Dr. Katherine Turk

Biography

Katherine Turk, MD, is an Assistant Professor at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Neurology. She earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her internship and neurology residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, followed by a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at Boston University/VA Boston. Dr. Turk actively sees patients at the Boston VA Memory Disorders clinic and serves as the co-director of the Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience lab (CTCN) at the VA Boston. She is also a co-leader of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement core at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Her research interests include behavioral interventions for autobiographical memory loss in clinical populations, especially among veterans, as well as studies concerning Alzheimer's disease and Traumatic Brain Injury, focusing on event-related potentials and clinical diagnostic biomarkers. Dr. Turk has received research funding from the Alzheimer's Association, the Doris Duke Foundation, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, supporting her work that integrates clinical practice with innovative research in neurology and cognitive disorders.

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