Presenter: Natalia Docteur
Learning objectives:
Understand increased dementia risk in adults with ADHD
Explain how white matter hyperintensity burden contributes to cognitive impairment
Discuss cognitive vulnerability to vascular brain pathology in later-life ADHD
Paper: Vascular Burden Moderates the Relationship Between ADHD and Cognition in Older Adults
Natalia is a second-year PhD student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary. She completed her Hons. B.Sc. in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto and worked as a Research Analyst at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health prior to starting graduate school. Her current research investigates relationships between white matter microstructure, cardiovascular risk factors, and cognition in adults with ADHD. Clinically, Natalia specializes in the neuropsychological assessment and diagnosis of older adults with brain disorders (e.g., dementia, traumatic brain injury) presenting with comorbid psychopathology.
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