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Amy Halpin, Ph.D.

Amy Halpin, Ph.D.

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About Me

Dr. Amy Halpin, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology who has joined the division of Cognitive Behavioral Neurology as a Clinical Neuropsychologist.

Dr. Halpin earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maine. She then completed a neuropsychology internship at the Universi...
Dr. Amy Halpin, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology who has joined the division of Cognitive Behavioral Neurology as a Clinical Neuropsychologist.

Dr. Halpin earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maine. She then completed a neuropsychology internship at the University of Florida and a neuropsychology fellowship at Mass General Brigham.

As part of her training, Dr. Halpin has worked with patients with a variety of conditions related to neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, medical, and neurodegenerative etiologies. Clinically she specializes in Alzheimer's disease as well as atypical dementias including frontotemproal degeneration, Parkinson's plus syndromes, and posterior cortical atrophy.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Neurology, Memory Care (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mass General Brigham
Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology 2023 - 2025

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
APA Accredited Predoctoral Internship 2022 - 2023

Education

PhD | University of Maine-Orono. Clinical Psychology. 2023

BS | Boston University. Human Physiology. 2007

Research

Dr. Halpin's area of research focuses on identifying factors that improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy. Specifically, her research aims to characterize the heterogeneity inherent to many neurodegenerative conditions with the goal of improving abilities to predict which individuals carry an inc...
Dr. Halpin's area of research focuses on identifying factors that improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy. Specifically, her research aims to characterize the heterogeneity inherent to many neurodegenerative conditions with the goal of improving abilities to predict which individuals carry an increased risk for cognitive dysfunction and decline. Her research has spanned areas including cerebral amyloid angiopathy, frontotemporal degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, and cognitive aging.

Publications

Journal Articles

Now or Later? Examining Social and Financial Decision-Making in Middle-to-Older Aged Adults.

Halpin, A.; Tallman, M.; Boeve, A.; & MacAulay, R.

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.3. 2024; 79(7).

Neuropsychological and neuroanatomical features of patients with behavioral variant Alzheimer's disease (AD): a comparison to behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and amnestic AD groups

Dominguez-Perez, S.; Philips, J.; Norise, C.; Kinney, N.; Vaddi, P.; Halpin, A.; ... & Cousins, K.

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2022; : 1-18.

Sleep Health Domains Differentially Associate with Executive Function in Older Adults

Boeve, A.; Halpin, A.; Michaud, S.; Fagan, M.; & MacAulay, R.

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2022; : 1-6.

Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated with Worse Cognitive Function in Older Adults?

Halpin, A; MacAulay, R.K.; Boeve, A.; D'Errico, L.; & Michaud, S.

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2021; : 1-10.

Slower gait speed increases risk of falling in older adults with depression and cognitive complaints

MacAulay, R. K.; Boeve, A.; D'Errico, L.; Halpin, A.; Szeles, D. M.; & Wagner, M. T.

Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2021; : 1-6.

Comparing Psychometric Properties of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery to Gold-Standard Measures in Socioeconomically Diverse Older Adults

MacAulay, R. K.; Boeve, A.; & Halpin, A.

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2021; .

Predictors of Heterogeneity in Cognitive Function: APOE-e4, Sex, Education, Depression, and Vascular Risk

MacAulay, R. K.; Halpin, A.; Cohen, A. S.; Calamia, M.; Boeve, A.; Zhang, L.; ... & Keller, J. N.

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2020; 33(6): 660-670.

Group music training as a multimodal cognitive intervention for older adults

MacAulay, R. K.; Edelman, P.; Boeve, A.; Sprangers, N.; & Halpin, A.

Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain. 2019; 29(4): 180-187.

Norise., C.; Ungrady, M.; Halpin, A.; Jester, C.; McMillan, C.; Irwin, D.; Cousins, K.; Grossman, M.

Clinical Correlates of Alzheimer's Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid

Occupational Attainment Influences Longitudinal Decline in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Degeneration

Massimo, L.; Xie, S.; Rennert, L.; Fick, D.; Halpin, A.; Placek, K.; Rascovsky, K.; Irwin, D.; McMillan, C.; Grossman, M.

Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2018; 13(1): 293-301.

Longitudinal decline in speech production in Parkinson's disease spectrum disorders

Ash, S.; Jester, C.; Firn, K.; York, C.; Langey, R.; Kofman, O.; Halpin, A.; Perez, S.; Chahine, L.; Spindler, M.; Dahodwala, N.; Irwin, D.; McMillan, C.; Grossman, M.

Brain and Language. 2017; : 42-51.

Narrative Organization Deficit in Lewy Body Disorders is related to Alzheimer Pathology

Grossman, M.; Irwin, D.; Jester, C.; Halpin, A.; Ash, S.; Weintraub, D.; McMillan, C.

Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2017; .

Trait Mindfulness Associates with Executive Function and Well-being in Older Adults

MacAulay, R. K.; Halpin, A.; Andrews, H; & Boeve, A.

Aging and Mental Health. .