Jacqueline Pettersen
Academic Physician - Neurology
Dr Pettersen was born and raised in Prince George and
undertook her first 2 years of post-secondary training at the College of New
Caledonia, University-Transfer Program. She completed her BSc Honours degree in Biopsychology and MSc degree in
Neuropsychology at the
University of
Victoria, (major areas
of research included hippocampal-based memory, recovery of function after brain
damage, and sport-related concussion). Subsequently,
she received her MD from the
University
of
Toronto, followed by a Neurology
residency with FRCPC designation at the
University of
Calgary. She then completed a 2-year CIHR and
AHFMR-supported clinical research fellowship in Stroke and
Cognitive/Behavioural Neurology under the auspices of Dr Sandra Black at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,
University of
Toronto. Since January 2009, Dr Pettersen has been
working as a General, Stroke, and Cognitive/Behavioural Neurologist at
Prince George
Regional
Hospital
as well as a tenure-track faculty member in UBC's Department of Medicine
(Division of Neurology) and teaching in the Northern Medical Program.
Education:
Clinical
Research Fellowship,
University of
Toronto, Stroke and
Cognitive/Behavioural Neurology
FRCPC,
University of
Calgary, Neurology
MD,
University of
Toronto
MSc University of
Victoria,
Neuropsychology
BSc
(Hnrs)
University of
Victoria,
Biopsychology
Research Focus:
Small Vessel Disease and its impact on cognition in normal aging,
Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia.
-Serum biomarkers (inflammation,
vascular dysfunction, amyloidosis, cholesterol metabolism, genetics) to predict
white matter disease and its progression
-Microbleeds and other imaging markers
of amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer disease and sleep apnea
-Diffusion Tensor Imaging assessing the
impact of white matter tract disruption
on cognition
Brain-Behaviour
Relationships and cognitive sequelae of stroke and dementia using neuroimaging
techniques.
Large vessel (i.e.,
atherosclerosis, stroke), cardiac disease and cognition.
University of Northern BC
Office: 9-363
Dr Donald Rix
Health Sciences Centre
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