International Neuropsychological Society Early Career Awards

Anna M. Barrett, MD, Director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Research Laboratory

April 1, 2008 Anna M. Barrett, MD, Director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, HHK/KMRREC and Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology and Neurosciences, UMDNJ-NJMS, is the first recipient of the International Neuropsychological Society Early Career Award. The award honors behavioral scientists of conspicuous academic achievement and who have had a significant impact on the interdisciplinary study and treatment of neuropsychological disorders. Dr. Barrett accepted the award from INS President Igor Grant at the Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Hawaii in February, 2008, and then gave an invited plenary address entitled, "Translation: Neuroscience and Neuropsychology in Spatial Neglect."