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1 Andrea Meriam Weinstein 3137 Sennott Square 210 S. Bouquet St. Pittsburgh, PA Education GRADUATE: University of Pittsburgh (2009 present) PITTSBURGH, PA - Concentration: Joint program in Clinical and Biological Health Psychology - Specialty Paper (2012): Physical Activity and Body Mass: Overlapping and Dissociable Effects on Neurocognitive Function. Advisor: Kirk Erickson, Ph.D. - Master s of Science (2011): The Relationship between Cardiovascular Fitness and Gray Matter Volume in Healthy Adults. Advisor: Kirk Erickson, Ph.D. - Certificate: Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Graduate Training Program UNDERGRADUATE: University of California, Berkeley ( ) - Bachelor of Arts: Cognitive Science (Concentration: Neuroscience) BERKELEY, CA Fellowships and Awards 2013 Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (full stipend and tuition) 2012 Bassell Publication Award, University of Pittsburgh Psychology Department 2012 Travel Award, Alzheimer s Association International Conference, Vancouver, Canada 2011 International Neuropsychological Society Phillip K. Rennick Award for excellence 2010 Predoctoral Training Grant in Behavioral Brain Research (B2) (NIH T32 GM081760) 2009 University of Pittsburgh Arts and Sciences Fellowship (stipend and tuition) 2008 Alzheimer s Association Grupe Awards for Excellence in Alzheimer s Research Peer-Reviewed Publications Erickson, K.I., Banducci, S.E., Weinstein, A.M., McDonald, A.W., Ferrel, R.E., Halder, I., Flory, J.D., and Manuck, S.B. (2013). The BDNF val66met polymorphism moderates an effect of physical activity on working memory performance. Psychological Science, epub ahead of print. Verstynen, T.D., Weinstein, A.M., Erickson, K.I., Sheu, L.K., Marsland, A.L., Gianaros, P.J. (2013). Competing physiological pathways link individual differences in weight and abdominal adiposity to white matter microstructure. NeuroImage, 79: Erickson, K.I., Barr, L.L., Weinstein, A.M., Banducci, S.E., Akl, S.L., Santo, N.M., Leckie, R.L., Oakley, M., Saxton, J., Aizenstein, H.J., Becker, J.T., and Lopez, O.L. (2013). Measuring physical activity with accelerometry in a community sample with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatic Society, 61(1):

2 Weinstein, A. M., CV 2 of 6 Leckie, R.L., Weinstein, A.M., Hodzic, J.C., and Erickson, K.I. (2012). Potential moderators of physical activity on brain health. Journal of Aging Research, vol. 2012, Article ID , 14 pages. Erickson, K.I., Weinstein, A.M., and Lopez, O.L. (2012). Physical activity, brain plasticity, and Alzheimer s disease. Archives of Medical Research, 43(8): Verstynen, T.D., Weinstein, A.M., Schneider, W.W., Jakicic, J.M., Rofey, D.L., and Erickson, K.I. (2012). Increased Body Mass Index Is Associated With a Global and Distributed Decrease in White Matter Microstructural Integrity. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74: Weinstein, A.M., Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.S., Chaddock, L., Szabo, A., White, S.M., Wojcicki, T.R., Mailey, E., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F., and Erickson, K.I. (2012). The association between aerobic fitness and executive function is mediated by prefrontal cortex volume. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, (26): Erickson, K.I., Weinstein, A.M., Sutton, B.P., Prakash, R.S., Voss, M.W., Chaddock, L., Szabo, A., Mailey, E., White, S.M., Wojcicki, T.R., McAuley, E., and Kramer, A.F. (2012). Beyond Vascularization: The Effect of Aerobic Fitness on N-Acetylaspartate and Memory. Brain and Behavior, 2(1): Erickson, K.I., Miller, D.L., Weinstein, A.M., Akl, S.L., and Banducci S.E. (2012). Physical activity and brain plasticity in late adulthood: A conceptual review. Ageing Research, 3(1): Ell, S. W., Weinstein, A., & Ivry, R. B. (2010). Rule-based categorization deficits in focal basal ganglia lesion and Parkinson's disease patients. Neuropsychologia, 48(10): Weston, A.L., Weinstein, A.M., & Yaffe, K. (2010). Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 65(3); Weinstein, A.M., Barton, C., Ross, L., Kramer, J., & Yaffe, K. (2009). Treatment Practices of Mild Cognitive Impairment in California Alzheimer s Disease Centers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(4): Hazeltine, E., Weinstein, A., and Ivry, R.B. (2008). Parallel Response Selection after Callosotomy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 20(3): Hazeltine, E., Aparicio, P., Weinstein, A., and Ivry, R.B. (2007). Configural Response Learning: The Acquisition of a Non-Predictive Motor Skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 33(6): Book Chapters and Invited Reviews Miller, D.L., Weinstein, A.M., and Erickson, K.I. (2012). Structural plasticity induced by physical exercise. Boecker, H, Hillman, C, Scheef, L, Struder, HK. (Eds). Functional Neuroimaging in Exercise and Sport Sciences. Springer, NY. Erickson, KI, Miller, DL, Weinstein, AM. (2012). Physical activity training on brain and cognition. Wahl, HW, Tesch-Romer, C, Ziegelmann, J. (Eds). Angewandte Gerontologie: Interventionen fur ein gutes Altern in 100 Schlusselbegriffen. Kohlhammer. Weinstein, A.M. and Erickson, K.I. (2011). Healthy Body Equals Healthy Mind. Generations, 35(2): 92-8.

