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Krista Lisdahl

  • Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences

Education

  • PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2005

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
PSYCH 833-001 Neuropsychology M 2pm-4:40pm

Research Interests

Key Areas of interest for Dr. Krista Lisdahl include:

  • Healthy Adolescent and Emerging Adult Brain Development
  • Neuroscience of Addiction and Drug Effects
  • Imaging Genetics
  • Effects of Exercise, Physical Activity and Adiposity on Brain Health

Dr. Lisdahl is the Director of the 51猎奇’s Brain Imaging and Neuropsychology (BraIN) Laboratory.  The primary focus of her research is on the neurocognitive consequences of chronic drug use during adolescence and emerging adulthood and predictors of substance use onset in youth. More specifically, using magnetic resonance imaging (structural MRI, fMRI and DTI) and neuropsychological assessment, Dr. Lisdahl’s laboratory examines the effects of chronic marijuana, alcohol, nicotine and ecstasy use on brain structure and function.  We also attempt to explain individual differences by examining whether genetics, gender or lifestyle factors such as aerobic exercise, physical activity, or adiposity (body fat distribution) moderate these effects. Dr. Lisdahl is a PI or Consultant on three large-scale multi-site neuroimaging studies examining the impact of substance use on the developing adolescent or young adult brain [the MTA Neuroimaging Study; the IDEAA Consortium; the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study - see below].  She is also the Chair of Women in Neuropsychology () Subcommittee within the APA Society for Clinical Neuropsychology.

Current projects within the BraIN Lab

  1. Dr. Lisdahl is the Substance Use Assessment Co-Chair and 51猎奇 Site for the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study; this landmark study will follow 10,000 youth for 10 years to determine factors that impact adolescent brain, cognitive and affective development (). 51猎奇 is recruiting approximately 450 children from Milwaukee/Waukesha counties
  2. Dr. Lisdahl is the PI on a NIDA-funded 7 year R01 project examining whether physical activity levels or cardiorespiratory health moderate the effects of marijuana use on frontolimbic connectivity in teens
  3. Dr. Lisdahl is the co-creator and site-PI for the NIDA-funded Imaging Data in Emerging Adults with Addiction (IDEAA) consortium- which includes Drs. Staci Gruber (Harvard/McLean Hospital), Susan Tapert (UCSD), and Francesca Filbey (UT-Dallas)
  4. Dr. Lisdahl was the PI on a NIDA-funded R03 project examining the neurocognitive effects of marijuana, ecstasy and binge drinking in emerging adults (in data-analysis)
  5. The 51猎奇 BraIN Lab collaborated with Dr. Ann Swartz to understand how standing desks impact activity levels, postural stability, cognition and classroom behavior in 100 school-aged children.

Selected Publications

Lisdahl, Krista M., Wright, N E., Kirchner-Medina, C, Maple, K E., and Shollenbarger, S. 1.2 (2014): 144-156.
Lisdahl, Krista M., Thayer, R, Squeglia, L M., McQueeny, T M., and Tapert, S F.211.1 (2013): 17-23.
Tamm, L, Epstein, J N., Lisdahl, Krista M., Molina, B, Tapert, S, Hinshaw, S P., Arnold, L E., Velanova, K, Abikoff, H, and Swanson, J M.133.2 (2013): 607-14.
Lisdahl, Krista M., and Price, J S.18.4 (2012): 678-88.
Lisdahl, Krista M., and . “Chapter 3: Chronic effects of heavy alcohol and marijuana use on the brain and cognition in adolescents and young adults” College Drinking and Drug UseNew York: Guilford Press. (2011).
McQueeny, T, Padula, C B., Price, J, Lisdahl, Krista M., Logan, P, and Tapert, S F.224.1 (2011): 128-34.
Lisdahl, Krista M., Nagel, Bonnie, and Tapert, Susan. “Cerebellar vermis abnormality in adolescent marijuana users” Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging182(2). (2010): 152-159.
Hanson, Karen, Lisdahl, Krista L., Nagel, Bonnie, Spadoni, Andrea, Gorlick, Amanda, and Tapert, Susan. “Hippocampal volumes in adolescents with and without a family history of alcoholism” The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse36. (2010): 161-167.
Hanson, Karen, Winward, Jennifer, Schweinsburg, Alecia, Lisdahl, Krista L., Brown, Sandra, and Tapert, Susan. “Longitudinal study of cognition among adolescent marijuana users over three weeks of abstinence” Addictive Behaviors35(11). (2010): 970-976.
Schweinsburg, Alecia, Schweinsburg, Brian, Lisdahl, Krista L., McQueeny, Tim, Brown, Sandra, and Tapert, Susan. “The influence of recency of use on fMRI response during spatial working memory in adolescent marijuana users” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs42(3). (2010): 401-12.
Lisdahl, Krista L., Nagel, B J., and Tapert, S F.182.2 (2010): 152-9.
Cohen-Zion, M, Drummond, S P., Padula, C B., Winward, J, Kanady, J, Lisdahl, Krista L., and Tapert, S F.34.11 (2009): 976-9.
Lisdahl, Krista L., McQueeny, T, Nagel, B J., Hanson, K L., Yang, T T., and Tapert, S F.14.4 (2009): 457-68.
Lisdahl, Krista L., McQueeny, T, Nagel, B J., Hanson, K L., Schweinsburg, A D., and Tapert, S F.32.3 (2008): 386-94.
Lisdahl, Krista L., Hanson, K L., Schweinsburg, A D., Cohen-Zion, M, Nagel, B J., and Tapert, S F.13.5 (2007): 807-20.
Lisdahl, Krista L., Nagel, B J., Park, A, McQueeny, T, and Tapert, S F.48.6 (2007): 592-600.
Lisdahl, Krista L., and Shear, P K.87.2-3 (2007): 303-11.
Lisdahl, Krista L., Shear, P K., and Corcoran, K. 11.6 (2005): 753-65.