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Brenna C. McDonald

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Cancer-related cognitive impairment studiesDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesBrain Metastases and TreatmentCancer survivorship and care

Publications

296

Citations

10,860

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
AI-generated

Brenna C. McDonald studies how cancer and its treatments affect thinking and memory, a problem often called "chemobrain" or cancer-related cognitive impairment. Much of the work uses brain imaging to understand these changes, particularly in breast cancer survivors and pediatric cancer patients, and also tests interventions such as mindfulness and telehealth-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy. Related work examines cognitive decline and brain structure across other conditions and across the lifespan.

Cancer-related cognitive impairment ("chemobrain")Neuroimaging of brain structure and functionBreast cancer survivorship and agingInterventions for cognitive impairment (mindfulness, telehealth therapy)Pediatric cancer survivorship and late effects

Publication activity has been steady over the past decade, generally in the 10-19 papers per year range, with an average of about 12 per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.0/year recently
2017: 15 publications172018: 15 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 18 publications202021: 14 publications212022: 16 publications222023: 19 publications19232024: 10 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×34
  • PMC×10
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute×9
  • medRxiv×8
  • UNC Libraries×6

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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