Neuropsychology Program

Jennifer L. Potter, PhD

Title

Neuropsychologist

Email

jennifer.potter@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-9927

Fax

513-636-7756

Bio

Jennifer L. Potter, PhD, graduated from Bucknell University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Dr. Potter was awarded a doctoral degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2007. She completed her internship training at the University of Florida Health Science Center in 2007. Dr. Potter received her postdoctoral training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in 2009.

Dr. Potter joined the Cincinnati Children's Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology staff in September, 2009 as a Staff Neuropsychologist. Her specialization is in pediatric neuropsychology, and her clinical interests include neuropsychological assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment of children with a variety of neurologic disorders. Her research has focused on social environmental predictors of neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes following traumatic brain injury in preschool children.

Credentials

Fellowship: Pediatric Neuropsychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2007-2009

Internship: Neuropsychology (adult and child), University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 2006-2007

PhD: Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology specialization), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2007

MA: Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology specialization), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2003

BA: Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 1999

Awards and Honors

International Neuropsychological Society
Research merit award, 2009
University of Cincinnati,
University Graduate Scholarship, 2001
University of Cincinnati,
Research and Teaching Assistantship, 2001
Bucknell University,
Summer Research Fellowship, 1997

Research

Neuropsychological risk of children with traumatic brain injury

Publications, Most Recent

Potter, J.L., Schefft, B.K., Beebe, D.W., Howe, S.R., Yeh, H., Pivitera, M.D. Presurgical neuropsychological testing predicts cognitive and seizure outcomes after anterior temporal lobectomy. Epilepsy & Behavior, No. 16, pp. 246-253, 2009.

Presentations, Most Recent

Potter, J.L., Wade, S.L., Walz, N.C., Stevens, M.H., Yeates, K.O., & Taylor, H.G. Permissiveness parenting style is related to executive dysfunction after brain injury in young children. Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. February 11-14, 2009.

Heaton, S.C., Pedraza, O., Strand, M., & Loyden, J.J. Confirmatory factor analysis of the test of everyday attention for children. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. February 7-10, 2007.