Christian LoBue, Ph.D.

Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Psychiatry
Neuropsychologist

Biography

Christian LoBue, Ph.D., is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in neuropsychological assessment and management of behaviors related to concussion, more severe traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and cerebrovascular disorders. He is consulted to perform evaluations to characterize thinking skills such as memory, attention, and language in people with suspected or diagnosed brain conditions and collaborates closely with neurologists, neurosurgeons, and psychiatrists to identify and treat patients in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Dr. LoBue completed both his doctorate in clinical psychology and postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at UT Southwestern. Licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018.

His research interests focus on informing what role traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, may play in developing cognitive problems later in life and investigating noninvasive brain stimulation as a potential treatment for the cognitive problems associated with neurodegenerative disorders.

Dr. LoBue has authored multiple publications and has been an invited speaker about his research. He has received research funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, Department of Defense, NIH, and other organizations. He serves as an editorial board member for Frontiers in Psychiatry, a committee member of the Research and Editing Consulting Program of the International Neuropsychological Society, a grant reviewer for the Alzheimer's Association, and on the research grants panel of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

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Education & Training

Graduate School - University of Texas at Tyler (2007-2010), Clinical Psychology
Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012-2016), Clinical Psychology
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016-2018), Clinical Psychology
Graduate School - UT Southwestern Medical School (2012-2016), Psychology
Other Post Graduate Training - University of Texas at Tyler (2007-2010)
Other Post Graduate Training - UT Southwestern Medical School (2012-2016)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

National Academy of Neuropsychology
International Society of Neuropsychology
American Psychological Association
Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
Texas Psychological Association
Sports Neuropsychology Society
International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment
The Alzheimer’s Association

Honors & Awards

New York University tDCS Fellow 2023
UT Southwestern Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments Fellow 2022
National Academy of Neuropsychology Early Career Award 2022
Texas Psychological Association President’s Award 2021
Alzheimer’s Association Outstanding Research Partner Award 2019
UT Southwestern Scientific Leadership and Management Fellow 2019
Alzheimer's Association Participation in Research Travel Award 2018
National Institute of Mental Health Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health Fellow 2017
NIA K23 Career Development Award 2022

