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Carmen I. Carrión, PsyD, ABPP

Associate Professor of Neurology
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Associate Professor of Neurology

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Dr. Carrión is an Associate Professor and bilingual (English/Spanish) neuropsychologist in the neurology department at the Yale School of Medicine. Her clinical and research activities center on memory and neurodegenerative disorders, with a particular focus on understanding how the social exposome, including neighborhood-level social, economic, and environmental factors, influences cognitive health and the development of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Dr. Carrión's work examines both protective factors that promote cognitive resilience and risk factors that may accelerate cognitive decline, with special attention to how these neighborhood characteristics interact with demographic factors to influence the manifestation of neurological syndromes across diverse populations.

Dr. Carrión is part of the Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center's (ADRC) Outreach and Clinical Cores. At the ADRC, she serves as site PI for the multi-center, NIH-funded Neighborhoods Study and leads the Neuropsychology/Cognitive Interest group. Through this work, she seeks to understand why differences in cognitive and brain health outcomes occur across different communities by examining the complex interplay between place-based factors and individual-level characteristics that contribute to health disparities in ADRD.

Last Updated on September 16, 2025.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
University of Michigan (2018)
PsyD
Roosevelt University, Clinical Psychology (2016)
Internship
Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami (2016)
MA
Roosevelt University, Clinical Psychology (2013)
MA
Brooklyn College, Experimental Psychology (2010)
BS
Brooklyn College, Psychology and Health and Nutrition Sciences (2008)

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Medical Research Interests

Alzheimer Disease; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Cultural Diversity; Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration; Healthcare Disparities; Lewy Body Disease; Neurocognitive Disorders; Social Determinants of Health

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2024

2023

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Carmen I. Carrión, PsyD, is an associate professor of neurology and a neuropsychologist at Yale School of Medicine. She specializes in culturally informed neuropsychological evaluations for patients who have a range of conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, cerebrovascular disorders, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and other neurocognitive disorders.

Bilingual in English and Spanish, Dr. Carrión has more than 10 years of experience providing evaluations to diverse patient populations across various clinical settings. Her clinical expertise is enhanced by her research focus on understanding how social, environmental, and demographic factors influence cognitive health and the development of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Her work examines both protective factors that promote cognitive resilience and risk factors that may accelerate cognitive decline across diverse populations.

As site principal investigator for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Neighborhoods Study at the Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, she investigates how place-based and individual-level factors contribute to cognitive differences. She is committed to ensuring accurate representation of disease populations in research and clinical trials, striving to address disparities in health care delivery through both her clinical practice and research efforts.

Dr.Carrión received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Roosevelt University, completed her fellowship in psychiatry at the University of Michigan, and her internship in psychology at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami.

Clinical Specialties

Neuropsychology; Memory Disorders & Cognitive Neurology; Psychology; Neurology

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