Emily Murriel, PhD
Psychology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Emily Murriel
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Background
Emily C. Murriel, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She joined the faculty in 2022 and is currently an Assistant Professor and leader of the Transplant Neuropsychology Service (TNS) within the Division of Medical Psychology. Dr. Murriel's clinical expertise is in the evaluation of adults who are at risk for neuropsychological complications due to illness and medical treatments. Through the TNS, Dr. Murriel conducts neuropsychological evaluations with pre- and post-solid organ transplant patients. She also has expertise in the neuropsycholoigcal evaluation of patients with a wide variety of conditions, including neurodegenerative illnesses (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, atypical movement disorder, fronto-temproal dementias) and other medical issues (e.g., neurologic, autoimmune, psychiatric). She sees patients for other pre- and post-surgical evaluations (e.g., advanced therapies for movement disorders, epilepsy) and has expertise in cultural neuropsychology, including extensive experience in working with patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Dr. Murriel received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Boston University. She then completed her master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Victoria, where she was awarded the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and a Mitacs Globalink research fellowship to serve as an industry consultant in South America. She went on to complete her internship at the Charleston Consortium (Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Medical Center) and a three-year clinical and research neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Research Interests
Dr. Murriel's program of research is guided and motivated by her work with her patients. This includes exploring the associations between physical and neuropsychological functioning among healthy and medically ill individuals, developing valid and reliable neuropsychological tools and frameworks, and advancing the science of cultural neuropsychology. She has also been extensively involved in professional governance and promoting neuropsychology education. She currently serves on the board of directors for KnowNeuropsychology.
Selected Publications
Duggan, E. C., Garcia-Barrera, M. A., & Müller, U. (2018). Derivation, replication and validity analyses of a screener for the behavioral assessment of executive functions in young adults. Assessment, 25(7), 867-884.
Duggan, E. C., Graham, R. B., Piccinin, A. M., Jenkins, N. D., Clouston, S., Muniz Terrera, G., & Hofer, S. M. (2020). A systematic review of pulmonary function and cognition in aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences, 75(5), 937-952
Duggan, E. C., Piccinin, A. M., Clouston, S., Koval, A. V., Robitalle, A., Zammit, A. R., Wu, C., Brown, C. L., Lee, L. O., Finkel, D., Beasley, W. H., Kaye, J., Muniz Terrera, G., Katz, M., Lipton, R. B., Deeg, D., Bennett, D. A., Praetorius Björk, M., Johansson, B., Spiro III, A., Weuve, J., & Hofer, S. M. (2019). A multi-study coordinated meta-analysis of pulmonary function and cognition in aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Medical Sciences, 74(11), 1793-1804
Duggan, E. C., Awakon, L. M., Loaiza, C. C., & Garcia-Barrera, M. A. (2018). Contributing towards a cultural neuropsychology assessment decision-making framework: Comparison of WAIS-IV norms from Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Spain, United States, and Canada. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 34(5), 657-681
Zammit, A. R., Piccinin, A. M., Duggan, E. C., Koval, A., Clouston, S. Robitaille, A., Brown, C. L., Handshuh, P., Wu, C., Jarry, V., Finkel, D., Graham, R. B., Muniz-Terrera, G., Praetorius Björk, M., Bennett, D., Deeg, D. J., Johansson, B., Katz, M., Kaye, J., Lipton, R. B., Martin, M., Pederson, N., Spiro III, A., Zimprish, D., & Hofer, S. (2021). A coordinated multi-study analysis of the longitudinal association between grip strength and cognitive function in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76(2), 229-241
Honors
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 3/31/15
Memberships
- Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
- American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
- National Academy of Neuropsychology
- Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
- Asian Neuropsychological Association
- Society for Black Neuropsychology
- American Psychological Association
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Neuropsychology, 2022University of Victoria
Graduate School, Neuropsychology, PhD, 2019University of Victoria
Graduate School, Neuropsychology, MSc, 2014Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)