Books & Publications

Books
- Neurodegenerative dementias after traumatic brain injury in Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury
  LoBue, C., Cullum, C.M., Didhebani, N., Yeatman, K., Jones, B., Kraut, M.A., Hart, J. (2019), Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Pub Inc
- Dementia in Neuropsychological Conditions Across the Lifespan
  Lacritz, L., Rossetti, H., LoBue, C. (2018), New York, NY, Cambridge University Press
Publications
- Identification of Factors in Moderate-Severe TBI Related to a Functional Decline in Cognition Decades After Injury.
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Dams-O'Connor K, Taiwo Z, Sander A, Venkatesan UM, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Hammond FM, Wilmoth K, Ding K, Bell K, Cullum CM, Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2023 May
- History of traumatic brain injury does not alter course of neurocognitive decline in older adults with and without cognitive impairment.
  Schaffert J, Chiang HS, Fatima H, LoBue C, Hart J, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2023 Apr
- No association between age beginning tackle football, or years played and neurocognitive performance later-in-life among older National Football League retirees.
  Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Wilmoth K, Cullum CM, Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2022 Dec
- Neurocognitive outcomes of older National Football League retirees.
  Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Motes M, Rossetti H, Wilmoth K, Goette W, Lacritz L, Cullum CM, Brain injury 2022 Dec 36 12-14 1364-1371
- Southwestern Assessment of Processing Speed (SWAPS): A new brief test with demographically-corrected norms in an ethnically and educationally diverse population.
  Cullum CM, Galusha JM, Wadsworth HE, Wilmoth K, Hynan LS, Lacritz LH, LoBue C, Argueta-Ortiz F, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2022 Nov 36 8 2260-2277
- Using RBANS to characterize cognitive treatment response in autoimmune encephalopathy.
  Kelley BJ, Bratt R, Lobue C, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2022 Nov 222 107438
- Early vs. delayed evaluation and persisting concussion symptoms during recovery in adults.
  Bunt SC, LoBue C, Hynan LS, Didehbani N, Stokes M, Miller SM, Bell K, Cullum CM, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2022 Sep 1-18
- Sex differences in reporting of concussion symptoms in adults.
  Bunt SC, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Stokes M, Heinzelmann M, Rossetti H, Miller SM, Nakonezny PA, Bell K, Batjer H, Cullum CM, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2022 Aug 36 6 1290-1303
- Predictors of Life Expectancy in Autopsy-Confirmed Alzheimer's Disease.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, Hynan LS, Hart J, Rossetti H, Carlew AR, Lacritz L, White CL, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 86 1 271-281
- Examination of the Proposed Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome: Case Report of a Former Professional Football Player.
  LoBue C, Cullum CM, Hart J, The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2022 34 3 268-274
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Is Related to Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia.
  LoBue C, Kelley BJ, Hart J, Helphrey J, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Peters ME, Douglas PM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 87 4 1491-1496
- Effect of traumatic brain injury on mild behavioral impairment domains prior to all-cause dementia diagnosis and throughout disease progression.
  Bray MJC, Bryant BR, Esagoff AI, Richey LN, Rodriguez C, Krieg A, McCullough G, Tsai J, Tobolowsky W, Jahed S, Cullum CM, LoBue C, Ismail Z, Yan H, Lyketsos CG, Peters ME, Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2022 8 1 e12364
- Resilience and recovery from sports related concussion in adolescents and young adults.
  Bunt SC, Meredith-Duliba T, Didehhani N, Hynan LS, LoBue C, Stokes M, Miller SM, Bell K, Batjer H, Cullum CM, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2021 Sep 43 7 677-688
- Defining traumatic encephalopathy syndrome - advances and challenges.
  Cullum CM, LoBue C, Nature reviews. Neurology 2021 Jun 17 6 331-332
- Traumatic brain injury alters neuropsychiatric symptomatology in all-cause dementia.
  Bray MJC, Richey LN, Bryant BR, Krieg A, Jahed S, Tobolowsky W, LoBue C, Peters ME, Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2021 Apr 17 4 686-691
- Frequency and Predictors of Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Prospective Cohort of Retired Professional Athletes.
  Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Rossetti H, Lacritz L, Cullum CM, Frontiers in neurology 2021 12 617526
- Mild Cognitive Impairment in Retired Professional Football Players With a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Investigation.
  Didehbani N, Fields LM, Wilmoth K, LoBue C, Hart J, Cullum CM, Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology 2020 Sep 33 3 208-217
- Clinical and neuropsychological profile of patients with dementia and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Peters ME, Didehbani N, Hart J, White CL, Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2020 Jun 91 6 586-592
- Risk factors for earlier dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease, mixed Alzheimer's with Lewy bodies, and pure Lewy body disease.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL, Wilmoth K, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Nguyen T, Peters ME, Fields L, Li C, Cullum CM, Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Mar 16 3 524-530
- History of traumatic brain injury interferes with accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia: a nation-wide case-control study.
  Pradeep T, Bray MJC, Arun S, Richey LN, Jahed S, Bryant BR, LoBue C, Lyketsos CG, Kim P, Peters ME, International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) 2020 Feb 32 1 61-70
- Neuropsychological functioning in ageing retired NFL players: a critical review.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, Fields L, Wilmoth K, Didehbani N, Hart J, Cullum CM, International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) 2020 Feb 32 1 71-88
- POINT/COUNTER-POINT-Beyond the headlines: the actual evidence that traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for later-in-life dementia.
  LoBue C, Cullum CM, Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2020 Feb 35 2 123-127
- Associations of Race-Ethnicity and History of Traumatic Brain Injury With Age at Onset of Alzheimer's Disease.
  Bailey KC, Burmaster SA, Schaffert J, LoBue C, Vela D, Rossetti H, Cullum CM, The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2020 32 3 280-285
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Long-Term Brain Changes, Accumulation of Pathological Markers, and Developing Dementia: A Review.
  LoBue C, Munro C, Schaffert J, Didehbani N, Hart J, Batjer H, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019 Jul
- Traumatic brain injury history is associated with an earlier age of dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL, Chiang HS, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Dieppa M, Hart J, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2018 May 32 4 410-416
- Traumatic brain injury history and progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease.
  LoBue C, Woon FL, Rossetti HC, Hynan LS, Hart J, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2018 05 32 4 401-409
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Age of Onset of Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
  Nguyen TP, Schaffert J, LoBue C, Womack KB, Hart J, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018 66 2 717-723
- Neurodegenerative Dementias After Traumatic Brain Injury.
  LoBue C, Cullum CM, Didehbani N, Yeatman K, Jones B, Kraut MA, Hart J, The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2018 30 1 7-13
- Traumatic brain injury history is associated with earlier age of onset of Alzheimer disease.
  LoBue C, Wadsworth H, Wilmoth K, Clem M, Hart J, Womack KB, Didehbani N, Lacritz LH, Rossetti HC, Cullum CM, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2017 01 31 1 85-98
- Self-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Increased Risk and Earlier Age of Diagnosis.
  LoBue C, Denney D, Hynan LS, Rossetti HC, Lacritz LH, Hart J, Womack KB, Woon FL, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016 51 3 727-36
- Traumatic brain injury history is associated with earlier age of onset of frontotemporal dementia.
  LoBue C, Wilmoth K, Cullum CM, Rossetti HC, Lacritz LH, Hynan LS, Hart J, Womack KB Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2015 Sep

Research

Traumatic Brain Injury
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Therapeutics

Clinical Focus

Neuropsychologist