Expert Contributors
Below you have the profiles of some of our Contributors and links to their best articles with us so far.
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Dr. Pascale Michelon is SharpBrains’ Research Manager for Educational Projects. She has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology and has worked as a Research Scientist at Washington University in Saint Louis, in the Psychology Department. Dr. Michelon conducted several research projects to understand how the brain makes use of visual information and memorizes facts. She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Washington University. Complete list of articles: Dr. Pascale Michelon Author Page. Selected articles:
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Dr. David Rabiner is a child clinical psychologist and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. His research focuses on various issues related to ADHD, the impact of attention problems on academic achievement, and attention training. He also publishes Attention Research Update, a complimentary online newsletter that helps parents, professionals, and educators keep up with the latest research on ADHD. Complete list of articles: Dr. David Rabiner Author Page.Selected articles:
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W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D. Scientist, professor, author, speaker As a professor of Neuroscience at Texas A&M University, Bill has taught about the brain and behavior at all levels, from freshmen, to seniors, to graduate students to post-docs. His recent books include Thank You Brain For All You Remember, Core Ideas in Neuroscience and Blame Game: How to Win It. Complete list of articles: Dr. Bill Klemm Author Page.Selected articles:
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Greater Good Magazine, a UC-Berkeley-based quarterly magazine that highlights ground breaking scientific research into the roots of compassion and altruism. Complete list of articles: Greater Good Magazine Page. Selected articles:
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Laurie Bartels writes the Neurons Firing blog to create for herself the “the graduate course I’d love to take if it existed as a program”. She is also the organizer of Digital Wave annual summer professional development, and a frequent attendee of Learning & The Brain conferences. Complete list of articles: Laurie Bartels Author Page. Selected articles:
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| Dr. Joshua Steinerman is a behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatrist, combining clinical practice in cognitive disorders with research on technologies for successful brain aging. He is Assistant Professor of Neurology at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he established the Einstein-Montefiore Brain Aging Center and directs the Neurodegenerative Disease Clinical Trials Program. He is also the founding scientist of ProGevity Neuroscience. Complete list of articles: Dr. Joshua Steinerman. Selected articles: |
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Ginger Campbell, MD graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. She also has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and spent several years teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Campbell has been practicing emergency medicine since 1992. She started the Brain Science Podcast in 2006. Complete list of articles: Dr. Ginger Campbell.Selected articles:
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Adrian Preda, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior in the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. His expertise in human behavior, psychology and spirituality is based on years of experience working as a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, teacher and researcher in a variety of academic clinical and non-clinical settings. He also teaches the UC Irvine Extension class The Mind that Changes the Brain: Wellness in the Second Millennium. Complete list of articles: Dr. Adrian Preda.Selected articles:
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 Drs. Simon Evans and Paul Burghardt currently collaborate in the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry, and the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute to study the effects of nutrition and exercise on brain function. They host the Brain Fit for Life blog and are collaborating on an upcoming book on the subject. Complete list of articles: Dr. Simon Evans.Selected articles:
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Gregory Kellett has a masters in Cognitive Neurology/Research Psychology from SFSU and is a researcher at UCSF where he currently investigates the psychophysiology of social stress.
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John Medina, author of “Brain Rules,” is a developmental molecular biologist and research consultant. He is an affiliate professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is also the director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University. His article on exercise and the brain was selected by the Harvard Business Review (Feb 2008) as one of its “Breakthrough Ideas for 2008.”
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Prof. Schlomo Breznitz is the Founder and President of CogniFit. Previously, he served as the Lady Davis Professor of Psychology and the founding director of the Center for Study of Psychological Stress at the University of Haifa. He has also been visiting professor at the London School of Economics, Berkeley, Stanford, and National Institutes of Health.
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eduwonkette is an anonymous blogger who writes a fantastic Education Week blog described as “Through the lens of social science, eduwonkette takes a serious, if sometimes irreverent, look at some of the most contentious education policy debates.”
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Once a Knight Ridder columnist, Joanne Jacobs now blogs on education at joannejacobs.com. Her book, Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds , is available online and in book stores.
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Shannon Moffet has an MD from Stanford University School of Medicine, and is in her residency in emergency medicine at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Her book on the brain (and eight dynamic brain-mavens, including Robert Stickgold) is The Three Pound Enigma: The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock its Mysteries. Moffett recently appeared on The Brain Fitness Program, which aired nationwide on PBS.
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Larry McCleary, M.D, (blog) is a former acting Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Denver Children’s Hospital. He is trained and has practiced as a pediatric neurosurgeon and has completed post-graduate training in theoretical physics. His scientific publications span the fields of metabolic medicine, tumor immunology, biotechnology and neurological disease. He is the author of The Brain Trust Program: A Scientifically Based Three-Part Plan to Improve Memory, Elevate Mood, Enhance Attention, Alleviate Migraine and Menopausal Symptoms, and Boost Mental Energy (Perigee Trade, 2007).
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