The UIC BIRCWH team would like to introduce our newest BIRCWH associate, Dr. Melissa Lamar. Dr. Lamar's research at UIC - including her recently funded K01 from NIH- focuses on identifying vascular risk factors disrupting neurocircuitry associated with the prefrontal cortex using novel neuroimaging markers including myelin mapping and the impact these factors have on executive dysfunction and depression in an aging population.
Dr. Lamar has a long-standing interest in the neurobiological mechanisms
underlying cognitive and affective dysfunction in normal and
pathological aging. She has focused on structural and functional
neuroimaging technologies including learned during her time at the
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging
(NIA) and the Institute of Psychiatry (IOP), King’s College London. Dr.
Lamar focuses on experimental paradigms from both non-human primate and
human lesion studies to strengthen the neuroanatomical accuracy of her
work. She melds this neuroimaging approach with the Boston Process
Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology. In addition to her research
activities, Dr. Lamar serves as a member of staff on the Neuropsychology
Service within the Department of Psychiatry.
Welcome, Melissa, and we look forward to working with you!
