Michelle Farrell

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michelle.farrell1@utdallas.edu
972-883-3770 Curriculum vitae

Biosketch

I joined the Park Aging Mind Lab in 2012 as a Ph.D. student at UT Dallas in Cognition and Neuroscience. I previously worked for three years coordinating studies on healthy aging and Alzheimer’s diseases at the Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center in Palo Alto, California. I received a bachelor’s from University of California Berkeley in 2007, with a double major in Molecular and Cell Biology and Integrative Biology and a minor in Celtic Studies. Not being native to Texas, in my free time I like to get out and explore.

Research Interests

My primary research aim is to understand the differences in cognitive and brain changes that are the result of a healthy aging process and those that are indicative of neurological disease.  To date, my research has focused on amyloid, a protein that may indicate high risk for future development of Alzheimer’s disease, and those lifestyle and genetic factors that may affect amyloid accumulation and its effect on cognition.

Selected Publications

Taylor J.L., Scanlon, B.K., Farrell, M.E., Hernandez, B., Adamson, M.M., Ashford, J.W., Noda, A., Murphy, G.M. Jr, Weiner, M.W. (2014) APOE-ɛ4 and aging of medial temporal lobe gray matter in healthy adults older than 50 years. Neurobiol Aging; 35(11):2479-85.
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Adamson, M.M., Bayley, P.B., Scanlon, B.K., Farrell, M.E., Weiner, M.E, Yesavage, J., Taylor J.L. (2013) Impact of hippocampal size on longitudinal flight simulator performance varies with pilot expertise. Aviat Space Environ Med; 83(9):850-7.
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Selected Presentations

Farrell, M.E., Bischof, G.N., Kennedy, K.M., Rodrigue, K.M., Devous, M.D. Sr, Park, D.C. (2014, July 15) Amyloid accumulation in early and middle adulthood: The impact of life experience. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Farrell, M.E., Bischof, G.N., Rodrigue, K.M., Kennedy, K.M., Park, D.C. (2014, January 15) Advanced education attenuates the impact of amyloid burden on reasoning in healthy older adults. Human Amyloid Imaging, Miami, FL.