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Cameron Davis
Research Manager



Education:
  • Masters of Biotechnology,  Johns Hopkins University, M.S.    
  • Graduate Certificate in Principle of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, GC-PPH                                       
  • Bachelor of Science, Delaware State University, B.S. 
    • Major: Biology
Research Interests:
Exploring various areas of the brain and understanding associations that are responsible for different aspects of speech and language functions in patients who have been affected by stroke and dementia.  

Most Recent Publications:
  1. Heidler-Gary, J., Pawlak, M., Herskovits, E.H., Newhart, M., Davis, C., Trupe, L.A., Hillis, A. E. (2013). Motor extinction in distinct reference frames: A double dissociation.  Behavioral Neuology 26 (1-2), 111-119. Doi: 10.3233/BEN-2012-110254.
  2. Faria, A. V., Crinion, J., Tsapkini, K., Newhart, M., Davis, C., Cooley, S., Mori, S., Hillis, A. E. (2012). Patterns of dysgrap hia in primary progressive aphasia compared to post-stroke aphasia. Behavioral Neurology 26 (1-2), 21-34. doi:10.3233/BEN-2012-110237. 
  3. Gonzalez-Fernandez, M., Christian, A.B., Davis, C., Hillis, A. E. (2012).  Role of aphasia in discharge location after stroke. . Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation . 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.042
  4. Gonzalez-Fernandez, M., Davis, C., Molitoris, J., Newhart, M., Leigh, R., Hillis, A. E. (2011).  Formal education, socioeconomic status, and the severity for aphasia after stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  92 (11):5. PMID 21840498 , PMCID PMC3402236.
  5. Davis, C., Sepelyak, K., Rigamonti D., Soloman D., Moghekar, A., Newhart, M., Heidler-Gary, J., Hillis, A (2011). Ratio of Ventricle Volume to Degree of Brain Atrophy Associated with Cognitive Impairment Distinguishes NPH from Cortical Dementias.  Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  6. Davis C., Heidler-Gary, J., Gottesman R.F., Crinion J., Newhart, M., Moghekar, A., Soloman, D., Rigamonti, D., Cloutman, L., Hillis, A.E. (2009) Action versus Animal Naming Fluency in Subcortical Dementia, Frontal Dementias, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Neurocase 16 (3), 259–266.
  7. Newhart, N., Davis, C., Kannan, V., Heidler-Gary, J., Cloutman, L., Hillis, A.E.(2009) Therapy for Naming Deficits in Two Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Aphasiology 23 (7 & 8); 823-834.
  8. Davis, C., Kleinman, J., Newhart, M., Gingis, L., Hillis, A (2007) Speech and Language Functions that Require a Functioning Broca’s Area. Brain and Language, 105 (1):50-58.
  9. Davis, C., Hillis, A., Bergey, G., Ritzl, E. (2007). Who Needs Broca’s Area?  Comparisons from Lesion and fMRI Methods (Abstract). Brain and Language, 103 (1-2); 14-15
  10. Lee, A.W., Davis, C., Puttgen, H.A. Hillis, A.E. (2007). Urgent intervention to reduce functional deficits after post-operative stroke. Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 3, 173-177.