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John E. Desmond, PhD John E. Desmond, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts in 1985, and was awarded a fellowship to train in functional MRI research at Stanford University shortly after this revolutionary technique was discovered.  He joined the Stanford Radiology Faculty, as well as the Stanford Neuroscience Program Faculty, in 2001, where he conducted functional MRI investigations for both basic research and clinical applications.  He began his work in the Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins in May of 2005. Dr. Desmond's Neuroimaging and Modulation Laboratory (NIMLAB) uses a combination of approaches to investigate the neural correlates of behavior, including functional neuroimaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, patient studies, and behavioral experiments.  Research projects and areas of interest include cerebro-cerebellar circuits and their involvement in cognition, the effects of aging on associative memory and awareness, the integration of functional MRI and transcranial magnetic stimulation to achieve image-guided brain stimulation, and clinical applications of functional MRI. CURRENT ADDRESS The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neurology Division of Cognitive Neuroscience Reed Hall East - 2 1620 McElderry Street Baltimore, MD 21205< Phone: 410-502-3583 Fax: 410-502-2189 E-Mail: dr.jdesmond@gmail.com EDUCATION & TRAINING 1978, B.A., Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa 1982, M.S., Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1985, Ph.D., Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst CURRENT APPOINTMENTS Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Research Scientist, Kennedy Krieger Institute HONORS & AWARDS National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award (1978) Marine Biological Laboratory Neurobiology Fellow (1982) Fellow, National Research Service Award, NIMH F31 MH08951(1983) Fellow, National Research Service Award, NIMH F32 NS09628 (1994) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Principal Investigator: NIA / NIH, R01 AG21501, 7/04 - 6/09 "fMRI Analysis of Aging and Awareness in Conditioning" NIMH / NIH, R01 MH060234, 7/05 - 6/10 "fMRI and TMS Analysis of Cerebellar Cognitive Function"