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Dr. Kim is Institute Scientist and Director of Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute. He is trained in neurophysiology, experimental psychopathology, and cognitive neuroscience. His main focus of research is neuroimaging of cognitive dysfunctions in various neuropsychiatric conditions. He has been conducting research funded by the Albert Einstein Society, the NIH, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Areas of Expertise

• Cognitive neuroscience of working memory and attention in healthy and neuropsychiatric population including traumatic brain injury and schizophrenia
• Clinical neuroimaging methods including BOLD and ASL perfusion fMRI, EEG, and MEG
• Measurement and validation of executive function and attention, especially in naturalistic environments

Programs of Research

• The use of structural and functional neuroimaging methods to understand the nature of attention deficits in TBI and the effects of psychoactive drugs such as methylphenidate, bromocriptine, and nicotine
• The use of multi-modal neuroimaging to understand the nature of working memory impairment in schizophrenia

Publications

• Kim J., Avants B., Patel S., Whyte J., Coslett B. H., Pluta J., Detre J. A., Gee J. C. (2008). Structural consequences of diffuse traumatic brain injury: A large deformation tensor-based morphometry study. Neuroimage, 39:1014-26. PMID 17999940
• Kim, J., Whyte, J., Wang, J., Rao, H., Tang, Z. K., & Detre, J. A. (2006). Continuous ASL perfusion fMRI investigation of higher cognition: Quantification of tonic CBF changes during sustained attention and working memory tasks. Neuroimage, 31: 376-385. PMID 16427324
• Ances, B. M., Roc, A. C., Wang, J., Korczykowski, M., Okawa, J., Stern, J., Kim, J., Wolf, R., Lawler, K., Kolson, D., & Detre, J. A. (2006). Caudate blood flow and volume are reduced in HIV+ neurocognitively impaired patients. Neurology, 66: 862-866. PMID 16567703
• Cannon, T. D., Glahn, D. C., Kim, J., Van Erp, T. G. M., Karlsgodt, K., Cohen, M. S., Nuechterlein, K., Bava, S. & Shirinyan, D. (2005). Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity during maintenance and manipulation of information in working memory in patients with schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62: 1071-1080. PMID 16203952
• Kim, J., Whyte, J., Hart, T., Vaccaro, M., Polansky, M., & Coslett, H. B. (2005). Executive function as a predictor of inattentive behavior after traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11: 434-445. PMID 16209424
• Hart, T., Whyte, J., Kim, J., Vaccaro, M. (2005). Executive function and self-awareness of "real-world" behavior and attention deficits following traumatic brain injury. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 20: 333-347. PMID 16030440
• Kim, J., Glahn, D., Nuechterlein, K., & Cannon, T. (2004). Maintenance and manipulation of information in schizophrenia: Further evidence for impairment in the central executive component of working memory. Schizophrenia Research, 68: 173-187. PMID 15099601
• Glahn, D. C., Kim, J., Cohen, M. S., Poutanen, V.-P., Therman, S., Bava, S., Van Erp, T. G. M., Manninen, M., Huttanen, M., Lonnqvist, J., Standertskjold-Nordenstam, C. G., & Cannon, T. (2002). Maintenance and manipulation in spatial working memory: Dissociations in the prefrontal cortex. Neuroimage, 17: 201-213. PMID 12482077