Dawn J Mechanic-Hamilton, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Director, Neuropsychological Services and Cognitive Fitness Program, Penn Memory Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Core Co-Lead, UPenn Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
AD/ADRD Pilot Core Co-Lead, PennAITech Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging
Neuropsychology Division Chief, Neurology Department
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Penn Memory Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 2 South
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 2 South
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-4516
Email:
dawn.mechanic@uphs.upenn.edu
dawn.mechanic@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.A. (Psychobiology)
Wellesley College, 1998.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration)
Drexel University, 2008.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration)
Drexel University, 2010.
Permanent linkB.A. (Psychobiology)
Wellesley College, 1998.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration)
Drexel University, 2008.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration)
Drexel University, 2010.
Selected Publications
Mechanic-Hamilton D, Lydon S, Xie SX, Zhang P, Miller A, Rascovsky K, Rhodes E,and Massimo L: Turning Apathy into Action in Neurodegenerative Disease: Development and Pilot Testing of a Goal-Directed Behavior App Neuropsychological Rehabilitation May 2023.Halberstadter K, Pulley L, Rovere R, Dicalogero M, Wolk D, Mechanic-Hamilton D: Performance and Usability of a Remote App-Based Assessment of Cognition Among Older Adult Mobile Game Players and Non-Players. 51st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society February 2023.
Mechanic-Hamilton D, Halberstadter K, Dicalogero M, Rovere R, Pulley L, Wolk D : Remote App-Based Assessment of Memory and Executive Functioning in Aging and Pre-Clinical Alzheimer’s Disease. 51st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society February 2023.
Dicalogero M, Kamath V, Wolk, D, Das S, Xie L, Lane J, Halberstadter K, Mechanic-Hamilton D: Cognitive and Neuroanatomic Correlates of Olfactory Function in Cognitively Unimpaired and Impaired Older Adults. 51st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society February 2023.
Kim B, Suh E, Nguyen AT, Prokop S, Mikytuck B, Olatunji OA, Robinson JL, Grossman M, Phillips JS, Irwin DJ, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Wolk DA, Trojanowski JQ, McMillan CT, Van Deerlin VM, Lee EB.: TREM2 risk variants are associated with atypical Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol Sep 2022.
Xiong, C, Wolk, DA, Lah, JJ, Gleason, CE, Roberson, ED, Benzinger, TLS, Schindler, SE, Fagan, AM, Hassenstab, JJ, Moulder, KL, Balls-Berry, JE, Sperling, RA, Johnson, KA, Levey, AI, Johnson, SC, Luo, J, Gremminger, E, Agboola, F, Grant, EA, Ances, BA, Gordon, BA, Hornbeck, RC, Massoumzadeh, P, Keefe, SJ, Dierker, D, Gray, JD, Andrews, J, Henson, RL, Streitz, M, Manzanares, C, Qiu, D, Mechanic-Hamilton, D, Stites, SD, Shaw, LM, Midgett, S, Morris, JC: SORTOUT-AB: A Study of Race to Understand Alzheimer Biomarkers Alzheimer's Association International Conference Aug 2022.
Stites, SD, Midgett, S, Visco A, and Mechanic-Hamilton, D: Pilot Study of Social and Structural Determinants of Health (SSDOH) Measures in the UPenn Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Alzheimer's Association International Conference Aug 2022.
Rhodes, E, Massimo, L, Mechanic-Hamilton, D, McMillan, CT, Phillips, JS, Burke, SE, Hlava, Q, Cook, P, Gee, JC, and Grossman, M: Factors associated with the Big 5 personality traits in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Alzheimer's Association International Conference Aug 2022.
Arezoumandan S, Xie SX, Cousins KAQ, Mechanic-Hamilton DJ, Peterson CS, Huang CY, Ohm DT, Ittyerah R, McMillan CT, Wolk DA, Yushkevich P, Trojanowski JQ, Lee EB, Grossman M, Phillips JS, Irwin DJ.: Regional distribution and maturation of tau pathology among phenotypic variants of Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol Jul 2022.
Mechanic-Hamilton, D, Halberstadter, K, Lydon, S, Liebenberg, E, Wolk, D: At-Home Data Collection with an App-Based Cognitive Assessment for Detecting Memory and Executive Functioning Changes in Aging and Pre-Clinical AD. Alzheimer's Association International Conference Jul 2022.