Suzanne Zuckerman

Suzanne is a research coordinator in the Center for Spinal Stimulation and works with multiple sclerosis (MS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. She graduated from Ithaca College in 2017 with a degree in Psychology (B.A.) and a minor in Neuroscience. Her senior thesis was an investigation of cerebral blood flow in the pre-frontal cortex of 8-11-months old infants during passive versus active movement and while attending to an executive functioning task. Her previous research experience includes working under Dr. Kenneth Perrine at Weill Cornell Medical Center/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, working with Parkinson's disease, Colloid Cyst, Unruptured Intracranial Artery Aneurysm, Concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Brain Tumor patients. 

Education
BA - Psychology, Ithaca College
Research Interests

Neuroanatomy, neurodegenerative disease, traumatic brain injury, executive function, cognitive reserve, cognitive assessment, and rehabilitation.

Publications

Neuroanatomy and Cellular Mechanisms of Sports-Related Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury K Perrine, S Zuckerman, PE Stieg Handbook of Sport Neuroscience and Psychophysiology, Routledge 2018 pp. 335-359