Grace Goodwin
Biography
Grace Goodwin graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in in psychology and dance before completing post-baccalaureate research positions at UC Berkeley and Stanford University. In 2018, she joined the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign's (UIUC) Master of Science in Psychological Science program, conducting research on emotional, cognitive, and neural processing in adults with mild traumatic brain injury. She received the UIUC Graduate Award for Excellence in Psychological Science for her performance in research, academics, and professional development. In 2020, Grace entered the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where her research focused on neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric symptoms in both concussion and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Her dissertation examined symptom characterization, diagnostic classification, and treatment modeling in ADRD. She was honored with the UNLV Barrick Graduate Fellowship and the UNLV Outstanding Non-STEM Dissertation Award and has received recognition from the Alzheimer's Association and American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology for her graduate research. Grace is currently completing her clinical psychology pre-doctoral internship at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in the Neuropsychology Track, where she has collaborated with Drs. Van Patten and LaFrance on research examining the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and functional symptoms in adulthood. Following internship, she is excited to remain at Brown as the Aging and Dementia Fellow in the Clinical Neuropsychology Specialty Program (CNSP) at Rhode Island Hospital. She is grateful to her mentors, family, friends, and husband for their support throughout her academic journey.