Joseph I. Tracy, PhD, ABPP/CN

Professor
Director, Neuropsychology Division
Director, Cognitive Neuroscience & Brain Imaging Laboratory

Joseph I. Tracy, PhD

Contact

901 Walnut Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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215-955-1111
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Joseph I. Tracy, PhD, ABPP/CN

Professor
Director, Neuropsychology Division
Director, Cognitive Neuroscience & Brain Imaging Laboratory

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology: New School or Social Research 
MA, Developmental Psychology: Columbia University

 

Publications

Research & Clinical Interests

Cognitive neuroscience; Brain imaging.

Other Academic Appointments

  • 2000 to present Adjunct Associate Professor - La Salle University, Department of Psychology
  • 1998 Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1997 to present - Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1991 to present - Visiting Associate Professor, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

Institutional

1996 to 1998 - Member, MCPHU Institutional Review Board, Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects

Extramural

Member - Journal Review Boards : Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Alcohol Studies, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical, Neurosciences, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Neuropsychologia, Schizophrenia Research

Professional

Scientific Advisory Board, Division 40 (Neuropsychology)

American Psychological Association

Program Committee, 1999, International Neuropsychological Society

TEACHING & OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

6/90 to present - Visiting Associate Professor, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

1995 to present - Dissertation Committee Work: 1) MCPHU program in Clinical and Health Psychology, 2) Drexel University program in Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology

Recent Teaching: MCPHU, Drexel University, Norristown State Hospital, or LaSalle University, Courses and Lectures: Research Methods and Statistics, Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar, Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia, Attention and Memory, DSM-IV Structured Clinical Interview, Psychopathology, Selected Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

Clinical Activities

  • 2000 to present - Director, Neuropsychology Division, Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
  • 1992 to 2000 - Provide consultative services to NSH, MCP or EPPI in neuropsychological assessments.
  • 1992 to 2000 - Supervise EPPI and Norristown State Hospital psychology interns and psychiatry residents.

INVITED SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

  • Grand Rounds (Neurology) - Thomas Jefferson University/Medical College, Neurology, 2000, 'The Functionality of a Frontal/Cerebellar Circuit.'
  • Grand Rounds (Psychiatry) - Robert Wood Johnson/University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1998, 'The Role of the Cerebellum in Cognition: An fMRI Study.'

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

Chance, B., Nioka, S., Tracy, J.I., & Iordanova, I. (2000). Cognitive Studies Workshop on Optical Imaging and Neural Function. National Foundation for Functional Brain Imaging, June 10-11, Albuquerque, NM

Chance, B., Nioka, A., Tracy, J.I., Li, Y., Sanji, S., Iordanova, I. (2000) Brain Functional Imaging and Problem Solving using NIRI: Technical, Biological and Physiological Bases. Optical Society of America: Advances in Optical Imaging and Photon Migration, April 2-5, Miami Beach, FL

Tracy, J.I., Faro, S.S., Mohammed, F., Pinsk. M., & Christensen, H. (2000). Evidence to Support a non-motor 'sequencing' hypothesis for the cerebellum: Relevance to Epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, CA

Tracy, J.I., Askinazi, L., Christiansen, H., & Josiassen, R. (1999). The relative influence of cognitive and language deficits on the 'Speech Disorder' of Schizophrenia. National Academy of Neuropsychology Conference, San Antonio, TX

COMMUNITY SERVICE

1996-present - Trustee/Executive Board and Chair, Grant Review Committee, Lawrence Township Education Foundation. Private philanthropy for education.