Alexandra Golby
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Alexandra Golby is a neurosurgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and a professor of neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School. She was appointed to the Haley Distinguished Chair in the Neurosciences at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.[1]
Career
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Golby made a comment about a long standing big question in cognitive science. What, exactly, is consciousness? She says, "If you had asked me that as an upper mid, I would have been able to tell you; but the more I learn, the less certain I am."[2]
Accomplishments and awards
Golby’s accomplishments and awards include: National Merit Scholar (1985-1989); Scholl Foundation Scholar (1991-1992); Stanford Medical Scholar (1991-1992); Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship US Dept. of Education 1993-1994 Emge Traveling Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine (1992-1994); American Heart Association, Student Scholarship in Cerebrovascular Disease (1992-1993); National Research Service Award, NIH (1991-2001); Congress of Neurological Surgeons Dandy Clinical Fellowship (2002); Temporary member BMIT NIH study section (2004-2005); Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgeons (2007); CIMIT Young Clinicians Award (2008); Brigham and Women’s Hospital inaugural recipient New Innovators Award (2010-2011) [3]
Notable publications
- Differential responses in the fusiform region to same-race and other-race faces (2001) Golby, AJ; Gabrieli, JD; Chiao, JY; Eberhardt, JL (2001). "Differential responses in the fusiform region to same-race and other-race faces". Nature Neuroscience. 4 (8): 845–50. doi:10.1038/90565. PMID 11477432.
- Material-specific lateralization in the medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex during memory encoding (2001) Golby, AJ; Poldrack, RA; Brewer, JB; Desmond, JE; Spencer, D; Aron, AP (2001). "Material-specific lateralization in the medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex during memory encoding". Brain. 124 (9): 1841–1857. doi:10.1093/brain/124.9.1841. PMID 11522586. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- Memory lateralization in medial temporal lobe epilepsy assessed by functional MRI (2002) Golby, AJ; Poldrack, RA; Illes, J; Chen, D; Desmond, JE; Gabrieli, JD (2002). "Memory lateralization in medial temporal lobe epilepsy assessed by functional MRI". Epilepsia. 43 (8): 855–863. doi:10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.20501.x. PMID 12181004.
- Memory encoding in Alzheimer's disease: an fMRI study of explicit and implicit memory (2005) Golby, AJ; Silverberg, G; Race, E; Gabrieli, S; Oshea, J; Knierim, K (2005). "Memory lateralization in medial temporal lobe epilepsy assessed by functional MRI". Brian. 128 (4): 773–787. doi:10.1093/brain/awh400. PMID 15705615.
- Functional brain mapping and its applications to neurosurgery (2007) Golby, AJ; Tharin, S (2007). "Functional brain mapping and its applications to neurosurgery". Operative Neurosurgery. 60 (suppl_4, 1 April 2007): 185–202. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000255386.95464.52. PMID 17415154. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
References
- ^ "Alex's Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Hotchkiss Magazine, Summer 2018, p. 57
- ^ "Alex's Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Retrieved 14 June 2018.