Brain Awareness Week Volunteering
Lab members volunteered at the Franklin Institute as part of Brain Awareness Week to showcase our Virtual Kitchen challenge to kids passing through the museum.
INS New Orleans 2025
Our lab gave 1 oral presentation and presented 9 posters at INS in Nola. We also went on a spooky walking ghost tour! Highlights included Dr. Giovannetti presenting at the podium, “Making Performance-Based Assessment of Everyday Functioning Feasible and Efficient with Automated Scoring of a Computerized Task: A Validation Study of Older Adults” on behalf of Anna Callahan (former undergrad RA).
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Axe Throwing Lab Bonding
Cellphone Clinic Outreach
Our lab has hosted several cellphone clinics at various senior centers where we assist older adults with smartphone-related tasks one on one!
TU Cog Neuro Lab Event: Highlights and Future Directions
We hosted a talk on zoom for research participants and community members to learn about our findings from the Virtual Kitchen Challenge study, future directions of the lab, and have a Q+A on brain health in November 2024.
Summer 2024 Lab Party
Lab Outreach Events
We have hosted and continue to host numerous outreach events giving talks on brain health and volunteering at several local senior centers, including collaborations with Penn’s Village and the Community Enrichment Fitness Network (CEFN)!
AAIC Philadelphia 2024
We were so excited to have AAIC in our home city! Lab members gave 4 oral presentations and presented 8 posters at the conference. Kimberly, Moira, and Molly (current Doctoral students) presented Lightening Round Presentations in a session on Functional Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease.
INS NYC 2024
Our lab gave 2 oral presentations and presented 8 posters at INS in NYC!
Temple ANST Launched Lecture Series (2023-2024)
Our doctoral students (Molly Tassoni, Stephanie Simone, and Sophia Holmqvist) launched a lecture series in collaboration with AACN50 to host a series of talks dedicated to engaging undergraduate and graduate students in neuropsychology. We hosted talks on a variety of topics, including applying to clinical psychology PhD programs, a career panel of neuropsychologists, and a fact finding exercise.
Lab Didactic: Hands On Neuroanatomy in 2022!
We went to the anatomy and physiology lab at the Temple School of Medicine to participate in identifying brain structures.
INS New Orleans 2022
We couldn’t go to NOLA this year for INS, so we brought NOLA to Philly with po’boys and beignets!
Fall 2019 Welcome Party
Welcoming our two newest graduate students, Molly and Stephanie!
Spring 2019 Graduation Party
Celebrating Ross, Chris, and Lorena! Ross earned his MA and will be starting the PhD program at LSU. Chris completed his Bachelor’s degree and will be starting a job as a neuropsychology technician. Lorena (not pictured) completed her Bachelor’s and will be starting a post-bac med school program.
Fall 2018 Community Engagement
Members and friends of the Cog Neuro Lab participated in the Philadelphia Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease.
Spring 2018 Graduation Party
Katherine, Emma, Tania, and Rachel celebrating the start of Emma’s internship!
INS 2012, Montreal
INS 2010, Acapulco
INS 2008, Hawaii
Fall 2007 Annual “What the %&@^# are you going to do with your life?” Lab Meeting
Summer 2007 Annual Lab Party
INS 2007, Portland, OR
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2006 Temple University College of Liberal Arts Awards
Laura Brennan was awarded the Bayne B. and Francis E. Iaacson Scholarship. Denene Wambach was awarded the Rose Kibrick Katz Student Advisor Award and the Political Science Merit Prize. Congratulations!
Spring 2006 Annual Lab Party
Spring 2005 Annual Lab Party
