Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois
405 North Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 USA
Telephone: (217) 244-1176 Fax: (217) 333-2922
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Full-time Faculty Cognitive Neuroscience
4041 Beckman Institute 405 N Mathews Ave Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-6348
Denise Park received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1977. She directs the Center for Healthy Minds at University of Illinois, funded by the National Institute on Aging, and is a professor in the U of I Department of Psychology and a faculty member in the Beckman Cognitive Neuroscience group. Her fields of professional interest are (a) the cognitive neuroscience of aging, (b) memory processes and aging, (c) culture, cognition, and aging, and (d) impact of neurobiological changes on cognition in everyday life.
Honors: Distinguished Contribution Award to Psychology of Aging, Division 20 of the American Psychological Association (2002); Board of Directors, The American Psychological Society (2002 to present); Chair, Biobehavioral Processes-4 Study Section for National Institutes of Health, 2003-present; Distinguished Alumni Award, Albion College (1999); Chair, Board of Scientific Affairs, the American Psychological Association (1997-1999); Faculty Research Award, University of Michigan (1998); Distinguished Behavioral Scientists (Bill Owens Award), University of Georgia (1995)