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Laura Lacritz, PhD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-4646
Office Fax: 214-648-4660
Biography
Dr. Lacritz obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology at UT Austin in 1989 with highest honors. She went on to obtain her doctorate degree at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Clinical Psychology where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Lacritz completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern in Neuropsychology from 1995 to 1997. She joined the UT Southwestern Faculty in 1997 where her departmental activities include neuropsychological/cognitive evaluation of persons with known or suspected neurological disorders, involvement with the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at UT Southwestern,and teaching/training of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. She serves as a member of the Steering,Clinical Training, Admissions and Competency Committees in the graduate Clinical Psychology program.
Dr. Lacritz’s clinical expertise is in the area of neuropsychological assessment, with particular interest in working with individuals who have dementia, epilepsy, movement disorders, brain tumors, and head injury. Dr. Lacritz’s research foci are in the areas of Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, movement disorders, epilepsy, and psychometric assessment. She is also interested in how to best use neuropsychological assessment in the early detection of dementia.
Education
| Graduate School | University of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas (1994) |
| Undergraduate | University of Texas at Austin (1989) |
Research Interests
Publications
Rossetti HC, Lacritz LH, Cullum CM, Weiner MF, Neurology, 2011 Sep; 77 (13):1272-5
Rossetti HC, Munro Cullum C, Hynan LS, Lacritz LH, Alzheimer disease and associated disorders, 2010 Apr-Jun; 24 (2):138-42
O'Bryant, S.E., Waring, S.C., Cullum, C.M., Hall, J., Lacritz, L., Massman, P.J., Lupo, P.J., Reisch, J.S., Doody, R., and the Texas Alzheimer?s Research Consortium , Archives of Clinical Neurology , 2008; (65):1091-1095
Greenaway, M.J., Lacritz, L.H., Binegar, D., Weiner, M.F., Lipton, A., & Cullum, C.M. , Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology , 2006; (19):79-84
Lipton, A.M., Ohman, K.A., Womack, K.B. Hynan, L.S., Ninman, E.T., Lacritz, L.H. , Neurology , 2005; (65):726-731
Chandler, M.J., Lacritz, L.H., Hynan, L.S., Barnard, H.D., Allen, D.G., Deschner, M., Weiner, M.F., & Cullum, C.M. , Neurology , 2005; (65):102-106
Lacritz, L.H., Dewey, R., Giller, C., & Cullum, C.M. , Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , 2002; (8):125-129
Ringe, W.K., Saine, K.C., Lacritz, L.H., Hynan, L.S., & Cullum, C.M. , Assessment , 2002; (9):254-260
Lacritz, L.H., Cullum, C.M., Frol, A.B., Dewey Jr., R.B., & Giller, C.A , Brain and Cognition , 2000; (42):364-378
Whyte, S.R., Cullum, C.M., Hynan, L.S., Lacritz, L.H., Rosenberg, R.N., Weiner, M.F. , Alzheimer?s Disease and Related Disorders , 2005; (19):74-78
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Honors/Awards
American Psychological Association (2011)
UT Southwestern Clinical Psychology Program (2009)
UT Southwestern Clinical Psychology Program (2008)
National Academy of Neuropsychology (2005)
Patient Care and Service Recognition, UTSW (2005)
UT Southwestern Clinical Psychology program (1993)