apr 8, 2022
in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Barber Earns Competitive Child Neurology Training Grant
Danielle Barber, MD, PhD, is using sex differences as a way to learn about mechanisms of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, an early-life brain injury.

Black History Month: Q&A With Featured Research Trainee, Christopher M. Johnson, PhD

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Feb 21, 2022
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Black History Month: Q&A With Trainee Christopher M. Johnson, PhD
Our Featured Trainee for February, Christopher Johnson, PhD, discusses Black History Month and his research on infantile spasms syndrome.

In the News: Chief Scientific Officer, PolicyLab Report, Risky Driving, Epilepsy, and HIV

Published on
Jun 11, 2021
in Cornerstone Blog
In the News
This week’s In the News features the new Chief Scientific Officer, the PolicyLab Impact Report, and new studies in neurology and HIV.

In the News: COVID Testing, Immunometabolism, Autistic Drivers, Neighborhoods and Sleep

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Feb 5, 2021
in Cornerstone Blog
In the News
Discover new findings about COVID-19 testing before surgery, the link between mitochondria and autism, and how neighborhoods affect sleep.

Faculty Spotlight: Meet Our 2020 Excellence in Mentoring Award Winners

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Jan 11, 2021
in Cornerstone Blog
Meet Our 2020 Excellence in Mentoring Award Winners
Join us in congratulating our 2020 recipients of the Excellence in Mentoring Trainees Award, Akiva Cohen, PhD, and Joseph Zackular, PhD.

In The News: Extremely Small Babies, Concussed Adolescent Drivers, Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, Children With Severe Sepsis

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Jan 8, 2021
in Cornerstone Blog
In the News
This week’s research news features CHOP’s participation in a study that found outcome disparities by race/ethnicity in children with severe sepsis.
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