Nyaz Didehbani, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor Assoc Professor School Medical School Department Psychiatry | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Didehbani received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Baylor University and continued to the University of North Texas where she obtained her Master’s in Clinical Psychology and Doctorate in Clinical Health Psychology. She completed an internship at Wayne State University with rotations in health psychology, adult neuropsychology, and pediatric neuropsychology. Following internship she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Dallas under the supervision of Dr. Munro Cullum. She joined UT Southwestern Faculty in 2015 with a joint adjunct appointment at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her departmental activities include TBI research and neuropsychological evaluation of person’s with known or suspected neurological disorders including dementia and epilepsy. Dr. Didehbani’ s current research focuses on longitudinal effects of head impact in youth athletes and aging effects of traumatic brain injury. Her clinical expertise is in neuropsychological assessment, with primary interest in examining individuals with sports related concussion and neurocognitive disorders. Dr. Didehbani is a member of American Psychological Association, National Academy of Neuropsychology, International Neuropsychological Society, and serves as Member at Large of the Sports Neuropsychology Society. She is also the Co-Chair of the Social and Cultural Equity in Sports for the Sports Neuropsychology Society and Chair of the Women in Leadership for the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Education Internship Wayne State University (2008), Clinical Psychology Graduate School University of North Texas (2009), Clinical Psychology Other Post Graduate Training University of Texas at Dallas (2011), Neuropsychology Research Interest Dementia Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Neurocognitive Disorders Sports Concussion Publications Featured Publications Mild Cognitive Impairment in Retired Professional Football Players With a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Investigation. Didehbani N, Fields LM, Wilmoth K, LoBue C, Hart J, Cullum CM, Cogn Behav Neurol 2020 09 33 3 208-217 Sex Differences in Reporting of Concussion Symptoms in Adults Tarkenton, T., Caze, T., Didehbani, N., Silver, C., Miller, S., Bell, K., Batjer, H., & Cullum, C.M. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 2020 1-7 Reliability of self-reported concussion history in retired NFL players Nyaz Didehbani*, Kristin Wilmoth, Lindy Fields, Christian LoBue, Jeremy Strain, Jeffrey Spence, Marisara Dieppa, Munro Cullum and John Hart Annals of Sports Medicine and Research 2017 5 White Matter Changes and Confrontation Naming in Retired Aging NFL Athletes. Strain JF, Didehbani N, Spence J, Conover H, Bartz E, Mansinghani S, Jeroudi MK, Rao NK, Fields LM, Kraut MA, Cullum CM, Hart J, Womack KB J. Neurotrauma 2016 Jun Depressive symptoms and concussions in aging retired NFL players. Didehbani N, Munro Cullum C, Mansinghani S, Conover H, Hart J Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2013 Aug 28 5 418-24 Traumatic Brain Injury History Is Associated With an Earlier Age of Dementia Onset in Autopsy-Confirmed Alzheimer's Disease. Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL, Chiang HS, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Dieppa M, Hart J, Cullum CM Neuropsychology 2018 Feb Repetitive TMS to augment cognitive processing therapy in combat veterans of recent conflicts with PTSD: A randomized clinical trial. Kozel FA, Motes MA, Didehbani N, DeLaRosa B, Bass C, Schraufnagel CD, Jones P, Morgan CR, Spence JS, Kraut MA, Hart J J Affect Disord 2017 Dec 229 506-514 Neurodegenerative Dementias After Traumatic Brain Injury. LoBue C, Cullum CM, Didehbani N, Yeatman K, Jones B, Kraut MA, Hart J J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2017 Oct appineuropsych17070145 Consistency of traumatic brain injury reporting in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Wilmoth K, LoBue C, Clem MA, Reddy R, Hynan LS, Didehbani N, Bell K, Womack KB, Hart J, Batjer H, Cullum CM Clin Neuropsychol 2017 Oct 1-6 Traumatic brain injury history is associated with earlier age of onset of Alzheimer disease. LoBue C, Wadsworth H, Wilmoth K, Clem M, Hart J, Womack KB, Didehbani N, Lacritz LH, Rossetti HC, Cullum CM Clin Neuropsychol 2016 Nov 1-14 Results 1-10 of 23 1 2 3 Next Last Books Featured Books Assessment and Management of Sports Concussion. In Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury Bell, K., Rinaldi, R., & Didehbani, N (2018). Elsevier Neurodegenerative Dementias. In Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury 3rd edition Lobue, C., Cullum, M.C., Didehbani, N., Yeatman, K., Jones, B., Kraut, M.A., & Hart, J. (2018). American Psychiatric Association Publishing Professional Associations/Affiliations American Psychological Association (2009-2021) International Neuropsychological Society (2013-2021) National Academy of Neuropsychology (2013-2021) Sports Neuropsychology Society (2014-2021) Texas Psychological Association (2005-2021)
