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Vidya Kamath

Vidya Kamath, PhD

Neuropsychology

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Female

About Vidya Kamath

Professional Titles

  • Clinical Training Director, Medical Psychology
  • Director of Research, Medical Psychology

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Background

Dr. Kamath is a neuropsychologist, clinical training director and a core faculty member in the Division of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Duke University. She subsequently completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the University of Central Florida, a neuropsychology pre-doctoral internship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and a clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Kamath's clinical expertise is in the evaluation of older adults with suspected neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative disease. She currently serves as the primary neuropsychologist for the Johns Hopkins Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Center as well as the Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and Young-Onset Dementias Clinic. She is establishing a clinic to provide neuropsychological services to adults with Down Syndrome.

Dr. Kamath was a Johns Hopkins KL2 Clinical Research Scholar and now serves as primary investigator on grants funded by the National Institute of Aging (R01AG064093) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS108452). She serves as the neuropsychologist on NIH-funded studies examining risk factors for cognitive decline in persons with mild cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, frontotemporal dementia, delirium and Down syndrome. She has also received funding from APA Division 40 and the Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Research Center. Her research program represents a multi-modal investigation of the clinical, cognitive and neurobiological correlates of chemosensory dysfunction in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. 

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

  • A Nose for Schizophrenia Risk, Hopkins Brain Wise (Fall 2015)

    Keen Sense of Smell Linked to Longer Life, Reuters (2019)

    Poor Sense of Smell Linked to Depression in Older Adults, CBS News (2023)

    Olfactory Training During Sleep Could Help Your Memory, Scientific American (2023)

Research Summary

For training opportunities in Dr. Kamath's lab, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/kamathlab

Selected Publications

  • Kamath, V., Senjem, M.L., Spychalla, A.J., Chen, H., Palta, P., Mosley, T.H., Windham, B.G., Griswold, M., Knopman, D.S., Gottesman, R.F., Jack, C.R., Sharrett, A.R., Schneider, A.L.C. (in press). The neuroanatomic correlates of olfactory identification impairment in healthy older adults and persons with mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Kamath, V., Crawford, J., DuBois, S., Nucifora, Jr., F.C., Nestadt, G., Sawa, A., Schretlen, D.J. (2019). Contributions of olfactory and neuropsychological assessment to the diagnosis of first-episode schizophrenia. Neuropsychology. 33(2), 203-211.

  • Kang, J.Y., Yenokyan, G., Hwang, B.Y., Chen, M., Penn, R., Mampre, D., Sperling, M.R., Kamath, V. (2020). Odor identification predicts postoperative seizure control following magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy. Epilepsia, 61(9), 1949-1957 

  • Schneider, A.L.C., Gottesman, R.F., Mosley, T.H., Shrestha, S., Rowan, N., Sharrett, A.R., Chen, H., Kamath, V. (2022). Associations of prior head injury with olfactory functioning: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

  • Yang, K., Hua, J., Etyemez, S., Paez, A., Prasad, N., Ishizuka, K., Sawa, A., Kamath, V. (2021). Volumetric alteration of olfactory bulb and immune-related molecular changes in olfactory epithelium in first episode psychosis patients. Schizophrenia Research, 235, 9-11.

Courses & Syllabi

  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology

Honors

  • Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Research Center Award, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 9/1/17
  • Johns Hopkins KL2 Clinical Research Scholar, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 7/1/17
  • International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, 1/1/11
  • American Psychological Association Division 40 Junior Investigator Award, American Psychological Association, 1/1/11

Graduate Program Affiliations

Memberships

  • Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
  • American Board of Professional Psychology
  • American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • International Neuropsychological Society
  • National Academy of Neuropsychology
  • Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group
  • International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer RM 218, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    University of Pennsylvania Medicine

    Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013

    University of Central Florida

    Medical Education, PhD, 2010

    Board Certifications

    Clinical Neuropsychology

    American Board of Professional Psychology, 2016

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