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Katherine Narr
Assistant Professor
narr@loni.ucla.edu
http://users.loni.ucla.edu/~narr/
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
635 Charles E. Young Drive South, Suite 225
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7334
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Education
1975-1979, BA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1979-1983, MD Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT
1983-1984, Internship, UCLA/WLA VA, Los Angeles, CA
1984-1987, Psychiatry Residency, UCLA NPI, Los Angeles, CA
1987-1990, Schizophrenia Research Fellow, UCLA Dept of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA
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Honors
U.S. Patent, Method for Quantitatively Measuring Stored Iron in Tissue Using MRI
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Research
Development of brain imaging biomarkers for use in diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders and medication development
Assessing brain maturation and degeneration trajectories over the life-span in normal populations and how neuropsychiatric disorders interact with these processes
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Projects
Myelin breakdown in aging and Alzheimer's disease
In vivo quantification of age-related increases in brain iron levels
Evaluation of brain maturational trajectories in normal adults and patientss with neuropsychiatrc diseases
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Skills
Quantification of brain iron levels
Quantification of limbic structures volumes
Quantification of brain myelination
Quantification of myelin integrity
Clinical trials
Administration of multidisciplinary teams
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