Dr. O'Connor is a licensed psychologist and board certified clinical neuropsychologist. She completed her undergraduate studies at Ithaca College and earned her doctoral degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She completed her pre-doctoral residency at Yale University School of Medicine. Her post-doctoral training took place at Cornell Weill Medical College/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and the Bedford VA Hospital/Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connor is currently Director of Neuropsychology at the Bedford VA Hospital, Director of the Research Education Core at the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and a member of the NAN Brain Health Task Force and NAN Foundation Board. She previously served as Associate Director of the Education Core at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center and a Member-at-Large on the board of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.