Kevin Duff

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University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2003

Mailing Address

Department of Psychiatry
MEB 1-308
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1000
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 335-6640
Fax: (319) 353-3003
kevin.duff.phd@gmail.com

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, Clinical Neuropsychology, 2003.
Internship, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Clinical Psychology, 2001.
Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY, Clinical Psychology, 2001.

Expertise and Research Interests

Research interests: Clinical neuropsychology, aging, dementia, Huntington's disease, practice effects, Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Clinical Psychology, Dementia, Gerontology, Neuropsychology, Psychiatry.

Additional Terms:

Neuropsychology.

Memberships

American Psychological Association
International Neuropsychological Society
National Academy of Neuropsychology

Honors and Awards

2005 Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders
2008 Early Career Award Recipient, National Academy of Neuropsychology

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Predicting dementia with practice effects, $706,310, 2007 to 2012.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Predicting decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment, $120, 950, 2005 to 2009.
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: Predicting cognitive decline with lifetime affective burden, $59,916, 2005 to 2009.

Publications

  • Duff K, Mold JW, Gidron Y (Jan 2009) Cognitive functioning predicts survival in the elderly., Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 31 (1), 90-5 Abstract
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Van Der Heiden S, Moser DJ, Arndt S, Schultz SK, Paulsen JS (Oct 2008) Short-term practice effects in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: implications for diagnosis and treatment., International psychogeriatrics / IPA, 20 (5), 986-99 Abstract
  • Duff K, Humphreys Clark JD, O'Bryant SE, Mold JW, Schiffer RB, Sutker PB (Sep 2008) Utility of the RBANS in detecting cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease: sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive powers., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 23 (5), 603-12 Abstract
  • Paulsen JS, Langbehn DR, Stout JC, Aylward E, Ross CA, Nance M, Guttman M, Johnson S, MacDonald M, Beglinger LJ, Duff K, Kayson E, Biglan K, Shoulson I, Oakes D, Hayden M (Aug 2008) Detection of Huntington's disease decades before diagnosis: the Predict-HD study., Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 79 (8), 874-80 Abstract
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Adams WH (Aug 2008) Validation of the Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Intact Elders., Alzheimer disease and associated disorders Abstract
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Patton DE, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL (Jul 2008) Predicting cognitive change across 3 years in community-dwelling elders., The Clinical neuropsychologist, 22 (4), 651-61 Abstract
  • Larson EB, Leahy B, Duff KM, Wilde MC (Jun 2008) Assessing executive functions in traumatic brain injury: an exploratory study of the Executive Interview., Perceptual and motor skills, 106 (3), 725-36 Abstract
  • Schoenberg MR, Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL (Mar 2008) Retention rates on RBANS memory subtests in elderly adults., Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 21 (1), 26-33 Abstract
  • Duff K, Langbehn DR, Schoenberg MR, Moser DJ, Baade LE, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL (Mar 2008) Normative data on and psychometric properties of Verbal and Visual Indexes of the RBANS in older adults., The Clinical neuropsychologist, 1-12 Abstract
  • Duff K, Mold JW, Roberts MM (Jan 2008) Walking speed and global cognition: results from the OKLAHOMA Study., Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition, 15 (1), 31-9 Abstract
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Paulsen JS (2008) "Pre-symptomatic" Huntington's Disease., Handbook of clinical neurology / edited by P.J. Vinken and G.W. Bruyn, 89, 589-98 Abstract
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Beglinger LJ, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Culp KR, Carnahan R, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL (2008) Premorbid intellect and current RBANS performance: discrepancy scores in three geriatric samples., Applied neuropsychology, 15 (4), 241-9 Abstract
  • Duff K, Paulsen JS, Beglinger LJ, Langbehn DR, Stout JC (Dec 2007) Psychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease before diagnosis: the predict-HD study., Biological psychiatry, 62 (12), 1341-6 Abstract
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL (Nov 2007) Normative and retest data on the RBANS cortical/subcortical index in older adults., Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 29 (8), 854-9 Abstract
  • Johnson SA, Stout JC, Solomon AC, Langbehn DR, Aylward EH, Cruce CB, Ross CA, Nance M, Kayson E, Julian-Baros E, Hayden MR, Kieburtz K, Guttman M, Oakes D, Shoulson I, Beglinger L, Duff K, Penziner E, Paulsen JS (Jul 2007) Beyond disgust: impaired recognition of negative emotions prior to diagnosis in Huntington's disease., Brain : a journal of neurology, 130 (Pt 7), 1732-44 Abstract
  • Duff K, Mold JW, Roberts MM, McKay SL (Jun 2007) Medical burden and cognition in older patients in primary care: selective deficits in attention., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 22 (5), 569-75 Abstract
  • Solomon AC, Stout JC, Johnson SA, Langbehn DR, Aylward EH, Brandt J, Ross CA, Beglinger L, Hayden MR, Kieburtz K, Kayson E, Julian-Baros E, Duff K, Guttman M, Nance M, Oakes D, Shoulson I, Penziner E, Paulsen JS (Apr 2007) Verbal episodic memory declines prior to diagnosis in Huntington's disease., Neuropsychologia, 45 (8), 1767-76 Abstract
