DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Academic Projects

Previous Academic Work

Fellow Clinical Projects

  • Create a research informed, targeted, brief adult ADHD battery.
  • Create a research informed, targeted PPA battery.
  • Research, obtain, and implement novel assessment tools (e.g. EpiTrack)
  • Develop new clinic model (e.g., half day assessment appointments)
  • Evaluating the clinical utility of brief cognitive screening within multi-disciplinary clinics.

Fellow National Presentations

  • Oral presentation in pediatric Grand Rounds, “Neuropsychology’s Role in Identifying Functional Neurological Disorder” by Mietchen, J., Kessler-Jones, A., Mission, P. National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Diego, CA. 2019

Fellow Posters

  • Meidinger A, Watson ER, Jones JE, Sheth R, Koehn M, Seidenberg M, Hermann BH. An investigation of sleep and behavior in children with new onset epilepsy. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting. Portland, OR, February 2007.
  • Sears, L; Janke, M.; Mission, P.; Carpenter, K.; Meffert, C.; Kessler-Jones, A.M.; & Ferrazzano, P. 2018.The Pediatric Brain Care Clinic: A Multi-disciplinary follow-up clinic for children with acquired brain injury. Department of Neurology Research Day.
  • Mission, P. & Kessler-Jones, A.M. 2018. Neuropsychological Screening of Phenylketoniuria (PKU) in an Interdisciplinary Care Setting. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists in New Orleans, LA.
  • Conniff K, Wang Z, Hsu P, Ciliento R, Jones J, Hermann. Increased sleep spindle power predicts decrease in intellectual function in individuals with epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Virtual. 2020.
  • Przybelski AG; Irwin AS; Rumble ME, Jones JE; Plante DT, Przybelski RJ. Identifying Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Geriatric Outpatients with Neuropsychological Testing, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Annual Meeting, Denver, 2021.
  • Cieminski, T.M., Mietchen, J., & Kessler-Jones, A.M. Exploring the Utility of a Consultation Service Line for Newly Referred Outpatient Neuropsychology Patients. 2023. American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. Washington, DC.
  • Cieminski, T.M.; Knox, A,; Kessler-Jones, A.M. A Pre-surgical Pediatric Neuropsychology Case of Focal Epilepsy with Novel Developmental and Acquired Prosopagnosia. American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Mietchen, J.; Cieminski, T.; & Kessler-Jones, A.M. Satisfaction Survey of Referring Providers whose Patients were seen in a telehealth Neuropsychology Consultation Appointment. American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Cieminski, T.; Munjal, N.; Kessler-Jones, A.M.; Mietchen, J.; Chinman, G.; Boyett Anderson, J.M.; Sears, L.; Carpenter, K.; Ferrazzano, P. Establishing Multidisciplinary Neurodevelopmental Monitoring in Infants and Toddlers with Congenital Heart Defects. American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. 2024. Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Cieminski, T.; Munjal, N.; Kessler-Jones, A.M.; Mietchen, J.; Chinman, G.; Boyett Anderson, J.M.; Sears, L.; Carpenter, K.; Ferrazzano, P. Establishing Multidisciplinary Neurodevelopmental Monitoring in Infants and Toddlers with Congenital Heart Defects. 2024.  UW Madison Department of Pediatrics Research Week.
  • Cieminski, T.; Munjal, N.; Kessler-Jones, A.M.; Mietchen, J.; Chinman, G.; Boyett Anderson, J.M.; Sears, L.; Carpenter, K.; Ferrazzano, P. Establishing Multidisciplinary Neurodevelopmental Monitoring in Infants and Toddlers with Congenital Heart Defects. 2024. Wisconsin Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Regional Meeting. Madison, WI.
  • Cieminski, T.M., Mietchen, J., & Kessler-Jones, A.M. Exploring the Utility of a Consultation Service Line for Newly Referred Outpatient Neuropsychology Patients. 2024. UW Department of Neurology Research Day. Madison, WI.
  • Guston K, Jones JE, Przybelski RJ, Naze N, Vogel J. Seizure Screening in a Memory Clinic Cohort: Prevalence and Cognition. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2024.
  • Paltell, K.C., Yakubov, L., Li, H., Almane, D., Kessler-Jones, A.M., Jones, J.J., Ikonomidou, C., & Mietchen, J.J. Neurocognitive Outcomes of Neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and normal brain MRIs. American Academic of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Conference. 2025. Chicago, IL
  • Nigro, S. E., Cieminski, T. M., & Bowen, A. E. (2025, June). Are reported cognitive concerns enough? Examination of a cognitive screener in determining need for neuropsychological evaluation within pediatric multidisciplinary cancer clinics. Poster and published abstract, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology.
  • Nigro, S. E., Bowen, A. E., & Cieminski, T. M. (2025, October). The Clinical Utility of the Attention, Memory, and Frontal Abilities Screening Test (AMFAST) within Pediatric Oncology Multidisciplinary Clinics. Poster and published abstract, International Society of Paediatric Oncology.
  • Nigro, S.E., Paltell, K., Mietchen, J., Kessler-Jones, A.M., & Schwartz, E. Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Vegas Odds Test (VOT) and Pediatric Performance Validity Test Suite (pdPVT) in a Pediatric Neuropsychology Sample. American Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference. 2026. Baltimore, MD
  • Nigro, S. E., Paltell, K., Kessler-Jones, A.M., & Mietchen, J. Predictors of Intellectual Outcomes in Youth with NF1 using Cluster Analysis Methodology. American Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference. 2026. Baltimore, MD
  • Heppner, H. & Jones, J. EpiTrack is a Valid Screening Measure for Attention and Executive Function in a Busy Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. American Academy of Neuropsychology, Chicago, IL. 2025

