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Jennifer Whitwell, Ph.D.

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Departments

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Existing patients

  1. Alzheimer's disease
  2. Childhood apraxia of speech
  3. Corticobasal syndrome
  4. Frontotemporal dementia
  5. Primary progressive aphasia
  6. Progressive supranuclear palsy
  • Neuroimaging
  • Primary progressive aphasia
  • Primary progressive apraxia of speech
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy
  • Corticobasal syndrome
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  1. 2006
    Ph.D.University College London
  2. 1999
    BAOxford University

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    Carmen Award for Excellence in Radiology ResearchMayo Clinic
  2. 2011
    Edward C. Kendall Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Research AwardMayo Clinic Alumni Association, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  3. 2010
    AFAR-GE Healthcare Junior Investigator Award for Excellence in Imaging and Aging ResearchAmerican Federation for Aging Research
  4. 2010
    Imaging Consortium Travel FellowshipAlzheimer's Association
  5. 2009
    New Investigator Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Award for “Best Paper”Alzheimer's Association
  6. 2008
    Imaging Consortium Travel FellowshipAlzheimer's Association
  7. 2008
    International Conference on Alzheimer's disease travel fellowshipAlzheimer's Association
  8. 2006
    Imaging Consortium Travel FellowshipAlzheimer's Association
  9. 2004
    International Conference on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders travel fellowshipAlzheimer's Association
  10. 2002
    International Conference on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders travel fellowshipAlzheimer's Association
  11. 2002
    The Special Trustees of UCLH/NHNN Project GrantUniversity College London
  12. 2002
    Travel bursaryBrain
  13. 1997
    ScholarshipOxford University

