MARIANNA E. STARK, Ph.D.

Patient Coordinator

CENTER FOR COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE PATIENT PROGRAM

The purpose of the patient program is to build a comprehensive database from which to draw patients for future cognitive testing. The goal is to better characterize brain-behavior relationships by studying patients with relatively stable, focal lesions, either as a result of infarct or tumor resection, as well as patients with other relatively restricted lesions (e.g., split-brain patients). As the Patient Coordinator for the CCN, I am responsible for administering a comprehensive neuropsychological battery to each patient in order to assess a variety of cognitive capacities, including language, memory, perception, problem solving, and attention. As well, patients receive an MRI study in order to precisely measure and localize the lesioned area. Recruitment of patients encompasses a number of hospitals in the Philadelphia area, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center.

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Phone: (215)-615-3649
  • FAX: (215)-349-8260
  • E-MAIL: mstark@mail.med.upenn.edu
    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology, 3815 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6196

    EDUCATION

    IRTA Fellow National Institutes of Health 1993-1997 Cognitive Neuroscience
    Post-Doctoral Fellow Temple University School of Medicine 1989-1993 Cognitive Neuroscience
    Ph.D. McMaster University 1989 Experimental Psychology
    B.A. Temple University 1982 Psychology

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    1998-present Research Specialist University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
    1997-1998 Project Director SOFRES Intersearch Corporation; Horsham, PA
    1997 Research Advisor--Medical & Surgical Staff St. Francis Medical Center; Trenton, NJ
    1993-1997 IRTA Fellow National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD
    1989-1993 Postdoctoral Fellow Temple University School of Medicine; Philadelphia, PA
    1993 Lecturer LaSalle University; Philadelphia, PA
    1988-1989 Lecturer Bryn Mawr College; Bryn Mawr, PA
    1989 Instructor Temple University; Philadelphia, PA

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Member, International Neuropsychological Society
  • Member, American Psychological Association
  • Member, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Member, Association for Women in Science

    • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    Pharr, V., Litvan, I., Brat, D.J., Troncoso, J., Reich, S.G., & Stark, M. (1999). Ideomotor apraxia in progressive supranuclear palsy: A case study. Movement Disorders, 14(1), 162-166.

    Stark, M.E., Grafman, J., & Fertig, E. (1997). A restricted spotlight of attention in visual object recognition. Neuropsychologia; 35(9), 1233-1249.

    Stark, M.E., Coslett, H.B., & Saffran, E.M. (1996). Impairment of an egocentric map of locations: Implications for perception and action. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 13(4), 481-523.

    Coslett, H.B., Stark, M., Rajaram, S., & Saffran, E.M. (1995). Narrowing the spotlight: A visual attentional disorder in presumed Alzheimers Disease. Neurocase, 1, 305- 318.

    Grafman, J., Litvan, I., & Stark, M. (1995). Neuropsychological features of progressive supranuclear palsy. Brain and Cognition, 28, 311-320.
     

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