Isabella Dallasta

Isa began working in the lab in the summer of 2021 and has recently obtained an MA in Business Administration. She also has a degree in Biology with Chemistry and Mathematics minors and is currently the Coordinator for the Marsh Lab. She helps oversee the various projects in the lab including digital biomarkers for vascular cognitive decline in patients with strokes; the use of tDCS to improve cognitive impairment post stroke; and the effect of mindfulness practices on recovery, amongst others. She is in charge of screening and recruiting as well as new lab member intake and training.

Publications

Soleimani S, Dallasta I, Das P, Kulasingham JP, Girgenti S, Simon JZ, Babadi B, Marsh EB. Altered directional functional connectivity underlies post-stroke cognitive recovery. Brain communications 2023;5(3). Click to read article

Dallasta I, and Marsh EB. Poststroke Cognitive Decline: Is Functional Connectivity the Key to Tangible Therapeutic Targets? Stroke 2024 May;55(5). Click to read artice.

Girgenti S., Dallasta I., Lawrence E., Merbach D., Simon JZ., Llinas R, Gould NF., Marsh EB. Modified-Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as a Treatment for Cognitive Recovery in Patients with Minor Stroke: a Randomized Controlled Trial (out for review).

Obasanjo W., Ahmed Z., Dallasta I., Marsh EB. Localization Matters: Specific Patterns of Cognitive Dysfunction Depend on Location, Even for Patients with Minor Stroke (in progress).

Commuri V., Dallasta I., Stone C., Girgenti S., Gould N., Llinas RH., Simon JZ., Marsh EB. Functional Connectivity: The Link Between frontoparietal Cortex and cognitive Outcomes Following Minor Stroke (out for review).

Larson S., John S., Gowrisankar S, Zhao M., Piner B., Dallasta I. MA, and Marsh EB. MD. The Social Determinants of Health Framework Identifies those at Risk for Loss to Follow-up After Stroke (out for review).