Gérard Nisal Bischof, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae
OFFICE:
Center for Vital Longevity
Phone: 972-883-3754
1600 Viceroy Dr., Suite 800
Email: gerard.bischof@utdallas.edu
75235 Dallas, TX
Web: http://agingmind.utdallas.edu/people/view/gerard-bischof
USA
EDUCATION
July 2014 – present
Research Associate
Center for Vital Longevity
Park Aging Mind Laboratory
University of Texas at Dallas,
October 2009 –June 2014
PhD Student
Program: Cognition and Neuroscience
Center for Vital Longevity,
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas, US
April 2004 – April 2008
Psychology, Dipl. Psychologist
Outstanding Achievements and best average grade
University Hamburg, Germany
October 2001 – April 2004
Psychology (Prediploma); [equivalent B.S].
Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
September 2000- July 2001
Civilian Service (Nurse Assistant)
Mutter Theresa Hospiz, Letmathe,Germany
June 2000
Certificate General Qualification for University Entrance (Abitur)
High School, Burggymnasium Altena, Germany
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2012 – June 2014
Research Manager, Center for Vital Longevity
University of Texas, at Dallas
January 2009 – May 2012
Research Assistant, Center for Vital Longevity
University of Texas, at Dallas
November 2012
Grant Writing: Funded: Merit Supplement (R37-AG006265) PI: Denise
C. Park.
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August, 2010
Training Course in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US (Recipient of a full
Scholarship)
November 2007- September 2008
Research Manager at the Productive Aging Laboratory at the Center for
Brain Health, at the University of Texas, at Dallas
April 2008
Graded Diploma Thesis: “Outstanding Achievements”
Tactile-spatial reference frames in the old age: Behavioral and
electrophysiological correlates.
October 2007- November 2007
Research Manager
Beckman Institute for advanced science and technology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, US
Productive Aging Laboratory PI: Denise Park, PhD.
March 2007- April 2007
Student Research Assistant
Biopsychology and Neuropsychological, University of Hamburg,
Germany
PI: Brigitte Röder, PhD.
July 2006-December 2006
Student Research Assistant
Biopsychology and Neuropsychological, University of Hamburg,
Germany
PI: Brigitte Röder, PhD.
November 2005 - April 2006
Research Scholar
Beckman Institute for advanced science and technology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, US
PI: Denise Park, PhD.
Research Topic: Investigating neural correlates of motor imaging
processes in old adults: An fMRI Study
October 2004-November 2005
Student Research Assistant
Biopsychology and Neuropsychological, University of Hamburg,
Germany
PI: Brigitte Röder, PhD
August 2004- October 2004
Visiting Research Scholar
Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Center for Lifespan Psychology: PI: Ulman Lindenberger, PhD., & ShuChen, Li
April 2004-July 2004
Student Research Assistant
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Biopsychology and Neuropsychological, University of Hamburg,
Germany
PI: Brigitte Röder, PhD.
December 2002- March 2004
Student Research Assistant
Cognitive Psychophysiology, University of Marburg, Germany
PI: Frank Rösler, PhD., Brigitte Röder, PhD.
July 2002- April 2003
Student research project
“Early Visions Impairs tactile Perception in the Blind.”
