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
Melanie A. Matyi; Maggie K. Pecsok; Christopher A. Olm; Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan; Laynie Dratch; Vivianna M. Van Deerlin; Emma Rhodes; Jeffrey S. Phillips; Philip A. Cook; James C. Gee et al.: Spatial covariance of mGluR5 density and structural degeneration in behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration. Imaging Neuroscience August 2026.Rogan G. Magee; Sharon X. Xie; Daniel T. Ohm; Emma Rhodes; Lauren Massimo; Vivianna M. Van Deerlin; David A. Wolk; Edward B. Lee; Corey T. Mcmillan; David John Irwin: Association Between Postmortem Pathologic Burden and the Rate of Clinical Progression in Patients With Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. Neurology July 2026.
Emma Rhodes, Ashlyn O’Halloran, Nidhi S. Mundada, Katheryn A.Q. Cousins, Christopher A. Brown, Paul A. Yushkevich, Sandhitsu R. Das, David A. Wolk & Corey T. McMillan: Neuropsychiatric Features Of Imaging-defined Concomitant LATE And Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, London, UK July 2026.
Melanie A. Matyi, Lauren Fisher, Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Emma Rhodes, Christopher A. Olm, Jeffrey S. Phillips, Philip A. Cook, David J. Irwin, Corey T. McMillan & Lauren Massimo: Impairments in goal-directed behaviors contributing to apathy are related to distinct structural disconnection patterns. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, London, UK July 2026.
Lauren Fisher, Adrian Raine, Corey T. McMillan, Lauren Massimo & Emma Rhodes: Evaluating novel measures of empathy loss in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: Validity of the Multifaceted Empathy Task and the Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scale. Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA February 2026.
Sophia Holmqvist; Haochang Shou; Kimberly Halberstadter; Marina Kaplan; Riya Chaturvedi; Emma Rhodes; Tania Giovannetti: Bidirectional associations of daily mood and subjective cognition in older adults using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Aging & Mental Health 30(6), February 2026.
Kimberly Halberstadter; Marina Kaplan; Ross Divers; Emma Rhodes; Thomas M. Olino; Tania Giovannetti: Differential relations among depressive symptoms, global cognition, and multiple measures of everyday function in a sample of community-dwelling older adults. Aging & Mental Health 30(8), February 2026.
Stephanie M. Simone, Moira McKniff, Marina Kaplan, Kimberly Halberstadter, Molly B. Tassoni, Sophia Holmqvist, Emma P. Rhodes, & Tania Giovannetti: Grit as a buffer in everyday functioning: Evidence from performance-based and self-report measures Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA February 2026.
Crane, P.K., Li, C., Cohen, T., Seitz, A., Rhodes, E., Choi, S.E., Lee, M., Mukherjee, S., Nakano, C., Albertson, S., Asadollahi, A., Velderrain-Lopez, K., Gallee, J., Rabin, L., Gaynor, L., Dumitrescu, L., Turner, S., Hohman, T.J., Gibbons, L.E., Trittschuh, E.H., Saykin, A.J. & Mez, J. : Cognitive data harmonization in the ADRC Network and beyond — Past, present, and future. Alzheimers & Dementia January 2026.
Holmqvist, S., Shou, H., Halberstadter, K., Kalpan, M., Chaturvedi, R., Rhodes, E. & Giovannetti, T. : Bidirectional associations of daily mood and subjective cognition in older adults using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Aging and Mental Health December 2025.