Jordan Grafman, PhD
Chief, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurology, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Center
About Me
Since the latter part of 2012, Dr. Grafman has been the director of Brain Injury Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and is on faculty at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center as well as the Department of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Before joining Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Dr. Grafman was briefly director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research at the Kessler Foundation in West Orange New Jersey. Prior to that appointment in 2011, Dr. Grafman was Chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland for many years. His investigation of brain function and behavior contributes to advances in medicine, rehabilitation, and psychology, and informs ethics, law, philosophy, and health policy. His study of the human prefrontal cortex and cognitive neuroplasticity incorporates neuroimaging and genetics, an approach that is expanding our knowledge of the impact of traumatic brain injury, as well as other diseases that impair brain function.
Location
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
355 East Erie
Chicago, IL 60611
Education & Training
Credential
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
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Coleman Chair in Rehabilitation MedicineColeman Foundation, 2013
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Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt FoundationHumboldt Foundation, 2012 - 2013
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National Institutes of Health Director's AwardNational Institutes of Health, 2010
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National Institutes of Health Award of MeritNational Institutes of Health, 1992
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Defense Meritorious Service MedalUnited States Air Force, 1986
Professional Affiliations
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Co-EditorCortex, 2000
Research Interests
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Functions of the Human Frontal Lobes
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Recovery of Function & Neuroplasticity
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Executive and Social Functions
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Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
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Structural and Functional Neuroimaging
Grants
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"MRI-navigated 3-channel TMS with 64-channel EEG instrumentNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 2015 - 2020
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Understanding and Modifying Social/Emotiona Behavior ('Prefrontal' Functions)John Hopkins University, SOM
$1,421,221
, 2016 - 2020 -
Cerebral Autoregulation monitoring to reduce brain injury from cardiac surgeryNorthwestern University
, 2016 - 2019 -
Center of Excellence for Advanced Bioprogrammable Nanomaterials (C-ABN)Northwestern University, 2015 - 2018
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Genetic Influences on Epileptogensis and Biosusceptibility to Post-Traumatic EpilepsyUniversity of Pittsburgh
, 2017 - 2019
My Lab
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
We focus on executive function and social cognition, their representations in the brain, and ways to improve these functions in patients with brain damage.
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