Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, PhD is the Director of the Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory at Kessler Research Center, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School and a licensed psychologist in the States of New Jersey and New York. Dr. Chiaravalloti conducts research in new learning and memory across various neurological populations. She has had several grant successes over the years including an ongoing RO1 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a clinical trial to examine specific behavioral techniques to improve learning and memory in persons with MS, as well as a competitive supplement to allow for pre and post neuroimaging in that clinical trial. She is also conducting a similar clinical trial in Traumatic Brain Injury funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a division of the Department of Education. Her grant history also includes projects funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) and the National Stroke Association. A second major area of research interest for Dr. Chiaravalloti is in functional neuroimaging (funded by the NMSS and the NIH) in an effort to identify the cerebral substrates underlying cognitive dysfunction following brain injury or illness and potentially to monitor cognitive rehabilitation effectiveness. Dr. Chiaravalloti has been the recipient of several early career awards including the National Academy of Neuropsychology’s Early Career Award for Contributions to Clinical Neuropsychology (2005) and the Rosenthal Early Career Award for significant contribution to research in Rehabilitation Psychology from the American Psychological Association, Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology ; 2007). She is a member of the International Neuropsychological Society, the American Psychological Association, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Dr. Chiaravalloti is a Clinical Neuropsychologist who earned her Bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. She then earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology from MCP Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA, completing her internship training at Brown University and her post-doctoral training at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School / Kessler Research Center.

Educational Background:
Ph.D. MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, Clinical Neuropsychology
M.A. MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, Clinical Neuropsychology
B.S. Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, Neuropsychology