Lindsey Kirsch-Darrow, who is working on her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Florida, was awarded a competitive research grant from the National Institutes of Health to support her dissertation.

Her grant is titled "Apathy, Neurocognitive Function and Parkinson's Disease."

Lindsey, daughter of John and Jan Lindsey Kirsch of East Cobb County and granddaughter of Adelaide Lindsey, Washington, resides in Gainesville, Fla., with her husband, Lt. Adam Darrow, where she studies Parkinson's disease at the McKnight Brain Institute and Shands Medical Center at the University of Florida.

She graduated magna cum laude from Furman University in Greenville, S.C., with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and earned her master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida. She spent last summer studying neuropsychology in Greece after being selected from applicants around the world for the Vivian Smith Institute of the International Neuropsychological Soci- ety in Xylocastro, Greece.

She recently published articles on related topics. Her article, "Dissociating Apathy and Depression in Parkinson's Disease," was published in "Neurology," a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. This paper was based on her master's thesis research. She also had an article profiling her and her work in the American Psychological Association's "Monitor on Psychology."