Molly E. Zimmerman

Molly Zimmerman

Professor of Psychology
Curriculum Vitae

Email: [email protected]

Rose Hill Campus: Dealy Hall, Room 226F
Phone: 718-817-3835

Lab: Zimmerman Clinical Neuropsychology Lab

    • 1996 BA in Psychology, University of Cincinnati
    • 2001 MA in Clinical Psychology, University of Cincinnati
    • 2004 PhD in Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology), University of Cincinnati
    • 2004 Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology, Brown University
    • 2004 - 2006 NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dementia, Brown University
    • Cognition and sleep disturbances
    • Cognitive and neuroimaging correlates of traumatic brain injury
    • Neuropsychological assessment of dementia and preclinical dementia
    • PSYC 2501 - Cognition Laboratory
    • PSYC 2900 - Psychopathology
    • PSYC 6106 - Cognitive Assessment with Lab
    • PSYC 6370 - Cognition & Affect
    • PSYC 6253 - Neuropsychological Assessment with Lab
    • PSYC 7990 - Teaching of Psychology
    • PSYC 8290 - Clinical Supervision
    • Dr. Michael L. Lipton, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    • Dr. Adam M. Brickman, Columbia University Medical Center
    • Dr. Raanan Arens, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • 1. Charney, M., Ye, K., Fleysher, R., DeMessie, B., Stewart, W. F., Zimmerman, M. E., Kim, M., Lipton, R. B., & Lipton, M. L. Age of first exposure to soccer heading: Associations with cognitive, clinical, and imaging outcomes in the Einstein Soccer Study. Frontiers in Neurology; In Press. 

    2. Lee, M. Sin, S., Lee, S., Wagshul, M., Zimmerman, M. E., & Arens, R. Cortical thickness and hippocampal volume in children with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep; In Press.

    3. Ye, K., Fleysher, R., Lipton, R. B., Zimmerman, M. E., Stewart, W. F., Sliwinski, M. J., Kim, M, & Lipton, M. L. Repetitive soccer heading adversely impacts short-term learning among adult women. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport; In Press.

    4. Lao, P. J., Zimmerman, M. E., Hartley, S., Gutierrez, J., Keator, D., Igwe, K. C., Laing, K. K., Cotton-Samuel, D., Sathishumar, M., Moni, F., Andrews, H., Krinsky-McHale, S., Head, E., Lee, J. H., Lai, F., Yassa, M. A., Rosas, H. D., Silverman, W., Lott, I. T., Schupf, N., & Brickman, A. M. Sleep apnea, cerebrovascular disease, and amyloid in older adults with Down syndrome across the Alzheimer’s continuum. Sleep Advances; 2022. PMCID: PMC9154738

    5. Moni, F., Petersen, M. E., Zhang, F., Lao, P. J., Zimmerman, M. E., Gu, Y., Gutierrez, J., Rizvi, B., Liang, K. K., Igwe, K, C., Sathishkumar, M., Keator, K., Andrews, H., Krinsky-McHale, S., Head, E., Lee, J. H., Lai, F., Yassa, M. A., Rosas, H. D., Silverman, W., Lott, I. T., Schupf, N., O’Bryant, S., & Brickman, A. M. Probing the proteome to explore potential mediators of increased Alzheimer’s-related cerebrovascular disease in adults with Down syndrome. Alzheimer’s & Dementia; 2022. PMID: 35212182

    6.  Lee, M. Sin, S., Lee, S., Park, H., Wagshul, M. E., Zimmerman, M. E., & Arens, R. Altered cortical structure network in children with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep; 2022. PMID: 35137220

    7. **Stiver, J., **Fusco-Gessick, B., **Moran, E., **Crook, C., & Zimmerman, M. E. Variable objective sleep quality is related to worse spatial learning and memory in young adults. Sleep Medicine; 84, 114-120; 2021. PMID: 34144450.

    8. **Stiver, J., Staffaroni, A. M., Walters, S. M., You, M. Y., Casaletto, K. B., Erlhoff, S. J., Possin, K. L., Lukic, S., La Joie, R., Rabinovici, G. D., Zimmerman, M. E., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., & Kramer, J. H. The rapid naming test: Development and initial validation in typically aging adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist; 1-12; 2021. PMCID: PMC8464629

    9. **Moran, E. E., Bressman, S. B., Ortega, R. A., Raymond, D., Nichols, W. C., Palmese, C. A., Elango, S., Swan, M., Shanker, V., Perera, I., Wang, C., Zimmerman, M., & Saunders-Pullman, R. Cognitive functioning of glucocerebrosidase (GBA) non-manifesting carriers. Frontiers in Neurology; 2021. PMCID: PMC7952874

    10. Katz, M. J., Wang, C., Nester, C. O., Derby, C. A., Zimmerman, M. E., Lipton, R. B., Sliwinski, M. J., & Rabin, L. A. T-MoCA: A valid phone screen for cognitive impairment in diverse community samples. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring; 13, e12144; 2021. PMCID: PMC7864219

    * Indicates undergraduate student author under my mentorship
    ** Indicates graduate student author under my mentorship