Brenda Hanna-Pladdy
Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Dr. Brenda Hanna- Pladdy is Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. She is a clinical neuropsychologist and a member of the Division of Movement Disorders in the Neurology Department. She obtained her Ph.D. at Louisiana State University and completed her post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology under the direction of Kenneth Heilman, MD in the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute.
Earlier she held faculty appointments in the Department of Neurology at Emory University, Department of Psychiatry and Landon Center on Aging at University of Kansas School of Medicine, and in the Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Psychiatry Department of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a member of several editorial boards, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals and grant associations.
Research Interest
· Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD)
· Cognitive aspects of Parkinson's disease
· Cognitive and skilled movement deficits in Parkinson's disease
· Recent work explores how training-induced musical instrumental skilled practice may enhance
· Multisensory networks to provide compensation in advanced age.
