lkmuir@suffolk.edu

I grew up in Parker, Colorado and graduated from Ponderosa High School in 1999. I originally got interested in Psychology after high school when I traveled with a group called Up With People for one year. I completed over 480 hours of community service in 9 different countries visiting psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, women’s shelters, and AIDS resource centers to name a few. I was fascinated to explore what it is that motivates different people, and discovered the powerful influence that culture has on an individual’s behavior and personality.

I attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where I received my Bachelors Degree in Psychology. I discovered that I was fascinated with the brain and how it relates to behavior and this led me to the Sensory Learning Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where I worked as a technician administering sensory therapies to children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders through college. I accepted my first position out of college at Massachusetts General Hospital performing anatomical and functional MRIs, administering neuropsychological testing, and coordinating clinical trials in neurodegenerative diseases. During those two years, I coordinated and conducted neuropsychological testing for an observational, longitudinal study using a combination of experimental and clinical cognitive tests to identify specific measures that are sensitive to pre-clinical changes in Huntington’s Disease. I started at Suffolk University in the neuropsychology track in the fall of 2007 and am currently working to establish what my line of research will be.

Publications

Rosas, H.D., Salat, D.H., Hevelone, N.D., Pappu, V., Lee, S., Muir, L.K., Zaleta, A.K. et al.  Cortical Thickness in Huntington’s Disease and its Relationship to Cognition: A  Confirmatory Study. In Preparation.

Hersch, S.M., Gevorkian, S., Mook. L., Muir. L.K., Matson, W., Rosas, H.D. et al. The  Optimal Dose of Creatine for Huntington’s Disease.  In Preparation.

Presentations

Rosas, H.D., Pappu, V., Lee, S., Hevelone, N.D., Muir, L.K., Mook, L., Zaleta, A.K. (2006). New Insights Into Huntington’s Disease Through Anatomic     Neuroimaging. Presented by Rosas at Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques: Current and Future Applications, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 16-18,    2006.

Hersch, S.M., Gevorkian, S., Mook. L., Muir. L., Matson, W., Rosas, H.D. (2006). The Optimal Dose of Creatine for Huntington’s Disease. Presented by Hersch at The Hereditary Disease Foundation conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 11-13, 2006.

Rosas, H.D., Salat, D.H., Pappu, V., Lee, S., Hevelone, N.D., Muir, L.K., Mook, L., Zaleta, A.K. (2006). Location, Size and Amenities: The Ever Changing  “Real Estate” of HD and How to Assess it: The Potential Role of Neuroimaging in HD Clinical Trials. Presented by Rosas at The Hereditary Disease Foundation conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 11-13, 2006. 
 
Stephen, C.D., Hersch, S.M., Simpson, S.A., Rosas, H.D., Kaneko, Y., Muir, L. (2005).  Sleep  Patterns in Huntington’s Disease.  Presented by Stephen at the 2005 World  Congress on Huntington’s Disease, Manchester, England, September 11-14, 2005.