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Faculty Detail    
Name ADAM GOODMAN
MS
PhD		  
Campus Address CH 217
Phone
E-mail  agoodman@uabmc.edu
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Education
Undergraduate  Appalachian State University     2006  Bachelor of Science  
Graduate  Auburn University     2012  Master of Science 
Graduate  Auburn University     2015  Doctorate of Philosophy  
Fellowship  University of Alabama at Birmingham     2018  Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Psychology  
Fellowship  University of Alabama at Birmingham     2018  Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Neurology  


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Psychology  Psychology Assistant Professor
Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Assistant Professor
Center  Epilepsy Center  Epilepsy Center Assistant Professor

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Goodman earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University and his Masters and PhD from Auburn University’s Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences program. Dr. Goodman initially joined UAB as a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Psychology under the supervision of Dr. David Knight. During this time, he began working on several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) projects designed to gain a better understanding of the neural correlates of specific processes related to emotion learning, expression, and regulation. Dr. Goodman began a second postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski to broaden his training experiences with clinical populations and multi-modal neuroimaging. For his work in epilepsy, Dr. Goodman was recognized with the Young Investigator Award from the American Epilepsy Society.



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Neuroimaging of Stress and Seizure Disorders
Description
Neurobiology underlying the relationship between mental health, emotion processes, and pathological states.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
*Balachandran, N., *Goodman, A. M., Allendorfer, J. B., Martin, A. N., Vogel, V., Tocco, K., LaFrance Jr., W. C., & Szaflarski, J. P. (2021). Altered neural response to stress is related to mental health symptoms in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures following TBI. Epilepsia. 62: 107–119. doi:10.1111/epi.16758. *Authors contributed equally  33238045 
Goodman, A. M., Allendorfer, J. B., Blum, A., Bolding, M., Correia, S., ver Hoef, ... & Szaflarski, J. P. (2020) White matter and neurite morphology differ in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. doi:10.1002/acn3.51198  32991786 
Goodman, A. M., Allendorfer, J. B., Heyse, H., Szaflarski, B. A., Eliassen, J. C., Nelson, E. B., ... & Szaflarski, J. P. (2019). Neural response to stress and perceived stress differ in patients with left temporal lobe epilepsy. Human brain mapping.  31033120 
Goodman, A. M., Harnett, N. G., & Knight, D. C. (2018). Pavlovian conditioned diminution of the neurobehavioral response to threat. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 84, 218-224.  29203422 
Goodman, A. M., Harnett, N. G., Wheelock, M. D., Hurst, D. R., Orem, T. R., Gossett, E. W., ... & Knight, D. C. (2018). Anticipatory prefrontal cortex activity underlies stress-induced changes in Pavlovian fear conditioning. NeuroImage, 174, 237-247.  29555429 
 

Keywords
fMRI, diffusion MRI, Stress, Learning, Regulation