Email

grace.cardenas@bcm.edu

Positions

MEDICAL STUDENT

OFC SA-BCM STUDENTS
Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

• Peer Mentorship and Medical Education
• Student Interest Group in Neurology
• BCM Anatomy Dissection and Education Group

Selected Publications

• Grace E Cardenas 1, Evan J White 1, Namik Kirlic 1; T1000 investigators; Martin P Paulus 1, Salvador M Guinjoan 1 "Repetitive negative thinking is associated with impaired verbal learning but not executive functioning in individuals with eating disorders." Pers Med Psychiatry. 2022 Mar;31-32 Pubmed PMID: 35967880
• Adhyapak N, Cardenas GE, Abboud MA, Krishnan V "Rest-Activity Rhythm Phenotypes in Adults with Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability." ; Pubmed PMID: 39314931
• Grace Cardenas "A Deeper Dive into Steroid Dementia Syndrome." Broca's Area, Texas Neurological Society. 2025 Jan;(Winter 2025)
• Cardenas, G.E., Ren. L M.D., Sherman, S.V. M.D "Cortisol and Contagions: Infections in Cushing’s Syndrome." Am J Med. 2025 Mar; Pubmed PMID: 39667517

Projects

Longitudinal associations of REM sleep behavior disorder and cognition in Parkinson's disease

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (08/2019 - 05/2020)

Research project conducted through WashU's "Mind, Brain, and Behavior" program for undergraduate students under the supervision of research mentors. Shortened due to COVID-19.

Actigraphic Signatures of Disability in Adults with Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability

Laboratory of Epilepsy and Emotional Behavior (09/2023 - present)

Baylor College of Medicine

• Investigate the use of actigraphy to measure sleep-rest cycles in individuals with both epilepsy and intellectual disability & attempt to correlate with neuropsychiatric measures • Gathered data from patient charts on anti-seizure medications, etiologies, and seizure character/frequency. • Assisted in writing manuscript for publication. • 100+ hours compiling information related to intellectual disability from seizure clinic database of over 2000 patients for use in proposal of new BCM comprehensive care clinic for those with intellectual disability and epilepsy