BS Simpson College, Indianola, IA

M.A. Columbia University, New York, NY

PhD University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Honors and Awards

• Reviewer, NIMH Review Groups: Center for Scientific Review: NIH; BBBP-5 — 1999
• Outstanding Young Woman of America — 1997
• Associate Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology — 1997 - present
• Executive Committee - Huntington Study Group — 1996 - present
• Editorial Board: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society — 1996 - present
• Reviewer, NIMH Review Groups: Clinical Psychopathology, Mental Disorders of Aging
• National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression Young Investigator Award — 1994
• National Huntington’s Disease Society Horansky Award — 1994
• American Psychological Association Dissertation Award — 1989
• Special Research Scholarship, The University of Iowa — 1985 - 1988
• Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Research Fellow — 1985
• Summa cum Laude, BS with honors, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society — 1983

Professional Activities/Editorial Boards

• American Psychological Association, Div. 40, Clinical Neuropsychology
• International Neuropsychological Society
• National Academy of Neuropsychology
• Huntington Study Group
• U.S. — Venezuelan Huntington’s Disease Collaborative Research Project
  American Association for the Advancement of Science
  Society for Neuroscience
  Academy of Neurology
  American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
• American Psychological Society
• U.S. — Venezuelan Huntington’s Disease Collaborative Research Project

Clinical Interests

• Director, Huntington’s Disease Clinic
• Director, Division of Neuropsychology

Research Interests

Mental disorders of aging, Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, dementia, psychoses, tardive dyskinesia, neuropsychological features and correlates of the above.

Recent Publications/Reviews

Paulsen JS (1999). Understanding Behavior in Huntington Disease. Cambridge, ON, Hungtington Society of Canada.

Paulsen JS. (1998). "Crisis, culture, and response". Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 9(1), 5-11

The Huntington Study Group. (1998). "Safety and tolerability of the free-radical scavenger OPC-14117 in Huntington’s disease. Neurology, 50, 1366-73.

Litvan I, Paulsen JS, Mega MS and Cummings JL. (1998) "Neuropsychiatric assessment of patients with hyperkinetic and hypokinetic movement disorder". Arch Neurol 55: 1313-9.

Altmaier EM, Johnson BD and Paulsen JS. (1998). "Issues of Professional Identity. The Emerging Role of Counseling Psychology in Health Care. Roth-Roemer S, Robinson Kurpius SE and Carmin C. Chicago, IL: Norton Professional Books: 7-29.

Stoll DA and Paulsen JS. (1997). Chronic illness and close relationships. Contemp Psychol 42(6): 495-7.

Jeste DV, Heaton SC, Paulsen JS, Harris MJ and Heaton RK. (1997). Psychotic depression reply. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154(5), 719-20.

Palmer BW, Heaton RK, Paulsen JS, Kuck J, Braff D, Harris MJ, Zisook S and Jeste DV. (1997). "Is it possible to be schizophrenic yet neuropsychologically normal? Neuropsychology, 11(3), 437-46.

Address

Office location:   1-293 MEB
Laboratory:
Phone:   319-353-4551
Fax:   319-353-3003
E-mail:   jane-paulsen@uiowa.edu