Kathleen Hupfeld, PhD

Biography:

Kathleen Hupfeld received her PhD from the University of Florida in December 2021 and started as a postdoctoral fellow with Richard Edden in January 2022. Her PhD work, funded by NSF GRFP, NINDS T32, and NIA F99 awards, used neuroimaging, MR spectroscopy, and brain stimulation to examine brain changes with aging and with spaceflight. Her current postdoctoral work, funded by a National Institute on Aging K00 award, focuses on applying MR spectroscopy to better understand brain changes in aging and age-related disease. Her first projects with Dr. Edden, and collaborator Dr. Kyrana Tsapkini, have focused on characterizing neurometabolites in aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and Primary Progressive Aphasia, a rare disorder that impairs language in people as young as 40.

Contact:

khupfel3 [at] jhu [dot] edu