Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care

Psychiatry

Biography

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Education & Training

Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2022), Neuropsychology
Other Post Graduate Training - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Ph.D.) (2016-2020), Psychology

Books & Publications

Publications
- The Spectrum of Alzheimer-Type Pathology in Cognitively Normal Individuals.
  Walker JM, Dehkordi SK, Schaffert J, Goette W, White Iii CL, Richardson TE, Zare H, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 91 2 683-695
- A Critical Review of Neuropsychological Actuarial Criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment.
  Carlew AR, Kaser A, Schaffert J, Goette W, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 91 1 169-182
- 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 Nov 1-8
- Psychometric Properties of Computerized Cognitive Tools and Standard Neuropsychological Tests Used to Assess Sport Concussion: A Systematic Review.
  Wilmoth K, Brett BL, Emmert NA, Cook CM, Schaffert J, Caze T, Kotsonis T, Cusick M, Solomon G, Resch JE, Cullum CM, Nelson LD, McCrea M, Neuropsychology review 2022 Aug
- Impact of word properties on list learning: An explanatory item analysis.
  Goette WF, Schaffert J, Carlew A, Rossetti H, Lacritz LH, De Boeck P, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2022 Apr
- Validation of a Bayesian Diagnostic and Inferential Model for Evidence-Based Neuropsychological Practice.
  Goette WF, Carlew AR, Schaffert J, Mokhtari BK, Cullum CM, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2022 Apr 1-11
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: understanding the facts and debate.
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Current opinion in psychiatry 2020 Mar 33 2 130-135
- 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 Feb
- 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) 2019 Oct 1-18
- 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 2019 Oct appineuropsych19010002
- 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 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
- Visuomotor adaptability in older adults with mild cognitive decline.
  Schaffert J, Lee CM, Neill R, Bo J, Acta psychologica 2017 Feb 173 106-115
- Examining the relationship between motor assessments and handwriting consistency in children with and without probable developmental coordination disorder.
  Bo J, Colbert A, Lee CM, Schaffert J, Oswald K, Neill R, Research in developmental disabilities 2014 Sep 35 9 2035-43

Articles by Dr. Schaffert

Brain

NPH: A misunderstood form of dementia that can be reversed

Padraig O'Suilleabhain, M.D.
Jon White, M.D.
Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

May 23, 2025