  • Beglinger LJ, Langbehn DR, Duff K, Stierman L, Black DW, Nehl C, Anderson K, Penziner E, Paulsen JS (Feb 2007) Probability of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in Huntington's disease., Biological psychiatry, 61 (3), 415-8 Abstract
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Schultz SK, Moser DJ, McCaffrey RJ, Haase RF, Westervelt HJ, Langbehn DR, Paulsen JS (Jan 2007) Practice effects in the prediction of long-term cognitive outcome in three patient samples: a novel prognostic index., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 22 (1), 15-24 Abstract
  • Westervelt HJ, Carvalho J, Duff K (Jan 2007) Presentation of Alzheimer's disease in patients with and without olfactory deficits., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 22 (1), 117-22 Abstract
  • Beglinger LJ, Duff K, Van Der Heiden S, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Paulsen JS, Gingrich R (Jan 2007) Neuropsychological and psychiatric functioning pre- and posthematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adult cancer patients: a preliminary study., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 13 (1), 172-7 Abstract
  • Duff K, Leber WR, Patton DE, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL (2007) Modified scoring criteria for the RBANS figures., Applied neuropsychology, 14 (2), 73-83 Abstract
  • Duff K, Langbehn DR, Schoenberg MR, Moser DJ, Baade LE, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL (Nov 2006) Examining the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status: factor analytic studies in an elderly sample., The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 14 (11), 976-9 Abstract
  • Schoenberg MR, Dawson KA, Duff K, Patton D, Scott JG, Adams RL (Oct 2006) Test performance and classification statistics for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in selected clinical samples., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 21 (7), 693-703 Abstract
  • Beglinger LJ, Duff K, Van Der Heiden S, Parrott K, Langbehn D, Gingrich R (Sep 2006) Incidence of delirium and associated mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients., Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 12 (9), 928-35 Abstract
  • Schoenberg MR, Duff K, Scott JG, Patton D, Adams RL (Aug 2006) Prediction errors of the Oklahoma Premorbid Intelligence Estimate-3 (OPIE-3) stratified by 13 age groups., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 21 (5), 469-75 Abstract
  • Patton DE, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL (Feb 2006) RBANS index discrepancies: base rates for older adults., Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 21 (2), 151-60 Abstract
  • Moser DJ, Reese RL, Hey CT, Schultz SK, Arndt S, Beglinger LJ, Duff KM, Andreasen NC (Jan 2006) Using a brief intervention to improve decisional capacity in schizophrenia research., Schizophrenia bulletin, 32 (1), 116-20 Abstract
  • Chen X, Magnotta VA, Duff K, Boles Ponto LL, Schultz SK (2006) Donepezil effects on cerebral blood flow in older adults with mild cognitive deficits., The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 18 (2), 178-85 Abstract
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Kettmann JD, Bayless JD (2006) Pre- and post-right middle cerebral artery stroke in a young adult: a case study examining the sensitivity of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)., Applied neuropsychology, 13 (3), 194-200 Abstract
  • Duff K, Patton DE, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL, Age- and education-corrected independent normative data on the RBANS in a community dwelling sample, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 17(3), 351-366, 2003
  • Schoenberg MR, Scott JG, Duff K, Adams RL, Estimation of WAIS-III intelligence from combined performance and demographic variables: development of the OPIE-3, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 16(4), 426-37, December 2002 Abstract
  • Duff K, McCaffrey RJ, Solomon GS, The Pocket Smell Test: successfully discriminating probable Alzheimer's dementia from vascular dementia and major depression, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 14(2), 197-201, Spring 2002 Abstract
  • Duff K, McCaffrey RJ, Electrical injury and lightning injury: a review of their mechanisms and neuropsychological, psychiatric, and neurological sequelae, Neuropsychology Review, 11(2), 101-16, June 2001 Abstract
  • McCaffrey RJ, Duff K, Solomon GS, Olfactory dysfunction discriminates probable Alzheimer's dementia from major depression: a cross-validation and extension, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 12(1), 29-33, Winter 2000 Abstract
  • Forsyth JP, Kollins S, Palav A, Duff K, Maher S, Has behavior therapy drifted from its experimental roots? A survey of publication trends in mainstream behavioral journals, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 30(3), 205-20, September 1999 Abstract
  • Forsyth JP, Palav A, Duff K, The absence of relation between anxiety sensitivity and fear conditioning using 20% versus 13% CO2-enriched air as unconditioned stimuli, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37(2), 143-53, February 1999 Abstract
  • Boles Ponto LL, Magnotta VA, Moser DJ, Duff KM, Schultz SK, Global cerebral blood flow in relation to cognitive performance and reserve in subjects with mild memory deficits., Molecular imaging and biology : MIB : the official publication of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, 8 (6), 363-72 Abstract
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, O'Rourke ME, Nopoulos P, Paulson HL, Paulsen JS, Risperidone and the treatment of psychiatric, motor, and cognitive symptoms in Huntington's disease., Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, 20 (1), 1-3 Abstract
  • Schultz SK, Magnotta V, Duff K, Boles Ponto LL, Moser DJ, Evaluation of older persons with mild cognitive deficits: potential utility of magnetic resonance imaging., Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, 20 (4), 204-8 Abstract

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