Fellow Publications

  • Han DY, Anderson AJ, Jones JE, Hermann BP, Sattin JA. Neuropsychology in Multidisciplinary Stroke Care: Clinical Feasibility of the NINDS-CSN Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization Standards. Int Sch Res Notices. 2014 Jul 20;2014:216024. doi: 10.1155/2014/216024. PMID: 27351003; PMCID: PMC4897554.
  • Jones JE, Kessler-Jones A, Thompson MK, Young K, Anderson AJ, Strand DM. Zoning in on parents’ needs: understanding parents’ perspectives in order to provide person-centered care. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Aug;37:191-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.029. Epub 2014 Jul 20. PMID: 25050778; PMCID: PMC4180211.
  • Mueller KD, Koscik RL, LaRue A, Clark LR, Hermann B, Johnson SC, Sager MA. Verbal Fluency and Early Memory Decline: Results from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2015 Aug;30(5):448-57. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acv030. Epub 2015 May 29. PMID: 26025231; PMCID: PMC4592319.
  • Clark LR, Koscik RL, Nicholas CR, Okonkwo OC, Engelman CD, Bratzke LC, Hogan KJ, Mueller KD, Bendlin BB, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Sager MA, Hermann BP, Johnson SC. Mild Cognitive Impairment in Late Middle Age in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention Study: Prevalence and Characteristics Using Robust and Standard Neuropsychological Normative Data. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2016 Nov 22;31(7):675-688. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acw024. PMID: 27193363; PMCID: PMC5088607.
  • Clark LR, Racine AM, Koscik RL, Okonkwo OC, Engelman CD, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Bendlin BB, Chappell R, Nicholas CR, Rowley HA, Oh JM, Hermann BP, Sager MA, Christian BT, Johnson SC. Beta-amyloid and cognitive decline in late middle age: Findings from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention study. Alzheimers Dement. 2016 Jul;12(7):805-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.12.009. Epub 2016 Jan 21. PMID: 26806386; PMCID: PMC4947439.
  • Boly M, Jones B, Findlay G, Plumley E, Mensen A, Hermann B, Tononi G, Maganti R. Altered sleep homeostasis correlates with cognitive impairment in patients with focal epilepsy. Brain. 2017 Apr 1;140(4):1026-1040. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx017. PMID: 28334879; PMCID: PMC5837505.
  • Koscik RL, Norton DL, Allison SL, Jonaitis EM, Clark LR, Mueller KD, Hermann BP, Engelman CD, Gleason CE, Sager MA, Chappell RJ, Johnson SC. Characterizing the Effects of Sex, APOE ɛ4, and Literacy on Mid-life Cognitive Trajectories: Application of Information-Theoretic Model Averaging and Multi-model Inference Techniques to the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention Study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Feb;25(2):119-133. doi: 10.1017/S1355617718000954. Epub 2018 Dec 7. PMID: 30522545; PMCID: PMC6374172.
  • Jonaitis EM, Koscik RL, Clark LR, Ma Y, Betthauser TJ, Berman SE, Allison SL, Mueller KD, Hermann BP, Van Hulle CA, Christian BT, Bendlin BB, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Carlsson CM, Asthana S, Johnson SC. Measuring longitudinal cognition: Individual tests versus composites. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2019 Jan 11;11:74-84. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.11.006. PMID: 31673596; PMCID: PMC6816509.
  • Koscik RL, Jonaitis EM, Clark LR, Mueller KD, Allison SL, Gleason CE, Chappell RJ, Hermann BP, Johnson SC. Longitudinal Standards for Mid-life Cognitive Performance: Identifying Abnormal Within-Person Changes in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Jan;25(1):1-14. doi: 10.1017/S1355617718000929. Epub 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30482257; PMCID: PMC6349483.
  • Madar AD, Pfammatter JA, Bordenave J, Plumley EI, Ravi S, Cowie M, Wallace EP, Hermann BP, Maganti RK, Jones MV. Deficits in Behavioral and Neuronal Pattern Separation in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. J Neurosci. 2021 Nov 17;41(46):9669-9686. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2439-20.2021. Epub 2021 Oct 7. PMID: 34620720; PMCID: PMC8612476.
  • Kessler-Jones, A.M.; Cieminski, T.M.; Field, A.; Knox, A. (2024). Prosopagnosia in the context of perinatal stroke, epileptogenic cyst, and focal epilepsy in the left hemisphere: A pre-surgical case report. Epilepsy and Behavior, 28:100706. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2024.100706. PMID: 39262922; PMCID: PMC11387213.
  • Mietchen, J.J., Cieminski, T.M, & Kessler-Jones, A.M. (2025). Your clinical interview is data: The benefit of telehealth appointments to triage referrals made to pediatric neuropsychology. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1-20.
  • Przybelski RJ, Przybelski AG, Rumble ME, Plante DT, Irwin AM, Jones JE. Neuropsychological Test Pattern Associated With a High Percentage of Sleep Apnea Diagnosis. Brain Behav. 2025 Dec;15(12):e71097. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71097. PMID: 41431337; PMCID: PMC12723186.

Fellow Book Chapters

  • Hermann B; Jones JE; Morel G; Bordernave J; and Friefeld R. Long-term outcomes of epilepsy on cognition.  Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Epilepsy (Ed. Mula, M), New York. Springer Press. 2018.
  • Jones JE and Bordenave J. Suicide in Children and Adults with Epilepsy: A Complex Relationship. Suicide Prevention: A Practical Guide for the Practitioner. (Eds. Falcone T & Timmons-Mitchell J). New York. Springer Press. 2018.
  • Heppner, H., Patell, K.C. & Jones, J. (2026). Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Alone. In K. Patrick & M Berl (Eds.). [Book Chapter Manuscript in Preparation]