Tamara Hershey

Additional Titles & Roles

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• Director of the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
• Division Director – Translational Neuroscience
• Professor of Neurology
• Adjunct Professor
• Director, Neuroimaging Labs Research Center

Education & Training

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• Ph.D.: Washington University in St Louis, 1996
• B.A.: Earlham College, 1988

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Research Interests

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Neuropathophysiology underlying cognitive and mood aspects of Parkinson disease.
Neuropathophysiological and behavioral effects of obesity and diabetes.
Using neuroimaging and neuropsychological techniques, we study:
1) effects of obesity, T1 diabetes and T2 diabetes on the brain in children and adults.
2) neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative changes in Wolfram syndrome
3) effects of Parkinson disease on cognitive and mood processes; how deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus affects brain function.

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Recent Publications

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• Investigating the impact of electroconvulsive therapy on brain networks and sleep: An observational study protocol

  Kafashan, M. M., Lebovitz, L., Greenspan, R., Zhao, S., Kim, T., Husain, M., Hershey, T., Cristancho, P., Hogan, R. E., Palanca, B. J. A. & Farber, N. B., Mar 7 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 3, e098859.

• Assessing Dynamic Cognitive Function in the Daily Lives of Youths With and Without Type 1 Diabetes: Usability Study

  Ray, M. K., Fleming, J., Aschenbrenner, A., Hassenstab, J., Redwine, B., Burns, C., Arbelaez, A. M., Vajravelu, M. E. & Hershey, T., 2025, In: JMIR Formative Research. 9, e60275.

• Correlating clinical course with baseline subcortical shape in provisional tic disorder

  Che, T., Kim, S., Greene, D. J., Heywood, A., Ding, J., Hershey, T., Schlaggar, B. L., Black, K. J. & Wang, L., Dec 1 2024, In: CNS Spectrums. 29, 6, p. 652-664 13 p.

• Integrating Diet and Health Care in Child Health Research-Reply

  Li, Z. A., Ray, M. K. & Hershey, T., Nov 4 2024, In: JAMA Pediatrics. 178, 11, p. 1231 1 p.

• Differential components of bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease revealed by deep brain stimulation

  Mazzoni, P., Ushe, M., Younce, J. R., Norris, S. A., Hershey, T., Karimi, M., Tabbal, S. D. & Perlmutter, J. S., Sep 2024, In: Journal of neurophysiology. 132, 3, p. 870-878 9 p.

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