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Holly Phelps serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry at West Virginia University School of Medicine, where she conducts research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and behavioral medicine.
Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Psychology from Pacific University's School of Graduate Psychology (2021), providing rigorous training in experimental methodology and clinical assessment.
Dr. Phelps' research program focuses on Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), with particular expertise in amyloid-positive versus amyloid-negative differentiation. She employs advanced neuroimaging techniques including structural MRI and metabolic imaging to investigate memory consolidation mechanisms, brain atrophy patterns, and cortical thickness changes in early neurodegenerative processes. Her work uniquely bridges traditional neuropsychology with contemporary behavioral challenges, as evidenced by her research on technology's cognitive impacts.
Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals a cohesive research trajectory examining how temporal and parietal lobe atrophy correlates with memory deficits in biomarker-defined Alzheimer's subgroups. Her studies consistently integrate multi-modal assessments of brain structure, metabolism, and cognitive performance, establishing her as a contributor to precision medicine approaches in neurodegenerative disorders. The inclusion of smartphone dependency research demonstrates her expanding focus on environmental modulators of cognitive health.
Dr. Phelps maintains active collaborations with neurologists, psychiatrists, and imaging specialists across multiple institutions, as reflected in her co-authorship on high-impact publications in Alzheimer's & Dementia and Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Her research program demonstrates significant translational potential for early diagnostic frameworks in cognitive disorders.
