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Carole L. Palumbo, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Neurology

PhD, Boston University

Carole Palumbo, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine as well as a Research Associate Professor of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. Additionally, Dr. Palumbo is the director of the Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program. She seeks to "to provide students with a firm foundation in basic principles and methods of Experimental Neuropsychology in preparation for embarking on a career as an experimental neuropsychologist and behavioral neuroscientist in academia or industry." She is closely involved with the VA Boston Healthcare System and has been so for 19 years.

Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Research Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Environmental Health

VA Boston Healthcare System

BU Sponsored Research

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Carole Palumbo
09/24/2018 - 09/23/2019 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System

US Army solicitation for neuroscience services
09/30/2016 - 09/29/2018 (PI)
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine DOD Army Med Resrch

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Carole Palumbo
10/09/2012 - 09/29/2016 (PI)
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Carole Palumbo
08/01/2013 - 09/14/2014 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System

Contract with Boston University (School of Public Health) for Services in Support of Several USARIEM Neuropsychological and Neurophysiological Research Studies
07/01/2012 - 09/30/2012 (Co-PI)
PI: Roberta F. White, PhD
Department of Defense/Army Natick Soldier Systems Center

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Carole Palumbo
06/01/2011 - 06/30/2012 (PI)
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Carole Palumbo
10/01/2009 - 06/30/2012 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System

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Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Bullock-Rest N, Cerny A, Sweeney C, Palumbo C, Kurowski K, Blumstein SE. Neural systems underlying the influence of sound shape properties of the lexicon on spoken word production: do fMRI findings predict effects of lesions in aphasia? Brain Lang. 2013 Aug; 126(2):159-68. PMID: 23743183; PMCID: PMC3730128; DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.05.002;.
Zade D, Beiser A, McGlinchey R, Au R, Seshadri S, Palumbo C, Wolf PA, DeCarli C, Milberg W. Apolipoprotein epsilon 4 allele modifies waist-to-hip ratio effects on cognition and brain structure. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Feb; 22(2):119-25.View Related Profiles.
Beiser, Alexa
Palumbo, Carole
Wolf, Philip
Au, Rhoda
Seshadri, Sudha
Milberg, William
PMID: 21835633; PMCID: PMC3613758; DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.06.020;.
Debette S, Seshadri S, Beiser A, Au R, Himali JJ, Palumbo C, Wolf PA, DeCarli C. Midlife vascular risk factor exposure accelerates structural brain aging and cognitive decline. Neurology. 2011 Aug 2; 77(5):461-8.View Related Profiles.
Beiser, Alexa
Palumbo, Carole
Himali, Jayandra
Wolf, Philip
Au, Rhoda
Seshadri, Sudha
PMID: 21810696; PMCID: PMC3146307; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318227b227;.
White RF, Palumbo CL, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Heaton KJ, Weihe P, Debes F, Grandjean P. Functional MRI approach to developmental methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyl neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicology. 2011 Dec; 32(6):975-80.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
White, Roberta
PMID: 21545807; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.04.001;.
Guediche S, Stritof J. Mertus J, Kurowski K, Palumbo C, Blumstein S. The Role of Adaptive Training on Shaping Phonetic Categorization in Aphasia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2011; 23:90-91. View Publication
Bullock-Rest NE. Cerny A. Sweeney C, Palumbo C, Kurowksi K, Blumstein S. Phonological Neighborhood Effects in Spoken Word Production in Aphasia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2011; 23:148-149. View Publication
Zade D, Beiser A, McGlinchey R, Au R, Seshadri S, Palumbo C, Wolf PA, Decarli C, Milberg W. Interactive effects of apolipoprotein E type 4 genotype and cerebrovascular risk on neuropsychological performance and structural brain changes. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 Jul-Aug; 19(4):261-8.View Related Profiles.
Beiser, Alexa
Palumbo, Carole
Wolf, Philip
Au, Rhoda
Seshadri, Sudha
Milberg, William
PMID: 20471857; PMCID: PMC2900511; DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.05.001;.
Cahana-Amitay D, Fitzpatrick P, Palumbo C, Klein R, Finley M. From Aphasia to Neurogenic Stuttering: A Case Study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2010; 6:21-122. View Publication
Heaton KJ, Palumbo CL, Proctor SP, Killiany RJ, Yurgelun-Todd DA, White RF. Quantitative magnetic resonance brain imaging in US army veterans of the 1991 Gulf War potentially exposed to sarin and cyclosarin. Neurotoxicology. 2007 Jul; 28(4):761-9.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
White, Roberta
Killiany, Ronald
PMID: 17485118.
Jensen Heaton K, Palumbo C, Proctor SP, Killiany RJ, Yurgelun-Todd D, White RF. Response to “Latency: An important consideration in Gulf War Syndrome,” by Friedman et al. [Neurotoxicology (in press)]. NeuroToxicology. 2007; 28(5):1044-1045. View Publication

