Roya Homayouni

Roya Homayouni

Roya currently is a PhD candidate in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at WSU.

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

Roya is mainly interested in structural brain development across the lifespan and how it gives rise to cognitive functioning across age. She is particularly interested in the age trajectories of hippocampal subfields and the sources of individual differences in the developmental changes.

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology, WSU, Detroit, MI (2016-Present)
• M.A. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology, WSU, Detroit, MI
• M.A. Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
• B.A. Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Awards and grants

• The Ross & Margaret Stagner Memorial Award, Psychology Department, WSU (Winter 2023)
• Julie A. Thomas Memorial Scholarship, Psychology Department, WSU (Winter 2023)
• Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship (2022-23)
• Julie A. Thomas Memorial Scholarship, Psychology Department, WSU (Winter 2022)
• Student Award Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan (BCBSMI) Foundation (2020-21)
• Olsen Memorial Award for Best Paper in Gerontology, Institute of Gerontology, WSU ( Spring-Summer 2021)
• Julie A. Thomas Memorial Scholarship, Psychology Department, WSU (Winter 2021)
• Neitzel Summer Fellowship, Psychology Department, WSU (Spring-Summer 2021)
• Award for Graduate Students who Obtain External Support, OVPR, WSU (Spring-Summer 2021)

Travel Awards

• Sallie P. Asche Travel Award, Pomberg and Hammer Family Opportunity Fund, University of Texas Dallas (Winter 2023)
• Travel Award, Psychology Department, WSU (Winter 2021)
• Travel Award, Psychology Department, WSU (Winter 2020)
• Travel Award, Institute of Gerontology, WSU (Winter 2020)

Selected publications

• Homayouni, R., Canada, K. L., Saifullah, S., Foster, D., Thill, C., Daugherty, A., Ofen N. (2023). Age-related differences in the hippocampal subfield volumes across the lifespan: A meta-analysis. Hippocampus.
• Homayouni, R., Daugherty, A. M., Raz, N., Ofen, N. (2023). KIBRA single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with cognitive functioning and hippocampal subfield volumes across development. Brain Structure and Function.
• Canada, K. L., Homayouni, R., Yu, Q., Foster, D., Daugherty, A. M., Ofen, N. (2023). Household socioeconomic status relates to specific hippocampal subfield volumes across development. Hippocampus.
• Homayouni, R., Yu, Q., Ramesh, S., Tang, L., Daugherty, A. M., Ofen, N. (2021). Test-retest consistency of hippocampal subfields volumetric measures in a developmental sample: implications for longitudinal developmental studies. Journal of Neuroscience Research
• Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Homayouni, R., Tang, L., Chen, D., Schoff, D., Nishimura, M., Ofen, N. (2018). Age-associated increase in mnemonic strategy use is linked to prefrontal cortex development. NeuroImage 181, 162-196

Full list of publications at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SW_igsUAAAAJ&hl=en