Erica Kornblith, PhD

Core Faculty

Dr. Kornblith is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist and clinical researcher based at SFVAMC with expertise in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cognitive aging, rehabilitation research, telehealth, and clinical trials. Her research program broadly focuses on understanding the impact of traumatic brain injury and social determinants of health on cognitive aging; characterizing cognitive and functional impairment in older adults with traumatic brain injury; and leveraging telehealth technology to increase access to effective treatment for as many TBI patients as possible regardless of demographics. She currently serves as PI of a VA-funded clinical trial adapting an existing cognitive rehabilitation intervention for telehealth delivery to Veterans with TBI, and also leads other projects funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and the UCSF Academic Senate.

Publications: 

Telehealth delivery of group-format cognitive rehabilitation to older veterans with TBI: a mixed-methods pilot study.

Applied neuropsychology. Adult

Kornblith E, Schweizer S, Abrams G, Gardner R, Barnes D, Yaffe K, Novakovic-Agopian T

Sex Differences in the Risk of Dementia in Older Veterans.

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

Eastman J, Bahorik A, Kornblith E, Xia F, Yaffe K

Association of Race and Ethnicity With Incidence of Dementia Among Older Adults.

JAMA

Kornblith E, Bahorik A, Boscardin WJ, Xia F, Barnes DE, Yaffe K

Traumatic brain injury, cardiovascular disease, and risk of dementia among older US Veterans.

Brain injury

Kornblith E, Bahorik A, Li Y, Peltz CB, Barnes DE, Yaffe K

Improvement in executive functioning after Goal-Oriented Attentional Self-Regulation training is associated with reduction in PTSD hyperarousal symptoms among veterans with comorbid PTSD and mild TBI.

Applied neuropsychology. Adult

Maruyama BA, Abrams G, Kornblith E, Posecion LF, McQuaid JR, Neylan TC, Groberio J, Chen AJ, Novakovic-Agopian T

Goal-Oriented Attention Self-Regulation Training Improves Executive Functioning in Veterans with PTSD and Mild TBI.

Journal of neurotrauma

Novakovic-Agopian T, Posecion L, Kornblith ES, Abrams G, McQuaid JR, Neylan TC, Burciaga J, Joseph J, Carlin G, Groberio J, Maruyama B, Chen AJ

Sex, Race, and Risk of Dementia Diagnosis after Traumatic Brain Injury among Older Veterans.

Neurology

Kornblith E, Peltz CB, Xia F, Plassman B, Novakovic-Apopain T, Yaffe K

Physical and Functional Impairment Among Older Adults With a History of Traumatic Brain Injury.

The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation

Kornblith ES, Langa KM, Yaffe K, Gardner RC

Long-Term Effect of Cognitive Rehabilitation Regardless of Prerehabilitation Cognitive Status for Veterans with TBI.

Applied neuropsychology. Adult

Kornblith E, Posecion L, Abrams G, Chen AJ, Burciaga J, D'Esposito M, Novakovic-Agopian T

Long-term effects of executive function training among veterans with chronic TBI.

Brain injury

Novakovic-Agopian T, Kornblith E, Abrams G, McQuaid JR, Posecion L, Burciaga J, D'Esposito M, Chen AJW

Goal-Oriented Attention Self-Regulation (GOALS) training in older adults.

Aging & mental health

Turner GR, Novakovic-Agopian T, Kornblith E, Adnan A, Madore M, Chen AJW, D'Esposito M

Training in Goal-Oriented Attention Self-Regulation Improves Executive Functioning in Veterans with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal of neurotrauma

Novakovic-Agopian T, Kornblith E, Abrams G, Burciaga-Rosales J, Loya F, D'Esposito M, Chen AJW

Environmental exposure to manganese in air: Tremor, motor and cognitive symptom profiles.

Neurotoxicology

Kornblith ES, Casey SL, Lobdell DT, Colledge MA, Bowler RM

Police officers who responded to 9/11: Comorbidity of PTSD, depression, and anxiety 10-11 years later.

American journal of industrial medicine

Bowler RM, Kornblith ES, Li J, Adams SW, Gocheva VV, Schwarzer R, Cone JE

Marital status, social support, and depressive symptoms among lesbian and heterosexual women.

Journal of lesbian studies

Kornblith E, Green RJ, Casey S, Tiet Q

Environmental exposure to manganese in air: Associations with tremor and motor function.

The Science of the total environment

Bowler RM, Beseler CL, Gocheva VV, Colledge M, Kornblith ES, Julian JR, Kim Y, Bollweg G, Lobdell DT

Environmental exposure to manganese in air: Associations with cognitive functions.

Neurotoxicology

Bowler RM, Kornblith ES, Gocheva VV, Colledge MA, Bollweg G, Kim Y, Beseler CL, Wright CW, Adams SW, Lobdell DT

Chronic probable PTSD in police responders in the world trade center health registry ten to eleven years after 9/11.

American journal of industrial medicine

Cone JE, Li J, Kornblith E, Gocheva V, Stellman SD, Shaikh A, Schwarzer R, Bowler RM