Shira Cohen-Zimerman, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
My Lab
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
We focus on executive function and social cognition, their representations in the brain, and ways to improve these functions in patients with brain damage.
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Dr. Cohen-Zimerman is a cognitive neuroscientist with a clinical-neuropsychology background. Her research strives to map brain areas that underlie social and cognitive functions, and identify predictors of long term cognitive outcomes following brain injury.
To address these questions Dr. Cohen-Zimerman is studying several clinical populations including individuals with penetrating traumatic brain injury, stroke, and cancer, as well as healthy older and younger adults. She is using various tools and methodologies such as lesion-symptom mapping techniques and neuropsychological testing.
In her work, Dr. Cohen-Zimerman is linking recent advances in cognitive neuroscience with personality and social psychology, and her goal is to develop evidence-based interventions to maintain and improve cognitive functioning for patients with neurological and mental disorders.
Location
355 E. Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Education & Training
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Education
2015
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,Israel
2010
MA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2004
B.SC., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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LICENSES
2017
Licensed Rehabilitational Psychologist, Israel
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FELLOWSHIP
2008 – 2009
Visiting Graduate Student
Baycrest Center, Toronto, Canada
Featured Research
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
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Travel award, Big Data in Neuroscience Conference2019
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Israel association of university women award2012
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The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute award2011
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The Eric and Fuga Neuberger award2011
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Hoffman Leadership and Responsibility Fellowship2009 - 2012
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Graduate program fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem2005 - 2008
Research Interests
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Social Cognitive Neuroscience
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Motivation and Rewards
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Cognitive Rehabilitation
