Ivy Miller
First-Year Clinical Student


Hometown: Lakeville, MN
Education: B.S. Psychology, B.A. Writing, Drake University, 2006

Research interests: I am currently exploring the gender differences, particularly in cognition, in Parkinson’s disease.  More generally, I am interested in cognitive and functional abilities in the aging population.

Relevant experience: Prior to attending Boston University, I was a research coordinator for Dr. David Moser at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine from 2006-2008.  The focus of the study was the relation between neuropsychological performance and vascular function, assessed through forearm blood vessel function, MRI, and PET studies.  Before that, I was a research assistant in an electrophysiology and cognitive neuroscience lab led by Dr. Steven Faux at Drake University, from 2004-2006.  There, we investigated the P300 event-related potential response in operant learning and discrimination tasks.  I have also enjoyed working with children with physical and psychiatric disabilities over the years and hope to continue this in some capacity in the future.

Interests: Cooking vegetarian food, hiking or running or wandering outdoors, reading obsessively, teaching others how to locate Minnesota on a map, and learning (however unwittingly or unwillingly) about the frightening world of fashion from my roommates.


Publications

       Moser, D.J., Miller, I.N., Hoth, K.F., Correia, M., Arndt, S. and Haynes, W.G. (2008). Vascular smooth muscle function is associated with initiation and processing speed in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14(4), 535-541.   [view abstract]

Manuscripts in preparation

       Miller, I.N. & Moser, D.J. Systemic vascular function and cerebrovascular disease. Book chapter in "Cardiovascular Disease and the Brain: Considerations for the Development of Vascular Cognitive Impairment". Edited by Ronald Cohen.

Published abstracts and presentations

       Moser, D.J., Ponto, L., Miller, I.N., Schultz, S., Menda, Y. & Nopoulos, P. (2008). Cerebrovascular Reserve and Cognition in Patients with Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Scottsdale, AZ.

       Moser, D.J., Miller, I.N., Hoth, K.F., Correia, M., Nopolous, P. & Haynes, W.G. (2007). Initiation and processing speed are associated with forearm resistance vessel function in atherosclerotic vascular disease. The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Boca Raton, FL.

       Wang, M., Miller, I.N., Hynes, S.M., Haynes, W.G. & Moser, D.J. (2007). Homocysteine levels are associated with initiation and processing speed in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease. The Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

       Miller, I.N. (2007). Aging, vascular disease and cognition. Neuropsychology Laboratory Meeting, Iowa City, IA.

       Moser, D.J.. Miller, I., Hoth, K., Correia, M., Arndt, S. & Haynes, W.G. (2007). Impaired forearm resistance vessel function is associated with executive dysfunction in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease. Third Congress of the International Society for Vascular and Cognitive Disorders, San Antonio, TX.

       Moser, D.J., Humphreys, C., Reese, R., Miller, I., Benjamin, M., Arndt, S., & Andreasen, N. (2007). Neuropsychiatric factors associated with decisional capacity in schizophrenia. International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, CO. Published abstract (Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(2), 569-570).

       Miller, I.N. & Moser, D.J. (2007). This is your brain! What it is, how it works, and how to take care of it. West Liberty Elementary School Presentation, West Liberty, IA.

       Miller, I.N., Vogel, K., & Faux, S. (2006). P300 Event-related Potential Correlates of Visual Discrimination Learning. Drake University Honors Thesis Presentation, Des Moines, IA.