Clinical Neuropsychology Lab
Courses and Funding
In 2013, Professor Rabin was honored with the Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award, granted annually to one senior Brooklyn College faculty member for outstanding qualities as a teacher and role model!
Professor Rabin was awarded
the Leonard and Claire Tow Professorship Award for 2017-2018 for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service!
COURSES
At Brooklyn College, Dr. Rabin teaches classes on statistics and the classification, assessment, and treatment of mental disorders including the following:
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U n d e r g r a d u a t e
Psychology Statistics; Abnormal Psychology; Fieldwork Experience in Psychopathology; Counseling Processes; Independent Fieldwork in Psychopathology; and Independent Research.
G r a d u a t e
Psychology Assessment Techniques; Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy; Proseminar in Psychology; Counseling Internship I; and Counseling Internship II.
FUNDING
National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, R15Award 2023 - 2028
Title: Validation of the Remote Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease REsearch (R-CARE) Toolbox for diverse populations
Role: Principal Investigator (Co-MPIs, Ali Ezzati & Richard Lipton), Amount: $10,911,118
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National Science Foundation, REU Award 2015 - 2024
Title: Intensive mentored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in psychology and neuroscience at an urban public college
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $1,044,964​​
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National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, P01 Award, AG03949 2022 - 2027
Title: Einstein Aging Study (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, PIs: R. Lipton, M.D., C. Derby, Ph.D., O. Buxton, Ph.D.)
Role: Consultant
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National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, F31 Award 2022 - 2024
Title: A novel approach to subjective cognition assessment in Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome: Enhancing risk detection in demographically diverse older adults
Role: Faculty mentor to award recipient C. Nester (doctoral student)
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Fulbright Foreign Research Scholarship 2022 - 2023
Title: Impact of childhood trauma on C-PTSD symptomatology in active-duty lone Soldiers
Role: Faculty mentor to award recipient F. Mandelbaum (doctoral student)
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National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, R01 Award 2021 - 2024
Title: Perimenopause in Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Role: Consultant (Weill Cornell Medical Center, PI: Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D.)​
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National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, R15Award 2020 - 2023
Title: Novel multimodal assessment of practical judgment across the Alzheimer's continuum: Toward a better understanding of how to predict risk in the elderly.
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $478,342
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National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, R01 Award 2019 - 2023
Title: Improving assessment of subjective memory impairment for detecting Alzheimer's disease: A coordinated analysis in three measurement burst studies.
Role: Consultant (Penn State University, PI: Jacquie Mogle, Ph.D.)
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PSC CUNY Award 2019 - 2022
Title: Basic math skills predict performance in an undergraduate statistics course above other psychological/behavioral and demographic variables
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $3,472​
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JCK Foundation, Research Award 2016 - 2021
Title: Predictors of mental health literacy in a diverse sample of undergraduate students
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI, R. Miles), Amount: $32,140
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PSC CUNY Enhanced Research Award 2015 - 2016
Title: Subjective cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD): Analysis of self report items most predictive of cognitive decline and associated with specific AD biomarkers
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $9,980
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CUNY Workforce Development Initiative 2014 - 2015
Title: Development of an advanced certificate program in geriatric mental health for masters level students in mental health counseling
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $15,000
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National Science Foundation, REU Award 2012 - 2015
Title: Intensive mentored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in psychology and neuroscience at an urban public college
Role: Role: Principal Investigator (Co-PI, D. Walder), Amount: $291,209
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National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, SC2 Award 2010 - 2014
Title: Cognitive complaints in a diverse cohort of elders: Novel assessment approaches
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $471,000
PSC CUNY Award 2010 - 2011
Title: Ten-year follow-up study of the assessment practices of clinical psychologists in the U.S. and Canada: A survey of INS, NAN, and APA Division 40 members
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $3,719
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PSC CUNY Award 2009 - 2010
Title: Predicting dementia using neuropsychological tests, memory complaints, and informant reports of cognitive decline
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $3,729
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Brooklyn College Tow Faculty Fellowship, Travel Award 2009
Title: Neural correlates of judgment ability and novelty detection in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and normal cognition
Role: Visiting researcher Indiana University School of Medicine, Amount: $2,500
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American Psychological Foundation, Pre-College Psychology Grant 2007 - 2009
Title: Advancing the science and practice of psychology through the mentoring of diverse high school students in the borough of Brooklyn
Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $56,000