3 Weinstein, A. M., CV 3 of 6 Projects Submitted or in Preparation Erickson, K.I., Leckie, R.L., and Weinstein, A.M. (in preparation). Physical activity, fitness, and gray matter volume. Weinstein, A.M., Gianaros, P.J., Marsland, A.L., Manuck, S.B., and Erickson, K.I. (in preparation). Connecting the Body to the Brain: How Obesity and Physical Activity Relate to Neurocognitive Health. Weinstein, A.M., Verstynen, T.D., Prakash, R.S., Voss, M.W., Chaddock, L., Szabo, A., McAuley. E., Kramer, A.F., and Erickson, K.I. (in preparation). Gray matter volume mediates the association between fitness and cognition: a whole-brain, voxel-based analysis. Poster and Paper Presentations Weinstein, A.M., Verstynen, T.D., Prakash, R.S., Voss, M.W., Chaddock, L., Szabo, A., Wojcicki, T.R., Gothe, N.P., Olson, E.A., Fanning, J., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F., and Erickson, K.I. (October 2012). Gray matter volume, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cognitive function: A whole-brain, voxel-based mediation analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Verstynen, T.D., Leckie, R.L., Weinstein, A.M., Jakicic, J., Rofey, D.L., and Erickons, K.I. (October 2012). Altered cortico-basal ganglia connectivity with obesity predicts inefficient executive control processing. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Weinstein, A.M., Whitmoyer, P., Saxton, J., Morrow, L., Snitz, B., and Erickson, K.I. (July 2012). The relationship between physical activity and neurocognitive function in adults with cognitive impairment. Paper presented at the Alzheimer s Association International Conference, Vancouver, Canada. Turney, I.C., Weinstein, A.M., Alvarez, T.A., Prakash, R.S., Voss, M.W., Kim, J., Chaddock, L., Woods, J.A., McAuley, E., Greenwood, P.M., Parasuraman, R., Fryxell, K.J., Kramer, A.F., Erickson, K.I. (April 2012). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorpism is not associated with volume of the hippocampus or basal ganglia in older adults. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. Verstynen, T.D., Weinstein, A.M., Schneider, W., Jakicic, J., Erickson. K.I. (June 2011). Increased BMI is associated with globally decreased white matter integrity. Poster session presented at the 17 th annual meeting of Human Brain Mapping, Quebec City, Canada. Weinstein, A.M., Milgrom, R.A., Casey, M.R., Miller, D.L., Banducci, S.E., Akl, S.L., and Erickson, K.I. (April 2011). Investigating Cue-Related Brain Activity During Task-Switching. Poster session presented at the 18 th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Weinstein, A.M., Erickson, K.I., Sutton, B.P., Prakash, R.S., Voss, M.W., Chaddock, L., Szabo, A., Mailey, E., White, S.M., Wojcicki, T.R., McAuley, E., and Kramer, A.F. (March 2011). The Effect of Aerobic Fitness on Brain N-Acetylaspartate in Healthy Older Adults. Paper presented at the University of Pittsburgh Grad Expo, Pittsburgh, PA. Weinstein, A.M., Erickson, K.I., Sutton, B.P., Prakash, R.S., Voss, M.W., Chaddock, L., Szabo, A., Mailey, E., White, S.M., Wojcicki, T.R., McAuley, E., and Kramer, A.F. (February 2011). The Effect of Aerobic Fitness on N-Acetylaspartate and Memory in Neurologically Healthy Older Adults. Paper presented at the 39 th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

