Patricia Boyle, PhD

Patricia Boyle, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, is a neuropsychologist with the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RADC). Dr. Boyle received her bachelor of arts in psychology from Emory University in 1994 and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2000. She received specialized internship and post-doctoral training in neuropsychology at Brown University from 2000-2002, then became faculty at the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Boyle relocated to Chicago and joined the RADC in 2005. Her research focuses on the neuropsychology of aging and dementia, with emphasis on the medical and psychosocial factors that contribute to cognitive impairment in aging. Dr. Boyle has several publications and has received funding from the National Institute on Aging and other agencies to support her research. She will be working with the Memory and Aging Project and other RADC studies.