Myrna Schwartz, PhD

Dr. Schwartz is Associate Director, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute. A specialist in cognitive neuropsychology, Dr. Schwartz received her doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University Medical School. After serving as an assistant professor in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, she moved to MossRehab to conduct research on disorders of cognition and language.

Dr. Schwartz's research focuses on theoretical and applied studies of aphasia (language loss) and apraxia (motor sequence disorder). She receives funding for her work from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute of Deafness and other Communications Disorders (NIDCD) and Albert Einstein Society. Her research has been published in Neuropsychology, Brain and Language, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, among others.

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