Assistant Professor
Main Office Address
Meyer 218
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-3268
Fax: 410-955-0504
E-mail: jward24@jhmi.edu
Education
1987 | B.A. | University of Memphis |
1990 | M.S. | University of Memphis |
1999 | Ph.D. | California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno |
1997-1998 | Clinical Psychology; Neuropsychology & Geropsychology Internship | Clinical Psychology; Neuropsychology & Geropsychology |
1999-2001 | Research Fellowship - Neuroscience | University of Iowa, MHCRC |
2001-2003 | Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship | Dartmouth Medical School |
Professional Interests
Neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates of neuropsychiatric disorders related to disruptions in fronto-basal ganglia-thalamic circuitry, including OCD, Movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson's Disease, Essential tremor), and schizophrenia.
Selected Publications
Schretlen DJ, Ward J, Meyer SM, Yun J, Puig JG, Nyhan WL, Jinnah HA, Harris JC. Behavioral aspects of Lesch-Nyan disease and its variants. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology in press.
Spinks R, Nopoulos P, Ward J, Fuller R, Magnotta VA, Andreasen NC. Globus pallidus volume is related to symptom severity in neuroleptic-naive patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2005. 73: 229-233.
Ward, J., Magnotta, V., Andreasen, N.C., Ooteman, W., Nopoulos, P., & Pierson, R. Color enhancement of multispectral magnetic resonance images: Improving the visualization of subcortical structures. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 2001, 25(6): 942-949.
Ho, B.C., Alicata, D., Ward, J., O'Leary, D.S., Arndt, S., & Andreasen, N.C. Untreated initial psychosis: Its relation to brain morphology and cognitive deficits in first-episode schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 2003, 160: 142-148.
