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Kyle J. Jennette PhD MA

Kyle J. Jennette
Designation
  • Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
  • University of Illinois Chicago
Gender Pronouns
  • he/him
Contact Information
  • kjennett [at] uic.edu
  • (312) 996-0501
  • Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI)
    912 S. Wood St.
    Department of Psychiatry (MC 913)
    Chicago IL 60612
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  • (312) 996-6217
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Dr. Jennette is Clinical Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine. 

Dr. Jennette earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Flagler College, master’s degree in Gerontology from the University of South Florida, and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He completed his Clinical Psychology Internship at the University of Chicago Medical Center and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at UI Health. 

Dr. Jennette's clinical interests include neuropsychological assessment of adults with dementia, complex neurological/medical disorders, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, Long COVID, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). 

He also has a special interest in working with older adults with memory concerns and is a provider in the UI Health Interdisciplinary Memory Clinic.

He has also established specialty clinics for solid organ transplant surgery candidates (kidney, liver, pancreas, small bowel) and neurocognitive changes in Long COVID. 

Dr. Jennette's research is broadly focused on translational neuroscience and the role of neuropsychology in interdisciplinary care. 

Particular areas of research interest include: Transplant Neuropsychology, Health Psychology and Cardiopulmonary Function, Aging and Dementia, Functional Neuroimaging, Performance Validity Testing in Neuropsychology.

He is a member of the Midwest Roybal Center, Center for Research on Health and Aging (CRHA), UIH Concussion Management Program, and ILLINet RECOVER.

  • Fellowship
    Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center
  • Residency
    Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Graduate School
    Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
  • Graduate School
    M.A., Gerontology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  • Undergraduate
    B.A., Psychology, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
  • psychiatry

    Neuropsychological Assessment
    Health Psychology
    Solid Organ Transplantation
    Neurosurgery
    Functional Neuroimaging
    Cognitive Endophenotypes of Alzheimer’s Disease
    Mild Cognitive Impairment/Dementia
    Neuropsychiatric Disorders 
    Performance Validity Testing
    Test Development/Validation
    Psychometrics
    Health Behavior and Aerobic Fitness
    Clinical Neuropsychology Training/Teaching
    Multidisciplinary Translational Research

  • Keezer, R.D., Kamm, J.M., Cerny, B.M., Ovsiew, G.P., Resch, Z.J., Jennette, K.J., Soble, J.R. (in press) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restrucutred Form (MMPI-2-RF) profiles among adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Examining comorbid psychopathology and ADHD presentation.

    Skymba, H., Shields, A., Rauch, A., Phillips, M., Bing-Canar, H., Finley, J., Khan, H., Ovsiew, G., Durkin, N., Jennette, K., Resch, Z. & Soble, J. (in press) Does Comorbid Depression Impact Executive Functioning (EF) in Adults Diagnosed with ADHD?: A Comparison of EF Across Diagnoses in Clinically-Referred Individuals. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.

    Phillips, M. S., Bing-Canar, H., Shields, A. N., Cerny, B., Chang, F., Wisinger, A. M., Leib, S. I., Ovsiew, G. P., Resch, Z. J., Jennette, K. J., & Soble, J. R. (2023). Assessment of learning and memory impairment in adults with predominantly inattentive versus combined presentation attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.

    Chang, F., Cerny, B. M., Tse, K. Y. P., Rauch, A., Khan, H., Phillips, M. S., Fletcher, N., Resch, Z. J., Ovsiew, G. P., Jennette, K. J., & Soble, J. R. (in press). Using the Grooved Pegboard Test as an embedded validity indicator in a mixed neuropsychiatric sample with varying cognitive impairment: Cross-validation problems. Perceptual and Motor Skills.

    De Boer, A. B., Phillips, M. S., Barwegen, K. C., Obolsky, M. A., Rauch, A. A., Pesanti, S. D., Ka Yin Tse, P., Ovsiew, G. P., Jennette, K. J., Resch, Z. J. & Soble, J. R. (in press). Comprehensive analysis of MMPI-2-RF symptom validity scales and performance validity test relationships in a diverse mixed neuropsychiatric setting. Psychological Injury and Law.

