Biography:Terry Jernigan

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Short description: American neuroscientist
Terry Jernigan
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Jernigan in January 2018
Born1951/1952 (age 71–72)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Irvine BS
University of California, Los Angeles PhD
ThesisCerebral atrophy and cognitive decline in the normal aged (1979)
Academic work
DisciplineNeuropsychologist
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego

Terry Lynne Jernigan (1951/1952 (age 71–72))[1] is a neuropsychologist and the director of the Center for Human Development at University of California, San Diego.

Education

Jernigan graduated from University of California, Irvine with a bachelor's degree before earning a doctorate from University of California, Los Angeles.[2] She interned and completed her postdoctoral research at Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Medical Center.[2]

Career

In 1984, Jernigan joined the faculty at University of California, San Diego where she is currently a professor of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and Radiology.[2] She serves on the advisory council of the National Institutes of Health.[3]

References

  1. Washburn, David (2009-05-01). "A Better Understanding of the Brain" (in en-US). Voice of San Diego. https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/people/a-better-understanding-of-the-brain/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Terry Jernigan" (in en-US). https://iem.ucsd.edu/people/profiles/terry-jernigan.html. 
  3. Reardon, Sara (2017). "Brain researchers in uproar over NIH clinical-trials policy" (in en). Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2017.22550. 

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