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Kurowski KM, Blumstein SE, Palumbo CL, Waldstein RS, Burton MW. Nasal consonant production in Broca's and Wernicke's aphasics: speech deficits and neuroanatomical correlates. Brain Lang. 2007 Mar; 100(3):262-75. PMID: 17145076; PMCID: PMC1876752.
Mercedes Pinango M, Zurif E, Palumbo C, Gruber S, Yurgelun-Todd D. Cortical focus of semantic composition: An fMRI study. Brain and Language. 2006; 99(1):183-184. View Publication
Naeser MA, Martin PI, Baker EH, Hodge SM, Sczerzenie SE, Nicholas M, Palumbo CL, Goodglass H, Wingfield A, Samaraweera R, Harris G, Baird A, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D. Overt propositional speech in chronic nonfluent aphasia studied with the dynamic susceptibility contrast fMRI method. Neuroimage. 2004 May; 22(1):29-41.View Related Profiles.
Pikula, Aleksandra
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
Martin, Paula
PMID: 15109995.
White RF, Palumbo C, Weihe P, Debes F, Jensen Heaton K, Grandjean P, Gruber S, Yurgelun-Todd D. Neurobehavioral and neuroimaging findings from the Faroese cohort. NeuroToxicology. 2004; 25.
White RF, Devine S, Kirkley S, Palumbo C. Carbon monoxide exposure and carboxyhemoglobin: Response. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2003; 111(10):a512-a512. View Publication
Devine SA, Kirkley SM, Palumbo CL, White RF. MRI and neuropsychological correlates of carbon monoxide exposure: a case report. Environ Health Perspect. 2002 Oct; 110(10):1051-5.View Related Profiles.
Pikula, Aleksandra
Palumbo, Carole
White, Roberta
Devine, Sherral
PMID: 12361932; PMCID: PMC1241033.
Naeser MA, Baker E, Palumbo C, Nicholas M, Alexander MP, Samaraweera R, Prete MN, Hodge SM, Weissman T . Neurobehavior of Language and Cognition (Connor LT, Obler LK, eds.). Neuroimaging in Severe Aphasia and Outcome Following Treatment with the Nonverbal, Computer-Assisted Visual Communication Program, C-ViC. Springer. New York. 2002; 117-140. View Publication
Diamond R, White RF, Krengel MH, Lindem K, Feldman RG, Palumbo C, Letz R, Eisen E, Wegman D. Neurobehavior of Language and Cognition (Connor LT, Obler LK, eds.). Validation of the Neurobehavioral Evaluation System (NES) in Patients with Focal Brain Damage. Springer. New York. 2002; 359-380. View Publication
Tabor Connor L, Helm-Estabrooks N, Palumbo C. Severe auditory comprehension impairment with no lesion of Wernicke's area. Brain and Language. 2001; 79(1):48-50.
Palumbo C, White RF, Gruber SA, Labrecque KA, Yurgelun-Todd D. fMRI of Gulf War Veterans during a sustained attention task. NeuroImage. 2000; 11(5). View Publication
Stuss DT, Levine B, Alexander MP, Hong J, Palumbo C, Hamer L, Murphy KJ, Izukawa D. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in patients with focal frontal and posterior brain damage: effects of lesion location and test structure on separable cognitive processes. Neuropsychologia. 2000; 38(4):388-402.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Alexander, Michael
PMID: 10683390.
Palumbo C. Neuroimaging to predict recovery of language in stroke patients with aphasia. Boston. 1999.
Naeser MA, Baker EH, Palumbo CL, Nicholas M, Alexander MP, Samaraweera R, Prete MN, Hodge SM, Weissman T. Lesion site patterns in severe, nonverbal aphasia to predict outcome with a computer-assisted treatment program. Arch Neurol. 1998 Nov; 55(11):1438-48.View Related Profiles.