4 Weinstein, A. M., CV 4 of 6 Erickson, K.I., Miller, D.L., Weinstein, A.M., and Jakicic, J.M. (2010, April). How normal weight, overweight, and obese brains work differently: Differential neural responses to food stimuli and inhibition tasks. Poster session presented at the 17 th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Weinstein, A.M., Glaser, J.R., Tunacao, J.M., Brown, R.L., Miller, D.L., and Erickson, K.I. (2010, April). The effect of extended cueing periods on task-switch performance in late adulthood. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. Miller, D.L., McLaren, M., Brown, R.L., McGarry, C., Lane, J., Weinstein, A.M., and Erickson, K.I. (2010, April). Cueing the target: Examining the effect of cues to ameliorate age-related deficits in attentional control. Poster session presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. Weinstein, A., Barton, C., Ross, L., Kramer, J., & Yaffe, K. (2008, October). Treatment Practices of Mild Cognitive Impairment in California Alzheimer s Disease Centers. Poster session presented at the Bay Area Clinical Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA. Weinstein, A., Barton, C., Ross, L., Kramer, J., & Yaffe, K. (2008, June). Treatment Practices of Mild Cognitive Impairment in California Alzheimer s Disease Centers. Oral presentation at the Alzheimer s Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA. Weinstein, A., Barton, C., Ross, L., Kramer, J., & Yaffe, K. (2008, April). Treatment Practices of Mild Cognitive Impairment in California Alzheimer s Disease Centers. Poster session presented at the 60 th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Chicago, IL. Ell, S. W., Weinstein, A., & Ivry, R. B. (2008, April). Rule-Based Categorization Deficits in Patients with Parkinson s Disease are not Dependent upon Dopaminergic Medication. Poster session presented at the 15 th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Ell, S. W., Weinstein, A., & Ivry, R. B. (2008, February). The Effect of Focal Basal Ganglia Lesions on Rule-Based and Information-Integration Category Learning. Paper presented at the 36 th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Ell, S. W., Weinstein, A., Filoteo, J.V., Maddox, W.T., & Ivry, R. B. (2007, May). Selective attention demand mediates rule-based categorization deficits in focal basal ganglia lesion patients. Poster session presented at the 14 th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, NY. Invited Talks 2011 University of Pittsburgh Health Psychology Brown Bag Title: Cardiovascular Fitness and Brain Health Professional Research Experience 2010, 2012 University of Pittsburgh; Graduate Student Researcher Principal Investigator: Kirk Erickson, Ph.D San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education; Research Associate Principal Investigator: Kristine Yaffe, M.D University of California, Berkeley; Research Associate Principal Investigator: Richard Ivry, Ph.D.

5 Weinstein, A. M., CV 5 of 6 Clinical Experience University of Pittsburgh Clinical Psychology Center 2010 present Student Clinician Conducted individual therapy utilizing cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy techniques with adult community members; conducted structured clinical interviews (SCID) and personality assessments (MMPI-2); co-lead group therapy; participated in group and peer supervision; wrote integrative reports; participated in medication consultations with licensed psychiatrist. Supervisors: Larry Pacoe, Ph.D., Debbie Frankel, L.C.S.W., and Andy Koffmann, Ph.D Pediatric Pain Program Student Clinician Conducted pediatric pain intervention including principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, coping skills training, and biofeedback assisted relaxation; delivered treatment to children with chronic pain disorders; family therapy. Supervisors: Anna Marsland, R.N., Ph.D. and Rhonda Rosen, L.C.S.W Clinic Assistant Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the graduate student training clinic; conducted telephone intakes for psychotherapy and neuropsychological assessment; provided peer supervision to junior clinicians; handled client and clinician issues; interfaced with the community. Supervisor: Andy Koffmann, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Concussion Clinic September 2012 May 2013 Student Extern Administered and interpreted neuropsychological batteries including ImPACT on children and adults; assessed vestibular and ocular disturbances related to concussion; conducted semi-structured interviews to diagnose and disseminate treatment for concussions; coordinated care with other health professionals such as neuropsychologists, neurologists, physical therapists, and ocular therapists. Supervisor: Eric Johnson, Psy.D. University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer s Disease Research Center August 2013 present Student Extern Administered, scored, and interpreted neuropsychological batteries on adults with diagnosed or suspected neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer s disease, fronto-temporal dementia, and/or mild cognitive impairment; attended multidisciplinary case conferences for adjudication of diagnoses Supervisor: Beth Snitz, Ph.D. San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memory Disorders Clinic Assistant Assisted a psychiatrist/neurologist and nurse practitioner in medical evaluations of patients with memory disorders; attended clinical adjudication meetings for diagnosis of patients; organized monthly education meetings for families of patients with memory disorders; volunteered with nursing home residents diagnosed with memory disorders. Supervisor: Kristine Yaffe, M.D.

6 Weinstein, A. M., CV 6 of 6 Professional Memberships Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Society for Neuroscience (SfN) International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Ad Hoc Reviewer Journal of Neuroinflammation Psychosomatic Medicine Brain Topography Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience Service 2013 Co-Organizer, University of Pittsburgh Diversity Committee Poster Series 2012 present Clinical Psychology Program Student Representative 2012 Honors Thesis Committee Member for Rachel Milgrom, University of Pittsburgh undergraduate 2011 present Member, University of Pittsburgh Diversity Committee 2010 present Member, University of Pittsburgh applicant weekend planning committee 2009 present Mentor, BACH lab, mentoring over 16 undergraduate and post-baccalaureate researchers Mentor, University of Pittsburgh Hot Metal Bridge Program Volunteer, San Francisco VA activity groups for dementia patients Volunteer, San Francisco VA Memory Disorders Clinic Education Group

Kimberly E. Lanni, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE Kimberly E. Lanni, Ph.D. PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE Licensed Clinical Psychologist (State of California), License #25630 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, VA Northern