Brigitte Röder, Frank Rösler, Charles Spence
Current Biology, Vol.14, 121-124
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
January 2012- May 2012
Lecturer and Teaching Assistant for Graduate Seminar: Neuropathology
and Healthy Aging, School of Behavioral and Brain Science, University
of Texas at Dallas, US
January 2007- March 2007
Academic Tutor at the University of Hamburg, Germany
Teaching: Introduction into Event-Related Potentials
April 2006- July 2006
Academic Tutor at the University of Hamburg, Germany
Teaching: Experimental Psychology
INDEPENDENT CONSULANT / MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
September 2007 – present
Medical Hospital University of Hamburg, Eppendorf, Germany,
Department of Paediatric Cardiology
March 2007- September 2007
McKinsey & Company, Klaus Bonus Vossen, Cologne Management
Institute (KIM), Oliver Wyman Group:
AMB Generali, Hamburg, Germany
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Statistical Analysis for Change and Structural
Management Projects for the “Volksfuersorge-Company”
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Developing Measurement and Evaluation Concept of
Coaching
HONORS
July 2012
‘Winner for Print Publication’ Science, 2012 NEXT GEN Writing
Competition
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April 2012
ISTAART Student Volunteer Travel Fellowship for 2012 Alzheimer’s
Association International Conference (AAIC) in Vancouver British
Columbia, Canada, July 14-19, 2012
February 2012
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Travel Award (US $1000), for
Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 19-22, 2012
November 2011
Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI), Travel Scholarship Award (US$ 1,000)
for Human Amyloid Imaging Meeting, Miami Florida, January 12-13,
2012, in Miami, FL,
PUBLICATIONS
Kennedy, K.M., Rodrigue, K.M., Bischof G.N., Hebrank, A., Reuter-Lorenz, P.A., Park, D.C. Lifespan Age
Trajectory Differences in Functional Brain Activation under Conditions of Low and High Processing Demands. (in
press). Neuroimage, 2014, October.
Park DC, Lodi-Smith J, Drew L, Haber S, Hebrank A, Bischof GN, Aamodt W. (2013) The Impact of
Sustained Engagement on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Synapse Project. Psychological Science. 2013
Nov 8.
Park, D.C. & Bischof, G.N. (2013). The Aging Mind: Neuroplasticity in Response to Cognitive Training.
Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 15, 109-19.
Ballesteros S*, Bischof G.N. *, Goh J.O., Park D.C. (2013). Neural correlates of conceptual object priming
in young and older adults: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neurobiology of Aging.
2013 Apr;34(4):1254-64. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.09.019. Epub 2012 Oct 26. (*contributed equally)
Bischof, G. N.(2012) NextGen VOICES: Describe a specific experience and how it changed your science,
training, or career goals. (Winner for print publication) Science 2012: Vol. 337 no. 6090 pp. 32-34
Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K.M., Devous, M. D., Sr., Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G. N., & Park, D. C. (2012)
Beta-Amyloid Burden is Associated with Altered Functional Activation During Encoding Across the Adult Lifespan.
Neuroimage. 2012 Aug 1;62(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.077. Epub 2012 May 1.
Park, J., Carp, J., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M., Bischof, G. N., Huang, C. M., Rieck, J. R., Polk, T., &
Park, D. C. (2012). Neural broadening or neural attenuation? Age-related dedifferentiationin the face network in a
large lifespan sample. Journal of Neuroscience. 2012 Feb 8;32(6):2154-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4494-11.2012.
Park, DC & Bischof, GN. (2011). Neuroplasticity, Aging, and Cognitive Function. In Schaie, KW & Willis,
SL (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging. Sand Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Yue Z, Bischof GN, Zhou X, Spence C, Röder B. (2009). Spatial attention affects the processing of tactile
and visual stimuli presented at the tip of a tool: an event-related potential study. Exp Brain Res (2009) 193:119–128.
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
Bischof G.N. & Park, D.C. Obesity: Relationships to Normal and Pathological Aging processes.
(forthcoming . In Schaie, KW & Willis, SL (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging. San Diego, CA: Academic
Press).
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Bischof G.N., Kennedy K.M., Rodrigue K.M., Devous, M, Sr., Rieck J.R. & Park, D.C. The Role of BetaAmyloid Deposition, White Matter Hyperintensities and Hippocampal Volume in Cognition: Relative Contributions to
Cognitive Aging. (in preparation).
Bischof, G.N., Kennedy, K.M., Rodrigue, K.M., Devous, M, SR. & Park, D.C. Amyloid burden in younger
adults is linked to episodic memory performance: A Lifespan Approach (in preparation).
