Nishaat Mukadam

Lab Manager                                                                                                  

Email: mukadamn@bu.edu

Education:

M.A. in Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, U.S.A. (May 2019)

M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India (April 2013)

B.A. in Psychology, Jai Hind College, Mumbai, India (August 2011)

 

Current Projects:

Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia using Computational Modeling (PROCOM)

 

 

Research Interest:

Cognitive functioning, particularly executive functioning and cognitive control in healthy aging and neurodegenerative conditions

Neuropsychological rehabilitation and neuroplasticity

The role of cognitive reserve in neurological and neurodegenerative conditions

 

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Li, R., Mukadam, N., & Kiran, S. (in press). Functional MRI evidence for reorganization of language networks. Handbook of Clinical Neurology.

Peñaloza, C., Dekhtyar, M., Scimeca, M., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., & Kiran, S. (2020). Predicting treatment outcomes for bilinguals with aphasia using computational modeling: Study protocol for the PROCoM randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 10(11), e040495. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040495

 

Conference Proceedings:

*Presenting Author

Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N.,Gray, T., Shamapant, S., & Kiran, S. Telerehabilitation for word retrieval deficits in bilinguals with aphasia: A treatment reliability study. Manuscript under review.

Peñaloza, C., Dekhtyar, M., Scimeca, M., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., & Kiran, S. Predicting treatment outcomes for bilinguals with aphasia using computational modelling: Study protocol for the PROCoM randomized controlled trial. Manuscript under review.

Dekhtyar, M., Mukadam, N.*,Braun, J. E., Zheng, H., Genovese, A., Kiran, S. (2020, November). 12794.C.H.A.T.: Communication through Health, Art and Technology, A Support Group for Individuals with Aphasia.  Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S., Kiran, S. (2020). Feasibility and reliability of teletherapy for word retrieval deficits in bilingual aphasia. Submitted to the 11th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation. Lyon, France.

Grasemann, U., Peñaloza, C., Dekhtyar, M., Mukadam, N.,Miikkulainen, R., & Kiran, S. (2020). A computational approach to lexical access impairment and recovery in bilingual aphasia. Submitted to the 12th annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language. Philadelphia, PI, USA.

Scimeca, M., Peñaloza, C., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N.,Gray, T., Shamapant, S., & Kiran, S. (2020). A telerehabilitation protocol for word retrieval impairment in bilingual aphasia: implementation and insights. Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S.,& Kiran, S. (May, 2020). PROCOM: Insights from a clinical protocol for the assessment, treatment and prediction of therapy outcomes in bilinguals with aphasia. Proposal accepted at International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference. Vancouver, Canada (Conference cancelled).