Emma Rhodes, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3700 Hamilton Walk, Suite B601
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-2855
Email:
rhodesem@upenn.edu
rhodesem@upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Kenyon College, 2007.
MA (Counseling Psychology)
Northwestern University, 2009.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2019.
BA (Psychology)
Kenyon College, 2007.
MA (Counseling Psychology)
Northwestern University, 2009.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2019.
Post-Graduate Training
Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 2018-2019.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Neuropsychology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of California San Francisco, 2019-2021.
Permanent linkPredoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 2018-2019.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Neuropsychology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of California San Francisco, 2019-2021.
Selected Publications
Emma Rhodes, Philip S. Insel, Michelle Kassel, Maria Kryza-Lacombe, Meryl A. Butters, David Bickford, Duygu Tosun, Ruth Morin, Paul Aisen, Howie Rosen, Rema Raman, Susan Landau,Andrew Saykin, Arthur W. Toga, Clifford R. Jack, Michael W. Weiner, Craig Nelson & R. Scott Mackin: Accelerated cognitive decline in late life depression: The role of Amyloid-β, cortico-limbic volume, and white matter hyperintensities. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry August 2025.Melanie A. Matyi, Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Christopher A. Olm, Jeffrey S. Phillips, Philip A. Cook, Emma Rhodes, James C. Gee, David J. Irwin, Corey T. McMillan & Lauren Massimo: Executive dysfunction relates to salience network desegregation in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Neuroimage: Clinical 48, July 2025.
Melanie Mayti, Emma Rhodes, Sheina Emrani, Hannah A. Jin, David J. Irwin & Corey T. McMillan: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Neuropsychological Test Performance in Frontotemporal Degeneration. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2025 Notes: Accepted for publication September 2025.
Emma Rhodes, Rich Jones, Sheina Emrani, Paul K. Crane & Seo-Eun Choi3: Bi-factor Model of Neuropsychiatric Symptom Measurement in National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Toronto, ON 2025.
Cousins, K.A.Q, Irwin, D.J., Tropea, T.F., Rhodes, E., Phillips, J.S., Chen-Plotkin, A.S., Brumm, M.C., Coffey, C.S., Kang, J.H., Simuni, T., Foroud, T., Toga, A.W., Tanner, C.M., Kieburtz, K., Mollenhauer, B., Galasko, D.R., Hutten, S., Weintraub, D., Siderowf, A., Marek, K., Kollmorgen, G., Poston, K.L., Shaw, L.M. & The Parkinson’s Progression Marker Initiative: Evaluation of ATN-PD Framework and Biofluid Markers to Predict Cognitive Decline in Early Parkinson Disease. Neurology 102(4), Feb 2024
Jesse S Cohen, Jeffrey Phillips, Sandhitsu R Das, Christopher A Olm, Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Emma Rhodes, Katheryn AQ Cousins, Sharon X Xie, Ilya M Nasrallah, Paul A Yushkevich, David A Wolk, Edward B Lee, Daniel Weintraub, David J Irwin, Corey T McMillan: Posterior hippocampal sparing in Lewy body disorders with Alzheimer’s copathology: An in vivo MRI study. NeuroImage: Clinical 45, December 2024.
R Scott Mackin, Emma Rhodes, Michelle Kassel, Maria Kryza-Lacombe, Emily Burns, David Bickford, Ruth Morin, Duygu Tosun, Susan Landau, Meryl A Butters, Paul Aisen, Rema Raman, Andrew J Saykin, Arthur Toga, Robert Koeppe, Clifford Jack, Michael W Weiner, Craig Nelson, Philip S Insel: Cortico-limbic volume abnormalities in late life depression are distinct from β amyloid and white matter pathologies. Molecular Psychiatry Page: 1-10, November 2024.
Lauren Fisher, Ellen Munsterman, Neetu Rajpal, Emma Rhodes, Nancy Hodgson, Karen B Hirschman, Lauren Massimo: Caregiving in the face of empathy loss in Frontotemporal Dementia: An integrative review. Aging & Mental Health Page: 1-11, August 2024.
Rhodes E, Alfa S, Jin H, Massimo L, Elman L, Amado D, Baer M, Quinn C, McMillan CT.: Cognitive reserve in ALS: The role of occupational skills and requirements. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Page: 1-10, April 2024.
Alfa, S., Jin, H., Massimo, L., Ellman, L., Quinn, C., McMillan, C., & Rhodes, E. : Cognitive reserve in ALS: The role of occupational skills and requirements. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 29(S1): 603-604, December 2023.