Pikula, Aleksandra
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
Alexander, Michael
PMID: 9823828.
Stuss DT, Alexander MP, Hamer L, Palumbo C, Dempster R, Binns M, Levine B, Izukawa D. The effects of focal anterior and posterior brain lesions on verbal fluency. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 1998 May; 4(3):265-78.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Alexander, Michael
PMID: 9623001.
Naeser MA, Palumbo CL, Prete MN, Fitzpatrick PM, Mimura M, Samaraweera R, Albert ML. Visible changes in lesion borders on CT scan after five years poststroke, and long-term recovery in aphasia. Brain Lang. 1998 Mar; 62(1):1-28.View Related Profiles.
Pikula, Aleksandra
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
PMID: 9570876.
Naeser MA, Palumbo CL. Neuroimaging and language recovery in stroke. J Clin Neurophysiol. 1994 Mar; 11(2):150-74.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
PMID: 8051302.
Stuss DT, Alexander MP, Palumbo C, Buckle L, Sayer L, Pogue J. Organizational Strategies of Patients With Unilateral or Bilateral Frontal Lobe Injury in Word List Learning Tasks. Neuropsychology. 1994; 8(3):355-373. View Publication
Naeser M, Palumbo C, Baker E, Nicholas M. CT Scan Lesion Site Analysis in Severe Aphasia: Relationship to No Recovery of Speech and Treatment with the Nonverbal Computer-Assisted Visual Communication Program (C-ViC). Seminars in Speech and Language. 1994; 15(01):53-70. View Publication
Alexander MP, Baker E, Naeser MA, Kaplan E, Palumbo C. Neuropsychological and neuroanatomical dimensions of ideomotor apraxia. Brain. 1992 Feb; 115 Pt 1:87-107.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
Alexander, Michael
PMID: 1559165.
Baum SR, Blumstein SE, Naeser MA, Palumbo CL. Temporal dimensions of consonant and vowel production: an acoustic and CT scan analysis of aphasic speech. Brain Lang. 1990 Jul; 39(1):33-56.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
PMID: 2207620.
Naeser MA, Gaddie A, Palumbo CL, Stiassny-Eder D. Late recovery of auditory comprehension in global aphasia. Improved recovery observed with subcortical temporal isthmus lesion vs Wernicke's cortical area lesion. Arch Neurol. 1990 Apr; 47(4):425-32.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
PMID: 2322136.
Alexander MP, Naeser MA, Palumbo C. Broca's area aphasias: aphasia after lesions including the frontal operculum. Neurology. 1990 Feb; 40(2):353-62.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
Alexander, Michael
PMID: 2300260.
Naeser MA, Palumbo CL, Helm-Estabrooks N, Stiassny-Eder D, Albert ML. Severe nonfluency in aphasia. Role of the medial subcallosal fasciculus and other white matter pathways in recovery of spontaneous speech. Brain. 1989 Feb; 112 ( Pt 1):1-38.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
PMID: 2917272.
Palumbo C, Naeser MA, York AD. Reliability of CT scan cerebral hemispheric asymmetry measurements across multiple CT scans and variability in CT scanning angulation. Neuropsychology. 1989; 3(4):231-241. View Publication
Alexander MP, Naeser MA, Palumbo CL. Correlations of subcortical CT lesion sites and aphasia profiles. Brain. 1987 Aug; 110 ( Pt 4):961-91.View Related Profiles.
Palumbo, Carole
Naeser, Margaret
Alexander, Michael
PMID: 3651803.

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Bar chart showing 35 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2011