Bischof, G.N., Kennedy, K.M., McDonough, I.M., Rodrigue, K.M., Rieck, J.R., Devous, M.SR. & Park, D.C.,
Structural Consequences of Amyloid Burden across the Adult Lifespan (in preparation).
INVITED TALKS
Gérard N. Bischof, Kristen, M., Kennedy, Ian McDonough, Rodrigue, K.M., Rieck, J.R.R., Devous, M.D.
Sr., Park, Denise, C., (forthcoming November 2014). “Structural Consequences of Amyloid Burden across the Adult
Lifespan” Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.
Gérard N. Bischof , Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael D. Devous, Sr, Denise C. Park
(November, 2013) “The relationship of amyloid burden and memory retrieval across the Lifespan”. Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego California, US
Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael Devous, Sr., Jenny R. Rieck & Denise
C. Park. (2012, January) Beta-Amyloid deposition and white matter hyperintensities both contribute to age-related
decline in cognition in healthy adults. Human Amyloid Imaging Meeting, Miami Florida, US
Gérard N. Bischof (2011, December). “Structural and Functional Changes in the Aging Brain - Towards an
Integrative Approach to Study Aging” Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Bremen,
Germany.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society of Neuroscience
ISSART
Human Brain Mapping
Cognitive Neuroscience
AD HOC REVIEW
Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Brain and Behavioral Functions
Cerebral Cortex
Neuropsychology
Neurobiology of Aging
Journal of Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Brain and Cognition
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PRESENTATIONS
Michelle E. Farrell, Gérard N. Bischof, Michael D. Devous, Sr, Denise C. Park (July; 2014). Effects of Age,
Lifetime Cognition, Education and APOE on Beta-Amyloid Deposition in Middle-aged Adults. Alzheimer’ Association
International Conference 2014 (AAIC), Copenhagen, Denmark (forthcoming).
Park, D.C., Devous, M.D. Sr., Farrell, M.E., Bischof, G.N., Rieck, J.R.R., Rodrigue, K.M., Kennedy, K.M.,
(2014). Effects of in vivo amyloid burden on cognition in healthy adults aged 30 to 89: Initial longitudinal results
across 3.5. years from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study. Alzheimer’ Association International Conference 2014
(AAIC), Copenhagen, Denmark (forthcoming).
Bischof Gérard N., Kennedy Kristen M., Rodrigue Karen M., Michael D. Devous, Sr, Denise C. Park (June;
2014) Amyloid deposition in Middle-Aged Adults: Differential Relationships with Cognition. Human Brain Mapping
Conference, Hamburg, Germany.
Michelle E. Farrell, Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M Kennedy, Michael D. Devous, Sr,
Denise C. Park (2014). Advanced education mediates the impact of amyloid burden on reasoning in healthy older
adults. Human Amyloid Imaging Meeting, Miami Florida.
Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael D. Devous, Sr, Denise C. Park
(2013). Effects of beta-amyloid deposition and APOE on episodic memory: A Lifespan Approach. Alzheimer’
Association International Conference 2013 (AAIC), Boston, MS.
Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael Devous, Sr & Denise C. Park. (2013).
Differential relationship of amyloid burden and memory retrieval formats across the adult lifespan. Dallas Aging and
Cognition Conference (DACC), Dallas, TX.
Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael Devous, Sr & Denise C. Park. (2013).
Differential relationship of amyloid burden and memory retrieval formats across the adult lifespan. Human Amyloid
Imaging Meeting, Miami Florida.
Denise C. Park, Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael Devous, Sr. (2013).
Age, Education and Amyloid Deposition: Confirmation of Cognitive Reserve. Human Amyloid Imaging Meeting, Miami
Florida .
