Kathi Heffner

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University of Rochester Medical Center

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Professor Kathi Heffner is a faculty member at the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. Her research focuses on caregiver health, cognitive training, dementia interventions, and the psychological effects of insomnia and trauma. Recent articles highlight her work on stress adaptation in caregivers and the implications of antipsychotic use among older patients with dementia. She is committed to community-engaged research that addresses the unique challenges faced by Latino dementia caregivers.

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Advancing methods for structural connectome acquisition and estimation in older adults

Open Date: 2020-05-01

Close Date: 2023-04-30

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Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research

Open Date: 2019-09-15

Close Date: 2024-05-31

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Validate a Shared Neural Circuit Underlying Multiple Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Open Date: 2019-07-03

Close Date: 2022-05-31

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Mindfulness based stress reduction for family caregivers of dementia patients

Open Date: 2016-05-15

Close Date: 2021-04-30

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Cognitive training to protect immune systems of older caregivers

Open Date: 2016-01-15

Close Date: 2022-12-31

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Yeunkyung (Yoon) Kim

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University of Nevada

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Kenrick Cato

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Jinjiao Wang

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University of Rochester

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Kenneth Hepburn

Emory University

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University of Rochester Medical Center

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Speed of Processing Training for Stress Adaptation in Caregivers of a Family Member With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Community-Engaged Research With Latino Dementia Caregivers: Overcoming Challenges in Community Advisory Board Development

Caring about the family caregiver: A mentored journey building on the legacy of Janice Kiecolt-Glaser's pioneering research on caregivers' immune health

Vision-based estimation of fatigue and engagement in cognitive training sessions

Antipsychotic use among older patients with dementia receiving home health care services: Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes

Recruiting Socially Disconnected Latinos Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned

Autonomic nervous system flexibility for understanding brain aging

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia treatment attrition in patients with weekly nightmares

Effect of online tDCS to left somatomotor cortex on neuropsychiatric symptoms among older adults at risk for dementia

Pain and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Spectrum in Community-Dwelling Older Americans: A Nationally Representative Study

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to Augment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment in Survivors of Interpersonal Violence

A meta-analysis on neural changes of cognitive training for mental disorders in executive function tasks: increase or decrease brain activation?

Subjective memory in adults over 50 years of age: associations with affective and physiological markers of emotion regulation.

Pain treatment and functional improvement in home health care: Relationship with dementia

Targeting autonomic flexibility to enhance cognitive training outcomes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Decoding individual identity from brain activity elicited in imagining common experiences.

Attribution Retraining Group Therapy and SSRIs Affect Differing Facets of Anxiety Among Chinese Patients with Various Diagnoses: A Single-Center, Prospective Study

Autonomic flexibility reflects learning and associated neuroplasticity in old age

Collaborators (13)

Yeunkyung (Yoon) Kim

Kenrick Cato

Jinjiao Wang

Kenneth Hepburn

Thomas V. Caprio

Kimberly Van Orden

Maria Quinones

Fang Yu

Kobi Nathan

Feng Vankee Lin

Silvia Sörensen

Todd Monroe

Jenny Shen

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