Edith Vioni Sullivan

Administrative Appointments

• Editor-in-Chief, Neuropsychology Review (2009 - 2014)

Professional Education

• Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Experimental Psychology (1975)
• M.A., University of Connecticut, Experimental Psychology (1973)
• B.A., University of Connecticut, Experimental Psychology (1969)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Sandra Chanraud, Anne-Lise Pitel

Research Interests

Application of magnetic resonance imaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in neurodegenerative conditions: alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, HIV infection, and normal aging.

Publications

• Postural sway reduction in aging men and women: relation to brain structure, cognitive status, and stabilizing factors. Sullivan EV, Rose J, Rohlfing T, Pfefferbaum A "Neurobiol Aging" 2009 ; 5 (30) : 793-807
• Quantitative fiber tracking of lateral and interhemispheric white matter systems in normal aging: Relations to timed performance. Sullivan EV, Rohlfing T, Pfefferbaum A "Neurobiol Aging" 2008
• Diffusion tensor imaging of deep gray matter brain structures: Effects of age and iron concentration. Pfefferbaum A, Adalsteinsson E, Rohlfing T, Sullivan EV "Neurobiol Aging" 2008
• Improvement in memory and static balance with abstinence in alcoholic men and women: selective relations with change in brain structure. Rosenbloom MJ, Rohlfing T, O'Reilly AW, Sassoon SA, Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV "Psychiatry Res" 2007 ; 2 (155) : 91-102
• In vivo metabolite differences between the basal ganglia and cerebellum of the rat brain detected with proton MRS at 3T. Mayer D, Zahr NM, Sullivan EV, Pfefferbaum A "Psychiatry Res" 2007 ; 3 (154) : 267-73