Brandon E. Gavett, PhD

Instructor of Neurology

Background

Dr. Gavett received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from SUNY Geneseo and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY. He completed his internship in Clinical Psychology with a major rotation in Clinical Neuropsychology at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT. He also completed a two year fellowship in Neuropsychology at the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

Research Interests

Dr. Gavett’s research interests center around cognitive aging, psychometrics, and clinical decision making. He was awarded a BU ADC Pilot Grant to study the ecological validity of neuropsychological measures in relation to activities of daily living. He is also interested in modeling the aging process of athletes who have suffered repetitive head injuries, and is a member of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE). Dr. Gavett has previously conducted research on symptom validity testing and the "third party observer effect" in neuropsychology.

ADC Role

Dr. Gavett sees patients along with Dr. Stern in the BU Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Research Program's Memory Disorders Clinic. Dr. Gavett also serves as a neuropsychologist on several research projects, including Health Outreach Program for the Elderly (HOPE), Skills Assessment for Elderly Drivers (SAFE-Drivers), and the Alzheimer's Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT) follow-up study. He is also responsible for the training of all staff psychometrists in the Clinical Core.

Awards/Memberships

Dr. Gavett is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) of the APA, the International Neuropsychological Society, and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

Recent Publications

Nair AK, Gavett BE, Damman M, Dekker W, Green RC, Auerbach S, Mandel A, Steinberg E, Hubbard EJ, Jefferson AJ, Stern RA. (in press). Clock Drawing Test Ratings by Dementia Specialists - Inter-rater Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

McKee AC, Cantu RC, Nowinski CJ, Hedley-Whyte ET, Gavett BE, Budson AE, Santini VE, Lee H-Y, Kubilus CA, Stern RA. (2009). Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Athletes: Progressive Tauopathy After Repetitive Head Injury. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 68, 709-735.

Gavett, B. E., Poon, S. J., Ozonoff, A., Jefferson, A. J., Nair, A. K., Green, R. C., & Stern, R. A. (2009). Diagnostic utility of the NAB List Learning test in Alzheimer’s disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 121-129.                                                                                                                NAB List Learning Test Diagnostic Algorithm Calculator (for Excel)

O’Bryant, S. E., Gavett, B. E., O’Jile, J. R., Humphreys, J. D., Huerkamp, J. K., Smitherman, T. A., & McCaffrey, R. J. (2008). Clinical utility of Trial 1 of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM). Applied Neuropsychology, 15, 113-116.

Gavett, B. E., & McCaffrey, R. J. (2007). The influence of an adaptation period in reducing the third party observer effect during a neuropsychological evaluation. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 699-710.

Yantz, C. L., Gavett, B. E., Lynch J. K., & McCaffrey, R. J. (2006). Potential for interpretation disparities of Halstead–Reitan neuropsychological battery performances in a litigating sample. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 809-817.

Gavett, B. E., Lynch, J., & McCaffrey, R. J. (2005). Third party observers: The effect size is greater than you might think. Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology, 4, 49-64.

Gavett, B. E., O’Bryant, S. E., Fisher, J., & McCaffrey, R. J. (2005). Hit rates of adequate performance based on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) Trial 1. Applied Neuropsychology, 12, 1-4.

Mounts, J. R. W., & Gavett, B. E. (2004). The effects of salience on localized attentional inhibition. Vision Research, 44, 1575-1588.

• Introduction
• Faculty
  • Carmela Abraham, PhD
  • Brandon Ally, PhD
  • Rhoda Au, PhD
  • Sanford Auerbach, MD
  • Andrew Budson, MD
  • Christine Chaisson, MPH
  • Adrienne Cupples, PhD
  • Alpaslan Dedeoglu, MD, PhD
  • Nancy Emerson Lombardo, PhD
  • Lindsay Farrer, PhD
  • Robert Ferrante, PhD
  • Richard Fine, PhD
  • Brandon E. Gavett, PhD
  • Lee E. Goldstein, MD, PhD
  • Robert C. Green, MD, MPH
    (ADCRP Co-Director)
  • Rose Harvey, DNSc, RN
  • Kathy Horvath, PhD, RN
  • Angela Jefferson, PhD
  • Ron Killiany, PhD
  • Neil Kowall, MD
    (ADCC Director)
  • Alan Mandell, MD
  • Ann McKee, MD
  • Peter Morin, MD, PhD
  • Mark Moss, PhD
  • Anil Nair, MD
  • Maureen O’Connor, PsyD
  • Al Ozonoff, PhD
  • Thomas Perls, MD, MPH
  • Henry Querfurth, MD
  • Sudha Seshadri, MD
  • Robert Stern, PhD
    (ADCRP Co-Director)
  • David Tate, PhD
  • John Wells, PhD
  • Philip Wolf, MD
  • Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD
• Fellows
  • Brandon Gavett, PhD
• Staff
  • Lorraine Baldwin
  • Caleb Bliss
  • Margaret Brickley, MS, RN, ACNP
  • Nicole Cantwell
  • Elana Cook
  • Diane Dixon
  • Angela Dwyer
  • Jamie Frederick, MSW
  • Amanda Gentile, MRes
  • Natalie Joffe
  • Pallavi Joshi
  • Caroline Kubilus
  • Denise Lautenbach, MS
  • Jane Mwicigi, MPH
  • Valerie Nolen
  • Joe Palmisano, MPH
  • Catherine Pfau, MHHS
    (ADCRP Administrator)
  • Sumati Raghavan, MBBS, MD
  • Carol Rossi, RN, BSN
  • Alicia Semiatin
  • Linda Snyder, MA
  • Eric Steinberg, MSN, RN, CS, CANP
  • Michael Wake, MSW
  • Megan Wulff
  • Beverly Young
• Trainees
  • Daniel H. Daneshvar, MA
  • Susan Lambe, EdM
• Past Trainees
  • Laura Byerly
  • Megan Campbell, MA
  • Winston Chung
  • Vanessa Holley
  • Kelsey Smith
  • Emily Hubbard
  • Sarah Wong