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of California, San Francisco
3333 California Street, Suite 270
San Francisco, CA 94143-0920
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Fax: 415-476-9030
Email: laura.julian@ucsf.edu
Dr. Julian is a clinical neuropsychologist. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2001 from the Pennsylvania State University. She then came to UCSF to complete her post-doctoral fellowship training in Neuropsychology, with a focus on autoimmune disease. Her fellowship training was funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as well as the Kirkland Foundation. Dr. Julian joined the faculty in Rheumatology at UCSF in 2005.
Research
Interests:
Dr. Julian’s research has examined the relationships among neuropsychiatric symptoms (i.e., cognitive dysfunction, psychiatric syndromes) and autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system (CNS). The majority of Dr. Julian’s work in Rheumatology focuses on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Dr. Julian is investigating the relationships among specific SLE disease markers, underlying neurodegenerative CNS activity visible by improved neuroimaging technologies, and resulting neuropsychiatric symptoms. Dr. Julian is currently funded by the NIH and the Lupus Research Institute to evaluate the utility of specific neuroimaging technologies (i.e., diffusion tensor imaging, MR spectroscopy) to detect underlying brain pathology in patients with cognitive dysfunction. An overarching goal of Dr. Julian’s research is to evaluate the use of cognitive testing to detect underlying CNS disease involvement. Using this approach, patients with underlying brain involvement may be identified prior to the onset of more serious neurological complications.
Recent Publications:
Julian, L.J. & Mohr, D.C. (In Press, August 2006). Executive functioning is a differential predictor for response to treatment for depression in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Mohr , D.C. , Hart, S.L., Julian, L.J., Tasch, E.S. (In Press) Screening for depression in multiple sclerosis: Two questions may be enough. Multiple Sclerosis
Cox , D. & Julian, L. (2004) Cognitive Dysfunction in MS. In M. Olek (Ed.) In Multiple Sclerosis: Etiology, Diagnosis, and New Treatment Strategies. Humana Press: Totowa, NJ.
Kozora., E., West, S.G., Kotzin, B.L., Julian, L.J., Porter, S., & Bigler, E. (1998). Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities and cognitive deficits in systemic lupus erythematosus patients without overt central nervous system disease. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 41(1), 41-7.
Abstract:
Julian, L.J., Metcalf, M.A., Pelletier, D., Henry, R., & Mohr, D.C. (2005) Diffusion Tensor Imaging correlates of executive functioning in early stages of multiple sclerosis. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society February 2005, St. Louis, MO.
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