Dr. Laurie M. McCormick

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University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Psychiatry
Iowa Neuroimaging Center
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry, Iowa Neuroimaging Center
200 Hawkins Drive, W278 GH
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 384-7136
Fax: (319) 384-5532
laurie-mccormick@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

Fellowship, University of Iowa, Neuroimaging, Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neurobiology, 2005.
M.D., University of Oklahoma, Psychiatry, 2003.
M.D., University of Oklahoma, Family Medicine, 2003.

Expertise and Research Interests

Board certification in psychiatry and family medicine
Fellowship training in neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience and clinical neurobiology

Research Interests:
1. Pathophysiology of eating disorders
2. Estrogen effects on behavior and memory
3. Anterior cingulate structure and function in psychiatric disorders
4. Mirror neuron function in schizophrenia
5. Mechanisms of action of brain stimulation technologies(electroconvulsive therapy, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation)

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, Psychiatry.

Additional Terms:

Neuroscience, Primary Care, Psychiatry.

Memberships

Academy of Eating Disorders
American Psychiatric Association
Association of Convulsive Therapy
Iowa Psychiatry Society
Organization of Human Brain Mapping

Honors and Awards

2008-2009, Alcohol Medical Scholars Program, Alcohol Medical Scholars Program, University of California, San Diego
2007, American Psychiatric Association Research & Education/Kempf Award, American Psychiatric Association
2005-2010, National Institutes of Health - Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2003, Martin J. Fenton, MD Award, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry, For Outstanding Medicine/Psychiatry Resident
2003, Psychiatry Resident Award of Excellence, American Psychiatric Association
2002-2003, Mentorship Award - American Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychoanalytic Association
2001-2003, American Psychiatric Institute for Education and Research Support, American Psychiatric Institute for Education and Research

Previous Positions

2005-2008, Associate, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Psychiatry
2003-2005, Fellow Associate, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Psychiatry
1998-2003, Resident Physician, University of Oklahoma, Health Science Campus in Tulsa, Psychiatry / Family Medicine

Funding Received

  • NIMH: Anorexia Nervosa: Regional Brain Abnormalities and Relationship to Outcome, $857,312, 2009 to 2014.
  • American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/Kempf Award: Mirror Neuron Dysfunction in Schizophrenia, $30,000, 2008 to 2009.
  • Nellie Ball Trust Research Fund: Mirror Neuron Dysfunction in Schizophrenia,, $30,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Nellie Ball Trust Research Fund: Anterior Cingulate Abnormalities in Schizophrenia, $30,000, 2005 to 2006.
  • University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine Collaborative Interdisciplinary Project Grant: Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Psychotic Depression, $30,000, 2004 to 2006.
  • American Psychiatric Insittute for Research and Education: Effects of ECT on the Anterior Cingulate in Psychotic Depression, $30,000, 2001 to 2003.

Publications

  • Carlos M. Grilo, James E. Mitchell (2009) Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment Planning for Anorexia Nervosa, The Treatment of Eating Disorders, 1st Edition, New York, NY, Guilford Press, 592 pages, In Press, ISBN=978-1-60623-4 (bookchapter)
  • Jerry Lewis, MD (2009) ECT Practice Update for the General Psychiatrist, APA 162nd Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association
  • McCormick LM, Yamada T, Yeh M, Brumm MC, Thatcher RW (2009) Normalization of Theta Activity in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43 (5), 553-60
  • McCormick LM, Brumm MC (2009) Relative Ineffectiveness of Ultra-Brief Right Unilateral Versus Bilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy , J ECT, In Press
  • McCormick LM, Keel PK, Brumm MC, Watson DB, Hoffman V, Bowers W (2009) Personality Pathology in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa: Modifiable Factors Related to Outcome after Hospitalization., Eating and Weight Disorders, In Press
  • Bayless JD, Brumm MC, Epse-Pfiefer PB, Long JJ, Lewis JL, McCormick LM (2009) Multi-domain Cognitive Screening Pre- and Post-ECT in Psychotic Depression:, J ECT, In Press
  • Narushima K, McCormick LM, Yamada T, Robinson RG (2009) Subgenual Cingulate Theta Activity Predicts Treatment Response of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Subjects with Vascular Depression, Neuropsych Clin Neurosci, In Press
  • Paradiso S, Vaidya JG, McCormick LM, Jones A, Robinson RG (2008) Aging and Alexithymia: Association with Reduced Right Rostral Cingulate Volume., American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16 (9), 760-9
  • Boes AD, McCormick LM, Coryell WH, Nopoulos P (2008) The Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex as a Neural Substrate for Mood in Normal Healthy Children: a Possible Endophenotype of Depression, Biological Psychiatry, 63 (4), 391-7
  • McCormick LM, Keel P, Bowers W, Andersen A, Swayze V, Brumm MC, Andreasen NC (2008) Implications of Right Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Volume Sensitivity to Starvation in Anorexia Nervosa, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 41 (7), 602-610
  • McCormick LM, Ponto LL, Pierson RK, Johnson HJ, Magnotta V, Brumm MC (2007) Metabolic Correlates of Antidepressant and Antipsychotic Response in Patients with Psychotic Depression Undergoing ECT, Journal of ECT, 23 (4), 265-73
  • Vaidya JG, Paradiso S, Ponto LL, McCormick LM, Robinson RJ (2007) Aging, Grey matter, and Blood Flow in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, NeuroImage, 37 (4), 1346-53
  • McCormick, LM, Ziebell, S (2006) McCormick LM, Ziebell S, Nopoulos P, Andreasen NC, Cassell M: Anterior Cingulate Cortex: An MRI-Based Paracellation Method, NeuroImage, 32, 1167-1175
  • McCormick, LM, Flaum, M (2005) Diagnosing schizophrenia circa 2005. How and why?, Current Psychosis and Therapeutics Reports, 3 (2), 43-47
  • McCormick LM, Decker L, Nopoulos P, Andreasen NC (2005) Effects of Atypical and Typical Effects of Atypical and Typical Neuroleptics on Anterior Cingulate Volume in Schizophrenia, Schizophr Res, 80, 73-84.
  • Leung, AF, McCormick, LM (1997) Leung AF, McCormick LM: An Electrical Model for the Cytoplasmic Calcium Wave in Fertilized Eggs, J Biol Physics, 23, 67-72
  • McCormick, LM (1993) McCormick LM: Dynamic Infrared Imaging of Cardiac Pacemaker Induction and Cortical Muscle Contraction of Embryonic Avian Heart, Biochem Biophys Res Comm, 192, 547-55

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