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Professional Background

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education

Educational Background

Ph.D. Columbia University, New York, NY, School Psychology, Focus in Neuropsychology
 
APA Accredited Internship, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, NY, Clinical Neuropsychology

Ed.M. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, School Psychology
 
B.A. Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, Psychology & Philosophy

Scholarly Interests

James F. Sumowski, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist in the Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Laboratory of the Kessler Foundation Research Center in West Orange, New Jersey. His current research examines patterns of neuropsychological functioning and functional neuroimaging (fMRI) in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), with a specific interest in how cognition and cerebral activity are influenced by cognitive reserve. Dr. Sumowski has demonstrated that lifetime intellectual enrichment (estimated with vocabulary knowledge) helps to protect persons with MS from disease-related cognitive deficits and cerebral inefficiency. In a separate line of research on cognitive rehabilitation, Dr. Sumowski conducts translational research applying memory phenomenon from the cognitive psychology literature to improve memory functioning among persons with neurologically-based memory impairment.

Selected Publications

Sumowski, J. F., Chiaravalloti, N., DeLuca, J. (In Press). Retrieval Practice Improves Memory in Multiple Sclerosis: Clinical Application of the Testing Effect. Neuropsychology.

Sumowski, J. F., Chiaravalloti, N., Wylie, G., DeLuca, J. (2009). Cognitive reserve moderates the negative effect of brain atrophy on cognitive efficiency in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 606-612.

Sumowski, J. F., Chiaravalloti, N., DeLuca, J. (2009). Cognitive reserve protects against cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 31, 913-926.
 
Genova, H. M., Sumowski, J. F., Chiaravalloti, N., Voelbel, G. T., & DeLuca, J. (2009). Cognition in multiple sclerosis: a review of neuropsychological and fMRI research. Frontiers in Bioscience, 14, 1730-1744.
 
Peverly, S. T., Ramaswamy, V., Brown, C., Sumowski, J., Alidoost, M, & Garner, J. (2007). What predicts skills in lecture note taking? Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 167-180.


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James Francis Sumowski

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education

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