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Neuropsychologist | entrepreneur | author | arts supporter | fitness enthusiast (NASM-CPT certified in fitness training, National Academy of Sports Medicine and ISSA-CPT certified personal trainer specialist (ISSA-CPT, International Sports Sciences Association) | BLS/CPR Certification Adult/Pediatric CPR/AED/First Aid, 2025-2027 (American Red Cross) | Certified Good Clinical Practice (NIDA Clinical Trials Network) | QM Certificate (on-line teaching) | and canine and nature aficionado (hiking, mountain/trail biking, and off-roading). Author of the 2023 book, “Retracing the Steps of Human Ontogeny: Exploring Development from the End to the Beginning.” Pressbooks: Open Educational Resources (OER). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. [Lifespan human development]. Author of the 2019 book, "Mind Embodied: The Evolutionary Origins of Complex Cognitive Abilities in Modern Humans." Available from Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, Bookshop, IndieBound, and the publisher (Peter Lang International Academic Publishers). [Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience]. Neurocognitive Therapeutics, LLC is a healthcare startup specializing in helping everyday consumers leverage developments in phytonutrients to enhance cognition and higher-order cognitive abilities for brain fitness, healthy aging, women’s wellness and performance, men’s athletic fitness, as well as general well-being of body and mind. Seeking senior executive position in the bio/pharmaceutical industry with a company doing innovative research in the bio/pharmaceutical industry--particularly “brain medicine”: Neurology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, and neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases and aging.
A healthcare startup specializing in helping everyday consumers leverage developments in phytonutrients to enhance cognition and higher-order cognitive abilities for brain wellness, healthy aging, women's wellness and performance, and men's athletic fitness. Extensive experience as a scientific/clinical investigator (PI) working with IRBs; study protocols; recordkeeping and storage; and diversity and inclusion of study participants. Familiar with all Phase 1-IV clinical trials; safety profiles and efficacy; HIPAA; good clinical practice guidelines and placebo-controlled trials; informed consent; within-group (“parallel” and crossover studies) and between-group research designs; blinding and randomization; case report forms (eCRF forms and electronic health records: EHR); volunteer recruitment, retention, and compliance; and risk-monitoring including safety and adverse events monitoring. • Entrepreneurial neuropsychology/cognitive neuroscience PhD with extensive experience in biopsychology research, clinical neuropsychology practice (neuropsychological assessment, neurocognitive rehabilitation), academe, and business. Supervised over 40 clinicians at various sites. Supervised dozens of undergraduate and graduate students in research and in clinical skills. • Proven leader consulting to healthcare organizations and bringing to market a new healthcare startup. Co-founded another healthcare startup (2 total) and former Chief Psychologist of Cerebral Palsy Associations of NYS. • Previously on the Board of Trustees of two (2) arts organizations as well as a tenured Associate Professor at City University of New York (CUNY). • Successfully raised over $200,000 for over 10 sponsored research projects. Fluent with 'R' and Python. • Taught first online courses (3 of them) in the US as reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education (10/10/2000).
Seitz, J. (2023). Retracing the steps of human ontogeny: Exploring development from the end to the beginning. Pressbooks: Open Educational Resources (OER). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: https://pressbooks.pub/retracingthesteps/. Also available on Apple Books. Lifespan human development: From the end to the beginning (written in an innovative narrative style).
Mind Embodied: The Evolutionary Origins of Complex Cognitive Abilities in Modern Humans: https://a.co/d/6dl5TKx Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience ("well-written in an accessible style").
Previously, in group practice, I conducted neuropsychological and neurocognitive evaluations, neurobehavioral status examinations, neurocognitive rehabilitation, and treated individuals with central nervous system disorders including attentional problems, memory impairment, cognitive processing and language disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCD), autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), intellective and learning disorders, traumatic brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy and seizure disorders, dementia and mild cognitive impairment (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia), frontal lobe disorders and executive control dysfunctions, genetic and chromosomal syndromes (e.g., Fragile-X, Down's Syndrome), CNS infections, and exposure to environmental toxins in utero.
Neuropsychological and neurocognitive evaluation as well as neurocognitive rehabilitation of late-age adults in assisted living facilities in Manhattan. The company was previously known as "Alzheimer's Treatment and Memory Training Centers of America." I had consulted with the CEO on its initial startup as well as worked as a neuropsychologist and clinical supervisor from September of 2000 to September of 2002. My responsibilities included diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of late-age adults, the latter including CBT and neurocognitive rehabilitation.
American contemporary modern dance is one of two major art forms native to the United States (the other being jazz). The mission of ADaM is to widen the audience for American contemporary modern dance, increase its funding, and preserve the art form through systematic documentation of the choreographic and creative process of both works in process as well as completed dance pieces. www.americandancemuseum.org
Multidisciplinary medical clinic and future on-site mental health clinic. Internal medicine, gastroenterology, cardiology, weight loss programs, osteopathic medicine, pain management, physical medicine & rehabilitation (physiatry, physical and occupational therapy, vestibular rehabilitation, chiropractic medicine, and hydrotherapy), speech-language therapy, biofeedback, psychiatry, neurology, neuropsychology & clinical psychology.