WVU :: School of Medicine :: Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry

Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program 2009-2010
- INTERNSHIP FACULTY

Maria T. Moran, PhD

Current Rank: Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, 2000
Internship: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Post-doctoral Fellowship: West Virginia University School of Medicine

Dr. Moran’s primary clinical interest is in neuropsychological functioning of adults, with specific interests in epilepsy and memory disorders. She works closely with other disciplines as part of the Epilepsy Center at WVU School of Medicine. Her research involves the study of memory and other cognitive processes, with particular emphasis on structural and functional neuroimaging and epilepsy surgery.

Abraham, J., Haut, M. W., Moran, M. T., Filburn, S., Lemiuex, S., & Kuwabara, H. (2008) Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: Effects on cerebral white matter seen in diffusion tensor imaging. Clinical Breast Cancer, 8, 88-91.

Haut, M. W., Moran, M. T., Lancaster, M. A., Kuwabara, H., Parsons, M. W., & Puce, A. (2007). White matter correlates of current cognitive capacity studied with diffusion tensor imaging: implications for cognitive reserve. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 1, 83-92.

Parsons, M. Haut, M.W., Lemieux, S.K., Moran, M.T., & Leach, S.G. (2006). Anterior medial temporal lobe activation during encoding of words: FMRI methods to optimize sensitivity. Brain and Cognition. 60, 253-261.

Moran, M. , Seidenberg, M., Sabsevitz,D., Swanson, S., & Hermann, B. (2005). The acquisition of face and person identity information following anterior temporal lobectomy. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 11, 237-48.

Haut, M.W., Kuwabara, H., Moran, M.T., Leach, S., Arias, R., & Knight, D. (2005). The effect of education on age-related functional activation during working memory. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 12, 216-229.

Seidenberg, M., Griffith, R., Sabsevitz, D., Moran, M., Haltiner, A., Bell, B., Swanson, S., Hammeke, T., & Hermann, B. (2002). Recognition and identification of famous faces in patients with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuropsychologia, 40, 446-56.