Kevin Duff, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Dr. Kevin Duff has specialized in neuropsychology for nearly 10 years. In 2009, he joined the University of Utah as Associate Professor of Neurology and neuropsychologist for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research. He obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York in Albany. He completed his neuropsychology internship at the Southern Arizona Healthcare System in Tucson, AZ, and his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. He joined the Psychiatry Department at the University of Iowa in 2003, where had clinical and research responsibilities working with patients with dementia, Huntington’s disease (HD), and a variety of other neuropsychiatric conditions.Dr. Duff’s research has focused primarily on the early identification of cognitive decline in neuropsychiatric illnesses. In one study, Dr. Duff is following patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to examine if short-term changes in cognition can predict the eventual development of dementia. His work with HD has focused on the earliest psychiatric and cognitive changes in individuals before they develop HD. Dr. Duff’s work has been widely published in scientific journals and he has lectured nationally and internationally on his areas of expertise. His MCI research has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2005.
