Dr. Bowers is a world's expert in neuropsychology, memory disorders, and emotional processing in Parkinson's Disease. She studies the masked face, memory difficulties, cognitive processing, and is collaborating with other experts on better treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease. She directs the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab which is one of the best in measuring cognitive problems in Parkinson's disease.

Research Interests: Adult Neuropsychology, Emotion, Memory Disorders, Aging and Dementia, Epilepsy, TMS, Psychophysiology, Neuroimaging. 
• PI: Digitizing the Face: Priming, TMS, and Hemispheric Asymmetries (NIH)
• PI: Emotional Reactivity, Cortisol, and Temporal Lobe Dysfunction in Humans
• Co-I: A Clinical Trial of rTMS for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (VAMC)
• Editorial Board, The Clinical Neuropsychologist

EDUCATION

High School: Marianna High School (1968)
Valedictorian

College: Emory University (1968-70)
University of Florida, B.A., 1972, Magna Cum Laude

Graduate School: University of Florida, M.A., 1974
Clinical Psychology

University of Florida, Ph.D., 1978, Clinical
Psychology [Neuropsychology]

Doctoral Dissertation: Material Specific Hemispheric
Activation; (Co-Chairs: Paul Satz, Ph.D., Kenneth
M. Heilman, M.D.

Internship Clinical Psychology/ Neuropsychology, 1976-77
Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center
Supervisor: Edith Kaplan
Neurogeriatrics Externship: Framingham Heart Study
Pediatric Neuropsychology Externship: Beth Israel
Hospital, Harvard University(M. Denckla, J. Holmes)

Post-Doctoral Neurobehavioral Research Fellow, 1978-1979,
Department of Neurology, University of Florida
(Mentor: Kenneth M. Heilman, M.D.)

Licensure Florida PY0003179, 1983

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Current Appointments Associate Professor in Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1998-present

Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Evelyn F.
and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, 2000- present

Associate Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine,
Adjunct Professor, University of Florida, 1998-ongoing

Doctoral Research Faculty, University of Florida, 1984-

Graduate Faculty Status, University of Florida, 1980-

Past Appointments Associate Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1985-1998

Research Director, Pallidotomy Clinical Research Program,
College of Medicine, 1995-1998

Director, Clinical Neuropsychology Research Laboratory,
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, 1994-1998

Senior Neuropsychologist, State of Florida Memory
Disorders Clinic at the University of Florida, College of
Medicine, 1986-1998

Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology,
College of Health Professions, Adjunct Professor, University
of Florida, 1985-1998

Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, 1980-1984

Post-doctoral Neurobehavioral Fellow, Department of
Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine,
1979-1980

Research Associate, Department of Neurology
Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Florida College
of Medicine, 1977-1978

Teaching Fellow in Neurology, Boston University, College of
Medicine, 1976-1977

Graduate Research Assistant, Neuropsychology Laboratory,
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of
Florida, 1974-1976 (Supervisor: Paul Satz, Ph.D.)

Research Assistant, Department of Clinical and Health
Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1973-
1974 (Supervisor: Molly Harrower, Ph.D.)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Personal Growth, Abnormal
Psychology), Department of Psychology, University of
Florida, 1972-73