Department of
Neuroscience
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Cierra KeithPhD

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Address
930 Chestnut Ridge Road
Morgantown, WV 26505
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Affiliations

  • Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

Graduate Training

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Saint Louis University
  • M.S., Clinical Psychology, Saint Louis University

Fellowships

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University School of Medicine

Publications

2025

Coleman MM, Haut MW, Teixeira CVDL, Keith CM, Mehta R, Phelps H, Ward M, Miller M, Navia RO, Marano GD, Wang X, Pockl S, Rajabalee N, McCuddy WT, D’Haese P-F, Wilhelmson K. The role of the insula predicting memory performance in Alzheimer's disease amyloid positive and negative: a clinical cohort study. Alzheimers Dement 2025;20(Suppl 2):e087942. PMCID: PMC11715680. DOI: 10.1002/alz.087942

Teixeira CVDL, Keith CM, Haut MW, Mehta R, Phelps H, Ward M, Miller M, Navia RO, Coleman MM, Marano GD, Wang X, Pockl S, Rajabalee N, McCuddy WT, D’Haese PF, Rezai AR, Wilhelmson K. Memory Consolidation, Brain Atrophy, and Metabolism in Amyloid Positive and Negative Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Alzheimers Dement 2025;20(Suppl 2):e089852. PMCID: PMC11714650. DOI: 10.1002/alz.089852

2024

Keith CM, Haut MW, D'Haese PF, Mehta RI, Vieira Ligo Teixeira C, Coleman MM, Miller M, Ward M, Navia RO, Marano G, Wang X, McCuddy WT, Lindberg K, Wilhelmsen KC. More Similar than Different: Memory, Executive Functions, Cortical Thickness, and Glucose Metabolism in Biomarker-Positive Alzheimer's Disease and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2024;8(1):57-73. PMID: 38312533. PMCID: PMC10836603. DOI: 10.3233/ADR-230049

Keith CM, Haut MW, Vieira Ligo Teixeira C, Mehta RI, Phelps H, Ward M, Miller M, Navia RO, Coleman MM, Marano G, Wang X, Pockl S, Rajabalee N, Scarisbrick DM, McCuddy WT, D'Haese PF, Rezai A, Wilhelmsen K. Memory consolidation, temporal and parietal atrophy, and metabolism in amyloid-β positive and negative mild cognitive impairment. J Alzheimers Dis 2024;102(3):778-791. PMID: 39670736. DOI: 10.1177/13872877241291223

Keith CM, Lindberg KE, Wilhelmsen K, Mehta RI, Vieira Ligo Teixeira C, Miller M, Ward M, Navia RO, McCuddy WT, Miller L, Bryant K, Coleman M, D'Haese PF, Haut MW. Cortical Thickness Correlates of Go/No-go and Motor Sequencing in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Suspected Alzheimer Disease Dementia. Cogn Behav Neurol 2024;37(3):144-153. PMID: 39069962. DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000376

Mehta RI, Keith CM, Teixeira CVL, Worhunsky PD, Phelps HE, Ward M, Miller M, Navia RO, Pockl S, Rajabalee N, Coleman MM, D'Haese PF, Rezai AR, Wilhelmsen KC, Haut MW. The early-onset Alzheimer's disease MRI signature: a replication and extension analysis in early-stage AD. Cereb Cortex 2024;34(12):bhae475. PMID: 39714256. PMCID: PMC11664631. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae475

Miller M, Ward M, Keith C, Patel V, Haut MW, Wilhelmsen K, Navia O, Mehta R, Marano G, Kiddy A. Managing Neurocognitive Disorders in the Real World: Optimizing Collaboration Between Primary Care Providers and Dementia Specialists. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, & Practice 2024;1:17-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.osep.2024.04.001

Scarisbrick DM, Keith CM, Vieira Ligo Teixeira C, Mehta RI, Phelps HE, Coleman MM, Ward M, Miller M, Navia O, Pockl S, Rajabalee N, Marano G, Malone J, D'Haese PF, Rezai AR, Wilhelmsen K, Haut MW. Executive function and cortical thickness in biomarker aMCI. Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2024:1-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39140183. DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2024.2389255

Wilhelmsen KC, D’Haese PF, Haut MW, Marano GD, Mehta RI, Wang X, Ward M, Miller M, Najib U, Navia RO, Keith CM, Rezai A. Metabolism as a biomarker for treatment success in anti-amyloid therapy: A case report. Neuroimage: Reports 2024;4(2):100203. DOI: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2024.100203

2023

Coleman MM, Keith CM, Wilhelmsen K, Mehta RI, Vieira Ligo Teixeira C, Miller M, Ward M, Navia RO, McCuddy WT, D'Haese PF, Haut MW. Surface-based correlates of cognition along the Alzheimer's continuum in a memory clinic population. Front Neurol 2023;14:1214083. PMID: 37731852. PMCID: PMC10508059. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1214083

2022

Keith CM, Haut MW, Wilhelmsen K, Mehta RI, Miller M, Navia RO, Ward M, Lindberg K, Coleman M, McCuddy WT, Deib G, Giolzetti A, D'Haese PF. Frontal and temporal lobe correlates of verbal learning and memory in aMCI and suspected Alzheimer's disease dementia. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2022;11:1-17. PMID: 36367308. DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2022.2144618

Keith CM, McCuddy WT, Lindberg K, Miller LE, Bryant K, Mehta RI, Wilhelmsen K, Miller M, Navia RO, Ward M, Deib G, D'Haese PF, Haut MW. Procedural learning and retention relative to explicit learning and retention in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease using a modification of the trail making test. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2022;22:1-18. PMID: 35603568. DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2022.2077297