Katie Hay is a Senior Program Manager in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She earned her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland, with a concentration in neuropsychology. Her research background is in behavioral pharmacology where her work focused on discovering more efficacious treatments for those with substance use disorders. Currently, she is serving in the Cognitive and Movement Disorders Lab exploring the effect of neurodegeneration on cognition, behavior and movement symptoms through studies that utilize neuroimaging techniques such as MRI and PET. Her studies focus on Parkinson's Disease, Pure Autonomic Failure, Multiple Systems Atrophy, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and others. In her position as Senior Program Manager, Ms. Hay manages the federal and non-federal investigator-initiated research portfolio for Dr. Claassen and others in the division.