Below are some of the research studies currently being conducted by faculty in the Division of Medical Psychology. See individual faculty profile pages for representative publications.
For a list of research studies in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences that are currently recruiting participants, go to: Volunteers Needed
- Risk-Taking and Decision-Making in Parkinson’s Disease Patients “On” and “Off” Deep Brain Stimulation
- Neuropsychological Predictors of Outcome from Temporal Lobe Resection for Treatment of Epilepsy
- Development and Validation of an Internet-Based Dementia Risk Assessment
- Executive Dysfunction as a Predictor of the Development of Dementia in Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Use of a Virtual Companion to Facilitate Adjustment to a Dementia Care Community
- Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Dementia Patients in Long-Term Care
- Development of the ERK AD-Index as a Diagnostic Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
David Schretlen, Ph.D., ABPP(CN) and Tracy Vannorsdall, Ph.D, ABPP(CN)
- Neuroanatomic and Biochemical Bases of Lesch-Nyhan Disease
- Brain Structure and Function in Neuropsychiatric Patients and Healthy Adults
- Reliability and Validity of Neurocognitive Testing
- Serum Uric Acid as a Biomarker of Cognitive and Functional Decline in Late Life
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Cognitive Processing http://web.jhu.edu/cognitiveneurology/