Bruce P. Hermann, PhD Print Friendly Page
Bruce P. Hermann, PhD, is Professor of Neurology and Director of the Charles Matthews Neuropsychology Lab at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. His medical interests include memory disorders, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementing disorders and their preclinical identification. Dr. Hermann’s teaching interests consist of clinical neuropsychological training of post-doctoral fellows, graduated students and residents.
Specialties
UW Health Clinics
Hospital Affiliation(s)
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (primary)
Languages Spoken
| English |
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Department of Neurology |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Clinical Neuropsychology
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| Medical School |
Illinois Institute of Technology, 1974
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| Research |
Dr. Hermann’s funded research includes the nature and progression of abnormalities in cognition, behavior and brain structure in adults and children with epilepsy; preclinical identification of risk factors for progressive neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease; neurocognitive aging in elders with epilepsy; and neurocognitive effects of radiotherapy for cerebral tumors. |
PubMed Articles
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Engelman CD Koscik RL Jonaitis EM Okonkwo OC Hermann BP La Rue A Sager MA .
Interaction Between Two Cholesterol Metabolism Genes Influences Memory: Findings from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention. J Alzheimers Dis. 2013 May 13;
[PubMed ID: 23669301]
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Jackson DC Dabbs K Walker NM Jones JE Hsu DA Stafstrom CE Seidenberg M Hermann BP .
The neuropsychological and academic substrate of new/recent-onset epilepsies. J Pediatr. 2013 May;162(5):1047-1053.e1
[PubMed ID: 23219245]
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Walker NM Jackson DC Dabbs K Jones JE Hsu DA Stafstrom CE Sheth RD Koehn MA Seidenberg M Hermann BP .
Is lower IQ in children with epilepsy due to lower parental IQ? A controlled comparison study. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2013 Mar;55(3):278-82
[PubMed ID: 23216381]
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Willette AA Xu G Johnson SC Birdsill AC Jonaitis EM Sager MA Hermann BP La Rue A Asthana S Bendlin BB .
Insulin resistance, brain atrophy, and cognitive performance in late middle-aged adults. Diabetes Care. 2013 Feb;36(2):443-9
[PubMed ID: 23069842]
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Gondi V Hermann BP Mehta MP Tomé WA .
Hippocampal dosimetry predicts neurocognitive function impairment after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for benign or low-grade adult brain tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Feb 1;85(2):348-54
[PubMed ID: 23312272]
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Okonkwo OC Xu G Oh JM Dowling NM Carlsson CM Gallagher CL Birdsill AC Palotti M Wharton W Hermann BP Larue A Bendlin BB Rowley HA Asthana S Sager MA Johnson SC .
Cerebral Blood Flow is Diminished in Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Adults with Maternal History of Alzheimer's Disease. Cereb Cortex. 2012 Dec 12;
[PubMed ID: 23236200]
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Birdsill AC Carlsson CM Willette AA Okonkwo OC Johnson SC Xu G Oh JM Gallagher CL Koscik RL Jonaitis EM Hermann BP Larue A Rowley HA Asthana S Sager MA Bendlin BB .
Low cerebral blood flow is associated with lower memory function in metabolic syndrome. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Nov 30;
[PubMed ID: 23687103]
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Rocque BG Jackson D Varghese T Hermann B McCormick M Kliewer M Mitchell C Dempsey RJ .
Impaired cognitive function in patients with atherosclerotic carotid stenosis and correlation with ultrasound strain measurements. J Neurol Sci. 2012 Nov 15;322(1-2):20-4
[PubMed ID: 22658531]
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Gondi V Hermann BP Mehta MP Tomé WA .
Hippocampal dosimetry predicts neurocognitive function impairment after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for benign or low-grade adult brain tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jul 15;83(4):e487-93
[PubMed ID: 22209148]
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Dabbs K Becker T Jones J Rutecki P Seidenberg M Hermann B .
Brain structure and aging in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2012 Jun;53(6):1033-43
[PubMed ID: 22471353]
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Chang TS Coen MH La Rue A Jonaitis E Koscik RL Hermann B Sager MA .
Machine learning amplifies the effect of parental family history of Alzheimer's disease on list learning strategy. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2012 May;18(3):428-39
[PubMed ID: 22321601]
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Hermann BP Jones JE Jackson DC Seidenberg M .
Starting at the beginning: the neuropsychological status of children with new-onset epilepsies. Epileptic Disord. 2012 Mar;14(1):12-21
[PubMed ID: 22421240]
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Jackson DC Irwin W Dabbs K Lin JJ Jones JE Hsu DA Stafstrom CE Seidenberg M Hermann BP .
Ventricular enlargement in new-onset pediatric epilepsies. Epilepsia. 2011 Dec;52(12):2225-32
[PubMed ID: 22091816]
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Johnson SC La Rue A Hermann BP Xu G Koscik RL Jonaitis EM Bendlin BB Hogan KJ Roses AD Saunders AM Lutz MW Asthana S Green RC Sager MA .
The effect of TOMM40 poly-T length on gray matter volume and cognition in middle-aged persons with APOE ε3/ε3 genotype. Alzheimers Dement. 2011 Jul;7(4):456-65
[PubMed ID: 21784354]
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Bell B Lin JJ Seidenberg M Hermann B .
The neurobiology of cognitive disorders in temporal lobe epilepsy. Nat Rev Neurol. 2011 Mar;7(3):154-64
[PubMed ID: 21304484]
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Dowling NM Hermann B La Rue A Sager MA .
Latent structure and factorial invariance of a neuropsychological test battery for the study of preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology. 2010 Nov;24(6):742-56
[PubMed ID: 21038965]
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Hermann BP Dabbs K Becker T Jones JE Myers y Gutierrez A Wendt G Koehn MA Sheth R Seidenberg M .
Brain development in children with new onset epilepsy: a prospective controlled cohort investigation. Epilepsia. 2010 Oct;51(10):2038-46
[PubMed ID: 20384719]
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Dempsey RJ Vemuganti R Varghese T Hermann BP .
A review of carotid atherosclerosis and vascular cognitive decline: a new understanding of the keys to symptomology. Neurosurgery. 2010 Aug;67(2):484-93; discussion 493-4
[PubMed ID: 20644437]
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Hermann B .
100 years of Epilepsia: landmark papers and their influence in neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. Epilepsia. 2010 Jul;51(7):1107-19
[PubMed ID: 20132299]
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Hutchinson E Pulsipher D Dabbs K Myers y Gutierrez A Sheth R Jones J Seidenberg M Meyerand E Hermann B .
Children with new-onset epilepsy exhibit diffusion abnormalities in cerebral white matter in the absence of volumetric differences. Epilepsy Res. 2010 Feb;88(2-3):208-14
[PubMed ID: 20044239]
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Hermann B Meador KJ Gaillard WD Cramer JA .
Cognition across the lifespan: antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy, or both? Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Jan;17(1):1-5
[PubMed ID: 19931492]