    Jennette, K. J., Rhoads, T., Resch, Z. J., Cerny, B. M., Leib, S. I., Sharp, D. W., Ovsiew, G. P. & Soble, J. R. (in press) Multivariable analysis of the relative utility and additive value of eight embedded performance validity tests for classifying invalid neuropsychological test performance. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2022.2128067

    Resch, Z. J., Cerny, B. M., Ovsiew, G. P., Jennette, K. J., Bing-Canar, H., Rhoads, T., & Soble, J. R. (in press). A direct comparison of 10 WAIS-IV Digit Span embedded validity indicators among a mixed neuropsychiatric sample with varying degrees of cognitive impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

    Ausloos-Lozano, J. E., Bing-Canar, H., Khan, H., Singh, P. G., Wisinger, A. M., Rauch, A. A., Ogram Buckley, C. M., Petry, L. G., Jennette, K. J., Soble, J. R., & Resch, Z. J. (in press). Assessing performance validity during attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder evaluations: Cross-validation of select non-memory embedded validity indicators. Developmental Neuropsychology.

    Khan, H., Rauch, A. A., Obolsky, M. A., Skymba, H., Barwegen, K. C., Wisinger, A. M., Ovsiew, G. P., Jennette, K. J., Soble, J. R., & Resch, Z. J. (in press). A comparison of embedded validity indicators from the Stroop Color and Word Test among adults referred for clinical evaluation of suspected or confirmed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychological Assessment.

    Bing-Canar, H., Phillips, M., Shields A., Ogram Buckley, C., Chang, F., Khan, H., Skymba, H., Ovsiew, G., Resch, Z., Jennette, K. & Soble, J. (in press) Cross-validation of multiple WAIS-IV digit span embedded performance validity indices among a large sample of Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder clinical referrals

    Stocks, J. K., Shields, A. N., DeBoer, A. B., Cerny, B. M., Ogram Buckley, C. M., Ovsiew, G. P., Jennette, K. J., Resch, Z. J., Basurto, K. S., Song, W., Pliskin, N. H., & Soble, J. R. (in press). The impact of visual learning and memory impairment on Victoria Symptom Validity Test performance: A known-groups analysis. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.

    Soble, J. R., Cerny, B. M., Ovsiew, G. P., Rhoads, T., Reynolds, T. P., Sharp, D. W., Jennette, K. J., Marceaux, J. C., O’Rourke, J. J. F., Critchfield, E. A., & Resch, Z. J. (in press). Comparing the Independent and Aggregated Accuracy of Trial 1 and the First 10-Items of the TOMM for Detecting Invalid Neuropsychological Test Performance Across Civilian and Veteran Clinical Samples. Perceptual and Motor Skills.

    Leib, S., Keezer, R., Cerny, B., Holbrook, L., Gallagher, V., Jennette, K., Ovsiew, G., Soble, J. (In Press). Distinct Latent Profiles of Working Memory and Processing Speed in Adults with ADHD. Developmental Neuropsychology.

    González, D., Gonzales, M., Jennette, K., Soble, R. & Fongang, B. (in press) Cognitive screening with functional assessment improves diagnostic accuracy and attenuates bias.Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

    Keezer, R.D., Leib S., I, Scimeca L. M., Smith J. T., Holbrook L. R., Sharp D. W., Jennette K. J., Ovsiew G. P., Resch Z. J., Soble J. R. (in press) Masking Effect of High IQ on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in an Adult Sample with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult

    Abramson, D., White, D., Rhoads, T., Carter, D., Hansen, N., Resch, Z., Jennette, K., Ovsiew, G. & Soble, R. (in press) Cross-validating the Dot Counting Test among an Adult ADHD Clinical Sample and Analyzing the Effect of ADHD subtype and Comorbid Psychopathology. Assessment

    Rhoads, T., Leib, S. I., Resch, Z. J., Basurto, K. S., Castillo, L. R., Jennette, K. J., & Soble, J. R. (2021). Relative Rates of Invalidity for the Test of Memory Malingering and the Dot Counting Test Among Spanish-Speaking Patients Residing in the USA. Psychological Injury and Law. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-021-09423-z

    Scimeca, L. M., Holbrook, L., Rhoads, T., Cerny, B. M., Jennette, K. J., Resch, Z. J., Obolsky, M. A., Ovsiew, G. P. & Soble, J. R. (in press). Examining Conners Continuous Performance Test-3 (CPT-3) embedded performance validity indicators in an adult clinical sample referred for ADHD evaluation. Developmental Neuropsychology. 46(5), 1-13.