Professional memberships

  1. 2024
    Session ChairInternational Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) conference, Neuroimaging session
  2. 2024 - present
    Executive Board MemberMovement Disorders Society Steering Committee for the PSP Study Group
  3. 2024
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Atypical AD PIA Scientific Session
  4. 2024 - present
    MemberInternational Society for Frontotemporal Dementias
  5. 2024
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA, Clinical case report webinar
  6. 2024 - present
    MemberMovement Disorders Society (MDS)
  7. 2024
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA, The Basics of MRI for Atypical Alzheimer's Diagnosis webinar
  8. 2024
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA, Year in Review webinar
  9. 2023 - present
    MemberInternational Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
  10. 2023 - present
    Past ChairAlzheimer's Association
  11. 2023 - present
    Past ChairAlzheimer’s Association Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease Professional Interest Area (PIA) Executive Committee
  12. 2023
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Atypical AD PIA Scientific Session
  13. 2023
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: Posterior cortical atrophy consensus criteria webinar
  14. 2023
    Session ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: AAIC Preview/Networking webinar
  15. 2023
    Session ChairISTAART FTD Professional Interest Area webinar on PSP in conjunction with Cure PSP and the Rainwater/Tau Consortium
  16. 2023
    ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: Business meeting
  17. 2023
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: The Basics of biomarkers in atypical presentations of AD webinar
  18. 2023
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: The Basics of clinical diagnosis of atypical presentations of AD webinar
  19. 2023
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA, Year in Review webinar
  20. 2022
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: Journal Club
  21. 2022
    ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: Business meeting
  22. 2022
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Atypical AD PIA Scientific Session
  23. 2022
    Session ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: AAIC Preview/Networking webinar
  24. 2022
    PanelistISTAART Atypical AD PIA: Journal Club
  25. 2022
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: The overlap between the language variant of Alzheimer's disease and primary progressive aphasia webinar
  26. 2022
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA: The behavioral variant of Alzheimer’s disease webinar
  27. 2022
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA, Year in Review webinar
  28. 2021 - 2023
    ChairAlzheimer's Association
  29. 2021
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Atypical AD PIA Scientific Session
  30. 2021 - 2023
    ChairAlzheimer’s Association Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease Professional Interest Area (PIA) Executive Committee
  31. 2021
    ChairISTAART FTD and Neuroimaging PIA: An update on neuroimaging in frontotemporal dementia webinar
  32. 2021
    Program ChairISTAART Atypical AD PIA, Year in Review webinar
  33. 2020
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Atypical AD PIA Scientific Session
  34. 2019 - 2021
    Co-ChairAlzheimer's Association
  35. 2019 - 2021
    Co-ChairAlzheimer’s Association Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease Professional Interest Area (PIA) Executive Committee
  36. 2018
    Chair, education SIGAmerican Neurological Association Annual Meeting: Dementia and Aging Special Interest Group
  37. 2018
    Session ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Imaging Consortium, Tau Session
  38. 2018
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Neuroimaging Education Workshop
  39. 2018
    Award ReviewerAlzheimer's Association International Conference
  40. 2017 - present
    Committee MemberInternational Advisory Committee for the 2018 International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia
  41. 2017
    Chair, education SIGAmerican Neurological Association Annual Meeting: Dementia and Aging Special Interest Group
  42. 2017
    Session ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Imaging consortium, Non-Alzheimer's disease session
  43. 2017
    Award ReviewerAlzheimer's Association International Conference
  44. 2017
    Session ChairAlzheimer’s Association International Conference, Non-Alzheimer's Disease Pathophysiology
  45. 2017
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Neuroimaging Education Workshop
  46. 2017
    Session ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Neuroimaging: Tau and Multimodal Biomarker Relationships
  47. 2017 - 2020
    Committee MemberLocal Organizing Committee for the 2020 International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia
  48. 2017 - present
    Associate EditorFrontiers Applied Neuroimaging
  49. 2017 - present
    FellowAmerican Neurological Association
  50. 2016 - present
    MemberInternational Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
  51. 2016 - 2019
    Steering Committee MemberAlzheimer's Association
  52. 2016 - 2019
    Committee MemberAlzheimer's Association, Neuroimaging Professional Interest Area Executive Committee
  53. 2016 - 2019
    Program ChairAlzheimer's Association International Conference, Imaging Consortium
  54. 2016
    Award ReviewerAlzheimer's Association International Conference
  55. 2016 - present
    Grant ReviewerRadiology Research Committee
  56. 2014 - present
    Thesis examinerUniversity of New South Wales
  57. 2014
    Session ChairNeuroimaging: Differentiation between Subtypes of Dementia session, Alzheimer's Association International Conference
  58. 2014
    Grant ReviewerMedical Research Council (UK)
  59. 2014 - present
    MemberRadiology Research Committee, Department of Radiology
  60. 2014 - present
    MemberAmerican Academy of Neurology
  61. 2013
    Session ChairDiagnosis and Prognosis: Structural and Functional Connectivity in Normal, MCI and Non-AD session, Alzheimer's Association International Conference
  62. 2013
    Session ChairEmerging Techniques session at the Imaging Consortium, Alzheimer's Association International Conference
  63. 2013
    Grant ReviewerIrish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience
  64. 2013 - present
    Grant ReviewerHong Kong Research Grants Council
  65. 2012 - 2017
    Working Group LeaderMovement Disorders Society sponsored PSP Imaging Working Group
  66. 2012
    Session ChairMCI: Imaging Session, Alzheimer's Association International Conference
  67. 2011
    Session ChairDementia: Imaging session, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
  68. 2011 - 2016
    Grant ReviewerAlzheimer's Disease Research Program Awards
  69. 2011
    Grant ReviewerCenter on Aging, University of Utah
  70. 2011 - present
    Grant ReviewerAlzheimer's Association
  71. 2010 - 2014
    Grant ReviewerThe Wellcome Trust
  72. 2010 - 2012
    Invited ParticipantNINDS Development of Clinical and Pathology data elements for Frontotemporal Lobe dementia, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
  73. 2010
    Grant ReviewerAgence Nationale de la Recherche
  74. 2010
    Grant ReviewerThe Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
  75. 2010 - present
    MemberGeriatric Neurology Section, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
  76. 2010 - present
    Abstract ReviewerAlzheimer's Association International Conference
  77. 2010 - present
    MemberInternational Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
  78. 2009
    Award ReviewerAlzheimer's Association International Conference
  79. 2008 - 2011
    MemberAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
  80. 2005 - 2015
    OrganizerJournal Club series, Alzheimer's Disease Imaging Laboratory

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