Gérard N. Bischof, Kristen M. Kennedy, Karen M. Rodrigue & Denise C. Park
Contributions of volume and white matter hyperintensities to age-related variance in cognitive challenge in healthy
adults (2012). Society for Neurosicnece, New Orleans, LA
Gérard N. Bischof, Karen M. Rodrigue, Kristen M. Kennedy, Michael Devous, Sr., Jenny R. Rieck & Denise
C. Park. (2012, April) The Role of Beta-Amyloid Deposition, White Matter Hyperintensities and Hippocampal Volume
in Cognition: Relative Contributions to Cognitive Aging. Poster presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta,
GA.
Park, D. C., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M. , Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G. N., Rieck, J. R., Devous, M. D.
(2011, July). Impact of Amyloid Deposition on Cognitive Function in a Large Lifespan Sample of Healthy Adults.
Poster presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Paris, FR.
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Park, J., Carp, J., Bischof, G., Huang, C., Kennedy, K. M., Rieck, J., Rodrigue, K. M., Polk, T., & Park, D.
C. (2011, April). Age-related dedifferentiation in the face network. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Park, D. C., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M. , Bischof, G. N., Rieck, J. R., Hebrank, A. C., & Flicker, B.
(2011, Feb). Dallas Lifespan Brain Study: A lifespan study of neurocognitive aging. Poster presented at Dallas Aging
and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX.
Rodrigue, K. M. , Kennedy, K. M., Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G.N., Devous, M.D., & Park, D. C. (2010, Nov).
Higher amyloid burden is associated with decreased hippocampal and parahippocampal activation across two
functional tasks in healthy older adults. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego,
CA.
Rodrigue, K. M. , Kennedy, K. M., Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G., Devous, M.D., & Park, D. C. (2010, July).
Higher amyloid burden is associated with decreased hippocampal and parahippocampal activation across two
functional tasks in healthy older adults. Poster presented at International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease,
Honolulu, HI.
Ballesteros, S., Bischof G., Goh, J., Park, D., (2010, June) Neural Correlates of Conceptual priming for
Objects in Young and Older Adults. Poster presented at Human Brain Mapping conference, Barcelona, SP.
Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M. , Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G. N., & Park, D. C. (2010, June). The Role of
Hippocampal Volume in Age-Related Activation Patterns in a Subsequent Memory Paradigm. Poster presented at
Human Brain Mapping conference, Barcelona, SP.
Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M. , Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G. N., & Park, D. C. (2010, June). Hippocampal
Volume Modifies Age-Related Activation Pattern in a Subsequent Memory Paradigm. Talk presented at International
Society for Behavioral Neuroscience, Collioure, FR.
Bischof, G. N., Rodrigue, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., & Park, D. C. (2010, April). Evaluation of the Flanker Task
across the Lifespan: Interference or Inhibition? Poster presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M. , Hebrank, A. C., Bischof, G. N., & Park, D. C. (2010, Jan). The Role of
Hippocampal Volume in Age-Related Activation Patterns in a Subsequent Memory Paradigm: Preliminary Findings
from the DLBS. Poster presented at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX.
Park, D. C., Kennedy, K. M., Rodrigue, K. M. , Bischof, G. N., Rieck, J. R., Hebrank, A. C., & Flicker, B.
(2010, Jan). Dallas Lifespan Brain Study: A lifespan study of neurocognitive aging. Poster presented at Dallas Aging
and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX.
Bischof G.N., Hötting K., Roeder B., Aging effects on temporo spatial perception: Behavioural and eventrelated potentials evidence (2008). Cognitive Neuroscience Society, April 2008, San Francisco, USA
Hötting, K, Bischof G.N., & Roeder B., Spatial reference frames for tactile encoding in elderly adults.
Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), 3.-5. März 2008, Marburg, Germany.
Zhenzhu Yue, Gérard-Nisal Bischof, Xiaolin Zhou, Charles Spence, and Brigitte Röder.
Spatial attention affects the processing of tactile and visual stimuli presented at and close to tools: An event-related
potential study (2008). International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
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