Congratulations to Vanessa Serrano for receiving the Gerald Rosenbaum Neuropsychology Dissertation Research Award - For your outstanding research in the field of Neuropsychology! and

Congratulations to Maulika Kohli for receiving the Litrownik Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award - In recognition of your leadership and contribution in the field of Clinical Psychology!

The meeting focused on future directions in technology, open science, machine learning, and test and normative data development for the tech era.

Campbell LM, Fennema-Notestine C, Barrett A, Sundermann E, Bondi MW, Saloner R, Clifford D, Ellis RJ, Franklin D, Gelman B, Grant I, Heaton RK, Marra C, Moore DJ, Morgello S, Letendre S, Moore RC.  Prefrontal cortex, not medial temporal lobe, is associated with memory in middle-aged persons with HIV. International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, 02-02-2022.

Ham L, Lobo, JD, Bharti A, Gouaux B, Marcotte T, Grant I, Moore DJ & the HNRC Group. The Impact of COVID-19 and Depressive Symptoms on Subjective Cognition. Among COVID-19+ Participants with Neurological Symptoms. International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, 02-02-2022.

Saloner R, Sun-Suslow N, Morgan EE, Lobo JD, Cherner M, Ellis RJ, Heaton RK, Grant I, Letendre SL, Iudicello JE.  Plasma biomarkers of vascular injury uniquely relate to a classic ‘vascular' profile of neurocognitive deficits in virally suppressed adults with HIV. International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, 02-04-2022.

Sundermann E, Dastghey R, Moore DJ , Buchholz A,  Bondi MW, Ellis R, Letendre S, Heaton R, Rubin LH. Importance of Biopsychosocial Factors in Distinguishing Cognitive Profiles Among Virally-Suppressed People with HIV. International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, 02-02-2022.

Watson W-MC, Morgan EE, Sun-Suslow N, Letendre S, Hussain MA, Heaton RK, Grant I, Iudicello JE. Alexithymia is Associated with Different Patterns of Pro-Inflammatory and Vascular Biomarkers in People with HIV and/or Methamphetamine Dependence. International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, 02-02-2022.

Congratulations to Jessica Montoya, PhD, who was featured in the Spring 2022 Newsletter of The HIV Institute at the University of California, San Diego.

The HIV Institute appreciates UC San Diego's hardworking, dedicated research scientists accelerating the field. The Investigator Spotlight gives us an opportunity to acknowledge our leading investigators and share with the community how they are pursuing life changing discoveries. Read more about Dr Montoya here.

With co-mentorship provided by Dr. Grant and his colleague Dr. Erin Morgan, Wei-Ming Watson built an impressive record of research at the HNRP and CMCR examining the role of trauma/stress on cognition, mechanisms of ethnic/racial cognitive disparities, and the complex influence of cannabis/cannabinoid exposure on cognitive health.

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