PABI Plan - The Sarah Jane Brain Project

NAME
Sandra B. Chapman, Ph.D.
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
SANDRACHAPMAN
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
POSITION TITLE
Professor, Department of Behavioral & Brain Sciences
Dee Wyly Distinguished Chair in BrainHealth
Chief Director, Center for BrainHealth
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
The University of North Texas, Denton, TX BA 1973 Speech Pathology
The University of North Texas, Denton, TX MA 1975 Speech Pathology
The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX PhD 1986 Cognitive Neuroscience
A. Positions and Honors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1986-1990 Research Scientist and Project Coordinator for NIH Grant, University of Texas at Dallas, (Brain
Mapping and cognitive Correlates in Neurogenic communications disorders)
1986-Present Adjunct Instructor in Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
1987-Present Consultant and Investigator for Alzheimer ’s disease Research Center, University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
1986-Present Research Scientist- Professor – UT Dallas, Behavioral and Brain Sciences
1990-Present Editorial Review – Staff : Archives of Neurology, Jr. of International Neuropsychology, Aphasiology,
American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, Brain and Language, Journal of Communication
Disorders, Advances in Speech Language Pathology, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research
1997-Present Chief Director : Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas. The Center is dedicated
to understanding, protecting and healing the brain. Research and advanced clinical interventions
optimize functional capacity and quality of life in clients with dementia, stroke, Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, depression, traumatic brain injury and complications of normal aging, across the lifespan.
2003-2007 Head of Neurological Disorders of the Aging Brain; Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology (UTD)
2003-Present Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2004-Present Dee Wyly Distinguished Chair in BrainHealth
2005-Present Steering Committee, UTD Department of Bioengineering
2006-Present Editorial Board of Experimental Biology and Medicine
2007-2009 Research Integrity Committee Appointment, UT Dallas Academic Senate Committee
2008-Present Member of The National Advisory Board of Sarah Jane Brain Foundation (pediatric TBI)
2009 NIH Reviewer for independent scientific peer review of the Brain, Biology, and Machine Initiative
Program
B. Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gamino, J., Chapman, S.B., Hart, J., Cook, L. (2009) “Strategic Learning in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury; New
Evidence to Motivate Intervention.” Topics in Language Disorders; Brain Based Assessment And Treatment In
Pediatric TBI
Gamino, J., Chapman, S.B., Hart, J., Cook, L. , Vanegas, S., Tamm, L., Hughes, C., Cheng, D., Pickering, J. Emslie, G.
(2009) “Strategic Learning of Gist versus Detail information in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity.” Journal
of International Neuropsychological Society (submitted)
Ornstein, T.J., Levin, H.S., Chen, S., Hanten, G., Ewing-Cobbs, L., Dennis, M., Barnes, M., Max, J.E., Chapman, S.B.,
Logan, G., Schachar, R. (2008) “Performance monitoring in children following traumatic brain injury.” Journal of Child
Psychology and Psychiatry (in press)
Wong, S. B. C., Anand, R., Chapman, S. B., Rackley, A. M., & Zientz, J. N.. (2008) “When nouns and verbs degrade:
Facilitating communication in semantic dementia.” Aphasiology. (in press)
Hanten, G., Wilde, E., Menefee, DS, Li, X, Lane, S, Vasquez, C, Chu, Z, Ramos, MA, Yallampalli, R, Swank, P,
Chapman, SB, Gamino, J., Hunter, JV, Levin, HS (2008) “Correlates of Social Problem-Solving During the First Year
After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.” Journal of International Neuropsychological Society Vol 22, No 3, 357-370
Gamino, J., Chapman, S.B., Hart, J., Hull, H. (2008) “Strategic Memory and Reasoning Training in Children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”. Advances in ADHD
Levin, H.S., Hanten, G., Roberson, G., Li, X., Ewing-Cobbs,L., Dennis, M., Chapman, S.B., Max, J.E., Hunter, J.,
Schachar, R., Luerssen, T.G., Swank, P. (2008) “Abnormal CT after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Predicts Cognitive
Sequelae in School Aged Children.” Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics