 Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
Brain Plasticity & Neurocognitive Rehabilitation;
Brain Injury, Brain
Disease and Healthy Aging
Email: schapman@utdallas.edu
Phone: 214-905-3007
Office: BH 3.426
Professional Narrative
Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman is the Director of the Center for BrainHealth® and is the Focus Group Head of Diseases of the Aging Brain for the Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas. The major accomplishments of the Center for BrainHealth® under her leadership for 2003 are as follows:
1. The Center attracted major philanthropic dollars across the community and outside the state
a. More than $5,000,000 has been pledged to the Center's Building with an outstanding grant of $1,000,000 submitted to an out-of-state Foundation.
b. A Distinguished Chair for $2,000,000 has been pledged to support the work of the Center for BrainHealth's Director in perpetuity.
c. More than $500,000 has been donated from individuals
2. The Center has been able to garner support from local foundations
a. Simmons Foundation
b. Constantin Foundation
c. Stemmons Foundation
d. Meadows
e. Hillcrest ( pending)
3. The Center is continuing to apply for and receive Federal Funding. We have 3 grants under review by the NIH at present with a fourth K-Award grant with Dr. Chapman serving as a mentor.
4. The Center planned and implemented a major scientific event: Reprogramming the Human Brain attracting top scientists including Nobel Laureates on brain plasticity from around the country. The Symposium for 2005 is well underway with Dr. Kandel being honored.
5. I am working diligently on attracting a world class Research Director for the Center for BrainHealth® and strengthening joint efforts across UTD and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Faculty doing brain imaging research. Towards these efforts, our goal is to establish an Endowed position for the Director as well as 3 to 4 endowed positions to allow the Director to also bring his or her research team.
6. Dr. Chapman is taking a major role in the Building acquisition, planning and programmatic preparation for the UT System for the new building for the Center.
7. The Center increased public awareness of UTD's strengths and reached out to the community by sponsoring a lay lecture series on: The Brain: An Owner's Guide with more than 800 attendees in collaboration with Presbyterian Hospital. In addition to this series, her group has spoken at more than 50 meetings this year throughout the community to spread the word about UTD and BrainHealth.
8. Dr. Chapman was invited to develop and appear on two one-hour shows of the McCuistion Show for Responsible Television that appeared across the country. The names of the shows were: "A Lifetime of Brain Building" and "Discoveries and Hope for Brain Health." Dr. Chapman appeared as part of a national television program on It's a Miracle about brain injury in childhood.
9. Dr. Chapman helps coordinate two active Boards, the Leadership Council (15 members) and the Advisory Board (~30 members) under the leadership of Shelia Schlosberg.
10. The Center has received extensive press coverage in the Dallas Morning News, Park Cities People, and other newspapers. We have appeared on Good Morning Texas, Day Break, Good Day, Glenn Mitchell Show, and KLUV Community Corner.
11. The staff of the Center for BrainHealth® is growing with 18 employments including research assistants.
12. We have re-designed a more sophisticated web page for the Center.
13. We have published three Newsletters - Brain Matters - with a mailing list of more than 3,000. With each mailing, we receive considerable contributions as a follow up to reaching the public.
14. We have organized and hosted seven major events: The Dianne Cash celebration, a breakfast for the public on Brain Repair, a dinner at the Crescent for our potential donors, an Alzheimer's awareness event, a donor dinner at Jimmy Westcott's, and two scientific discussions, one hosted by Robert Hoffman and one by Cullum Clark.
15. We have created a new brochure featuring our diverse offerings and unique clinical research programs.
16. Dr. Chapman has attracted new students to the doctoral program.
As Focus Group Leader of Diseases of the Aging Brain for the Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, I coordinate meetings to set priorities for obtaining funding for interdisciplinary research across the schools of Biology, Neuroscience, Engineering, and Mathematics. I serve on a committee to develop the vision and mission for the Institute.
Dr. Chapman also is a member of the Intellectual Property Committee and the Research Council for the Vice-President.
Research Interests
My research spans the age spectrum from studies that evaluate plasticity in brain-injured children and adolescents to research focused on understanding the potential for plasticity throughout adulthood into very old age. I explore relationships among cognitive abilities, discourse function, neurological profiles and intervention as well as drug therapies using structural brain imaging measures (MRI) and functional brain imaging measures (SPECT, fMRI).
Recent publications
Chapman, S.B., Weiner, M.F., Rackley, A., Hynan, L.S., and Zientz, J. (2004). Effects of Cognitive-Communication Stimulation for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Treated with Donepezil. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 1149-1163.
Hanten, G., Chapman, S.B., Gamino, J.F., Roberson, G., Benton , S., Zhang, L., and Levin, H.S. (2004). Verbal Selective Learning After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children. Annals of Neurology, 56, 847-853.
Chandler , M.J., Lacritz, A., Cicerello, A., Chapman, S.B., Honig, L., Weiner, C., Cullum, M. (2004). Three-word Recall in Normal Aging. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 26;8; 1128-1133. |
