Jason Brandt, PhD, ABPP(CN)
- Director, the Copper Ridge Institute
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Professor of Neurology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Director of the Division of Medical Psychology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- jbrandt@jhmi.edu
Biography
Dr. Brandt obtained his Ph.D. in experimental and physiological psychology from Boston University in 1982. Since that time, he has been on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University, where he is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Neurology, and Director of the Division of Medical Psychology in the School of Medicine. He is also Director of the Cortical Function Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Professor of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Finally, Dr. Brandt serves as Director at the Copper Ridge Institute, a not-for-profit dementia research and education organization.
Dr. Brandt’s research focuses on memory and other cognitive disorders as they appear in Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and other degenerative brain disorders. He has developed several widely-used neuropsychological tests, including the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – Revised and The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. Dr. Brandt has also investigated the cognitive changes associated with epilepsy and its treatments, the psychological consequences of genetic testing for neuropsychiatric disorders, and improved methods for neuropsychological assessment. He has published over 300 articles and book chapters on these and related topics.
Dr. Brandt is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association of Psychological Science (APS), and is board-certified by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. He has served on the governing boards of the International Neuropsychological Society, the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, and numerous editorial and professional advisory boards. Dr. Brandt served as President of both the APA’s Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (2000-2001) and the International Neuropsychological Society (2004-2005).
In 1996, Dr. Brandt received the Arthur Benton Award for mid-career achievement from the International Neuropsychological Society. He was named a “Hero of Medicine” by TIME magazine in 1997.
Education
- PhD Boston University
- MA Boston University
- BA Brooklyn College
The Research That Your Donations Fund
Dr. Brandt concentrates on finding new and better ways to understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, and to transmit that knowledge to others who care for dementia sufferers.