Maureen K. O'Connor, PsyD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Maureen K. O’Connor, Psy.D., ABPP-CN received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2002. She completed her Pre-Doctoral training in Neuropsychology at the Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center and Gaylord Rehabilitation Hospital, a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of Cornell Weil Medical College, and a two-year Advanced Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Bedford Veterans Administration Medical Center and Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
She is Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and is a reviewer for the journals: Cognitive Neuroscience, Aging and Mental Health, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Disability and Rehabilitation, and the Journal of Clinical Psychology. She is widely published in Neuropsychology in peer reviewed journals, books and book chapters and has made numerous talks and professional presentations on a wide range of topics in Neuropsychology.
In 2006 she was the recipient of a New Investigator Research Grant from the National Alzheimer's Association designed to study the impact of caregiver training on managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia. In 2014 she received a Research, Rehabilitation, and Development SPiRE Award to study the impact of an intervention designed to educate older adults about brain aging and dementia and lifestyle factors that contribute to brain aging. In addition to her ongoing research activities, Dr. O'Connor continues to evaluate and treat individuals with memory loss while teaching doctoral students, interns, and residents in neuropsychology.

Publications

  • Published 3/28/2025

    Labonte J, Sugarman MA, Pettway E, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Ashton NJ, Karikari TK, Aparicio HJ, Frank B, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano JN, Steinberg EG, Simkin I, Farrer LA, Jun GR, Turk KW, Budson AE, O'Connor MK, Au R, Goldstein LE, Stern RA, Stein TD, McKee AC, Qiu WQ, Mez J, Banks SJ, Alosco ML. Sex differences on tau, astrocytic, and neurodegenerative plasma biomarkers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Mar 28; 13872877251329468. PMID: 40151917.

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  • Published 3/7/2025

    Bell Z, O'Connor MK, Moo LR. Reply to: Comment on: Neuropsychiatric Presentations of Common Dementia Syndromes: A Concise Review for Primary Care Team Members. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Mar 07. PMID: 40052585.

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  • Published 10/10/2024

    Bell Z, O'Connor MK, Moo LR. Neuropsychiatric presentations of common dementia syndromes: A concise review for primary care team members. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Feb; 73(2):349-357. PMID: 39387518.

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  • Published 10/1/2024

    O'Connor MK, Frank B, DeCaro R, Vives-Rodriguez A, Hurley L, Turk KW, Budson AE. Suspected Pseudobulbar Affect in Neurodegenerative Disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 Oct; 39(10):e70002. PMID: 39434195.

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  • Published 7/3/2024

    O'Connor MK, Aguilar BJ, Nguyen A, Berlowitz D, Zhang R, Tahami Monfared AA, Zhang Q, Xia W. The Role of Mental Health Conditions in Early Detection and Treatment of Veterans With Alzheimer's Dementia. Mil Med. 2024 Jul 03; 189(7-8):1409-1413. PMID: 38668648.

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Other Positions

  • Investigator
    Framingham Heart Study

Websites

Education

  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PsyD
  • Ithaca College, BA

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