Jordan Grafman, PhD

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My Lab

We focus on executive function and social cognition, their representations in the brain, and ways to improve these functions in patients with brain damage.

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About Me

Since the latter part of 2012, Dr. Grafman has been the director of Brain Injury Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and is on faculty at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center as well as the Department of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Before joining Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Dr. Grafman was briefly director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research at the Kessler Foundation in West Orange New Jersey. Prior to that appointment in 2011, Dr. Grafman was Chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland for many years. His investigation of brain function and behavior contributes to advances in medicine, rehabilitation, and psychology, and informs ethics, law, philosophy, and health policy. His study of the human prefrontal cortex and cognitive neuroplasticity incorporates neuroimaging and genetics, an approach that is expanding our knowledge of the impact of traumatic brain injury, as well as other diseases that impair brain function.

Location

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

355 East Erie

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

Education

1972 – 1974

Psychology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

1975 – 1981

Human Neuropsychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recent Publications

Left rostrolateral prefrontal cortex lesions reduce suicidal ideation in penetrating traumatic brain injury.

Pardini M, Grafman J, Raymont V, Amore M, Serafini G, Koenigs M, Krueger F

CNS spectrums

doi: 10.1017/S1092852918001694

Anterior insula lesions and alexithymia reduce the endorsements of everyday altruistic attitudes.

Chau A, Zhong W, Gordon B, Krueger F, Grafman J

Neuropsychologia

doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.07.002

Changes in discourse structure over time following traumatic brain injury.

Lindsey A, Mozeiko J, Krueger F, Grafman J, Coelho C

Neuropsychologia

doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.08.030

Honors & Awards

Coleman Chair in Rehabilitation Medicine
Coleman Foundation, 2013
Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Humboldt Foundation, 2012 - 2013
National Institutes of Health Director's Award
National Institutes of Health, 2010
National Institutes of Health Award of Merit
National Institutes of Health, 1992

Defense Meritorious Service Medal
United States Air Force, 1986

Professional Affiliations

Co-Editor
Cortex, 2000

Research Interests

Functions of the Human Frontal Lobes
Recovery of Function & Neuroplasticity
Executive and Social Functions
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Structural and Functional Neuroimaging

Grants

"MRI-navigated 3-channel TMS with 64-channel EEG instrument
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 2015 - 2020
Understanding and Modifying Social/Emotiona Behavior ('Prefrontal' Functions)
John Hopkins University, SOM
$1,421,221
, 2016 - 2020
Cerebral Autoregulation monitoring to reduce brain injury from cardiac surgery
Northwestern University
, 2016 - 2019
Center of Excellence for Advanced Bioprogrammable Nanomaterials (C-ABN)
Northwestern University, 2015 - 2018