    Rhoads, T., Neale, A. C., Resch, Z. J., Cohen, C. D., Keezer, R. D., Cerny, B. M., Jennette, K. J., Ovsiew, G. P., & Soble, J. R. (in press). Psychometric Implications of Failure on One Performance Validity Test: A Cross-Validation Study to Inform Criterion Group Definition. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.

    Cohen, C. D., Rhoads, T., Keezer, R. D., Jennette, K. J., Williams, C. P., Hansen, N. D., Ovsiew, G. P., Resch, Z. J. & Soble, J. R. (2021; in press) All of the accuracy in half of the time: Assessing abbreviated versions of the Test of Memory Malingering in the context of verbal and visual memory impairment.

    Ovsiew, G., Carter, D., Rhoads, T., Resch, Z., Jennette, K., Soble, R. (2021; in press) Concordance between Standard and Abbreviated Administrations of the Test of Memory Malingering: Implications for Streamlining Performance Validity Assessment. Psychological Injury and Law.

    Jennette, K., Williams, C., Resch, Z., Ovsiew, G., Durkin, N., O’Rourke, J., Marceaux, J., Critchfield, E. & Soble, R. (2021). Assessment of Differential Neurocognitive Performance Based on the Number of Performance Validity Tests Failures: A Cross-Validation Study across Multiple Mixed Clinical Samples. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.

    Leib, S, I., Schieszler-Ockrassa, C., White, D. J., Gallaher, V. T., Carter, D. A., Basurto, K. S., Ovsiew, G. P., Resch, Z. J., Jennette, K. J., Soble, J. R. (2021) Concordance between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) and Clinical Assessment of Attention Deficit-Adult (CAT-A) over-reporting validity scales for detecting invalid ADHD symptom reporting. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult

    Soble, J. R., Sharp, D. W., Carter, D. A., Jennette, K. J., Resch, Z. J., Ovsiew, G. P., & Critchfield, E. A. (2021). Cross-validation of a forced-choice validity indicator to enhance the clinical utility of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. Psychological Assessment.

    Cerny, B. M., Rhoads, T., Leib, S. I., Jennette, K. J., Basurto, K. S., Durkin, N. M., Ovsiew, G. P., Resch, Z. J. & Soble, J. R. (2021) Mean response latency indices on the Victoria Symptom Validity Test do not contribute meaningful predictive value over accuracy scores for detecting invalid performance. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.

    Cerny, B. M., Resch, Z. J., Rhoads, T., Jennette, K. J., Singh, P., Ovsiew, G. P. & Soble, J. R. (2021) Examining traditional and novel validity indicators from the Medical Symptom Validity Test across levels of verbal and visual memory impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(1), 146-159.

    Pedraza, O., Allen, M., Jennette, K., Carrasquillo, M., Crook, J., Serie, D., Pankratz, V., Palusak, R., Nguyen, T., Malphrus, K., Ma, L., Bisceglio, G., Roberts, R., Lucas, J., Ivnik, R., Smith, G., Graff-Radford, N., Petersen, R., Younkin, S. & Ertekin-Taner, N. (2014). Evaluation of memory endophenotypes for association with CLU, CR1, and PICALM variants in black and white subjects. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10(2), 205-213.

    Rudd, M., Jennette, K., Duey, B., Selman, A., & Seron, T. (2013). The effects of increased acidity on the shell integrity and body size of c. virginica: A comparison of oyster populations in Northeast Florida. The Journal of Young Investigators, 25 (2).

    Pedraza, O., Allen, M., Jennette, K., Crook, J., Carrasquillo, M., Palusak, R., Nguyen, T., Malphrus, K., Ivnik, R., Smith, G., Knopman, D., Pankratz, S., Graff-Radford, N., Roberts, R., Petersen, R., Younkin, S. & Ertekin-Taner, N. (2011) Evaluation of cognitive endophenotypes for association with CLU, CR1 and PICALM LOAD risk genes. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7(4), S191-S192.