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Elizabeth A. Boots, Ph.D., L.P.

  1. Neuropsychologist

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Elizabeth A. Boots, Ph.D., L.P., is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in neuropsychological assessment of neurodegenerative disease. She is also an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Boots attended graduate school for clinical psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, completed her predoctoral internship with an emphasis in neuropsychology at the University of California San Diego/VA San Diego Healthcare System, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in adult clinical neuropsychology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Her clinical practice focuses on diagnostic assessment of patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia due to neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's disease. She also provides compensatory cognitive training through Mayo Clinic's Healthy Action to Benefit Independence in Thinking (HABIT) program for patients with mild cognitive impairment and their care partners. Her research interests include understanding social determinants of health related to aging and neurodegenerative disease, digital cognitive assessment, and neuroimaging.

  1. Neuropsychological assessment
  1. 2024
    FellowMedical Psychology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2022
    PhD - Clinical PsychologyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  3. 2022
    Predoctoral Internship - VA Neuropsychology Assessment Unit/VA Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive RehabilitationVA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California San Diego
  4. 2018
    MA - Clinical PsychologyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  5. 2014
    BS - Biology - Neurobiology Option Certificate in European StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    Robert J. Ivnik Psychology Fellow Achievement AwardMayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry & Psychology
  2. 2024
    Howard P. Rome Psychology Fellow Academic Writing AwardMayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry & Psychology
  3. 2024
    Society for Clinical Neuropsychology Student Award: Translational Neuropsychology AwardAmerican Psychological Association Convention
  4. 2023
    Psychiatry & Psychology Research Summit Award for Neuropsychology & AgingMayo Clinic
  5. 2022
    Department of Psychiatry 17th Annual Lewis Judd Young Investigators Symposium Award for Exceptional Work in Diverse Populations & Health Disparities Research University of California San Diego
  6. 2021
    Eron Award for Outstanding Scholarly AccomplishmentUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  7. 2019
    Psychology Undergraduate Research Readiness Mentorship AwardUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  8. 2019
    Christopher B. Keys Award for Early Outstanding Research Achievement University of Illinois at Chicago

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    MemberEquity, Inclusion, and Diversity Committee, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology
  2. 2022 - present
    Dementia Special Interest Group Student Communications ChairInternational Neuropsychological Society
  3. 2022 - present
    Membership OfficerAssociation for Neuropsychology Students & Trainees
  4. 2022 - present
    MentorSociety for Black Neuropsychology
  5. 2021 - 2022
    Psychology Internship RepresentativeUniversity of California San Diego Psychiatry Education and Training (PET) Trainee Council
  6. 2020 - present
    Student MemberAmerican Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
  7. 2020 - present
    Trainee MemberNational Academy of Neuropsychology
  8. 2019 - 2021
    Graduate Student MentorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Psychology Undergraduate Research Readiness Mentorship Program
  9. 2019 - present
    Program CommitteeInternational Neuropsychological Society
  10. 2018 - 2021
    Interest Group Co-RepresentativeAssociation for Neuropsychology Students & Trainees
  11. 2016 - present
    MemberAssociation for Neuropsychology Students & Trainees
  12. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Psychological Association
  13. 2016 - present
    MemberSociety for Clinical Neuropsychology (APA Division 40)
  14. 2015 - present
    MemberInternational Neuropsychological Society
  15. 2014 - present
    MemberAlzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment

Publications