Kevin J. Sullivan, MPH, PhD

Kevin J. Sullivan, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor-Research

Department:
SOM-MIND Center

Email:
ksullivan3@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-7759

Biography

Dr. Kevin Sullivan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which he joined in 2019. He received his PhD in Psychological Sciences from the University of Maine, and completed a T32 Epidemiology of Aging post-doctoral fellowship and Master of Public Health degree at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Center for Aging and Population Health. He currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Neuroepidemiology Research Core at The Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center. Dr. Sullivan is a psychiatric epidemiologist specializing in aging and cognitive function. His research involves the study of risk factors and biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the ARIC Study and MIND Center-Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts, presented research at over 35 national and local scientific meetings, and is an active member of the Gerontological Society of America and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Education

University of Pittsburgh, MPH, Epidemiology2019
University of Maine, PhD, Psychological Sciences2017
University of Pittsburgh, BS, Psychology2012

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine08/2019 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, Long-term effects of hearing intervention on brain health in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) randomized study, National Institute on Aging08/2022 - 07/2027
Extramural, Training in the Epidemiology of Aging, National Institute on Aging08/2017 - 07/2019

Publications

Letter

Elias MF, Sullivan KJ, Comment on optimal treatment for resistant hypertension: the missing data on pulse wave velocity. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2014 Mar;63(3):e162014
Elias MF, Sullivan K, Dore GA, Robbins MA, High rates of uncontrolled blood pressure: pulse wave velocity and future opportunities. Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2014 Jan;16(1):77-82014
Wang W, Gottesman RF, Meyer ML, Hughes TM, Sullivan KJ, Wong DF, Lakshminarayan K, Lutsey PL, Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Amyloid-β Deposition: The ARIC-PET Study. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2022;88(1):17-22
Sullivan KJ, Griswold ME, Ghelani K, Rajesh A, Shrestha S, Gottesman RF, Knopman D, Mosley TH, Windham BG, Late Midlife Subclinical Infarct Burden and Risk of Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023;91(2):543-549

Journal Article

Goman AM, Tan N, Pike JR, Bessen SY, Chen ZS, Huang AR, Arnold ML, Burgard S, Chisolm TH, Couper D, Deal JA, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Martinez-Amezcua P, Mitchell CM, Pankow JS, Reed NS, Sanchez VA, Schrack JA, Sullivan KJ, Coresh J, Lin FR, ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group, Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Public health, 2025 Jun;10(6):e492-e5022025
Lutsey PL, Misialek JR, Whitsel EA, Lakshminarayan K, Kucharska-Newton AM, Windham BG, Sullivan KJ, Secora A, Grams ME, Farley JF, Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Adults ≥75 Years of Age by Dementia and Frailty Status: The ARIC Study. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2025 May 17;2025
Shrestha S, Zhu X, Griswold ME, Palta P, Sullivan KJ, Chen H, Schneider ALC, Moghekar A, Grove ML, Thyagarajan B, Pike JR, Gottesman RF, Windham BG, Mosley TH Jr, Deal JA, Kamath V, Olfaction and Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease and Neurodegeneration in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology, 2025 Jun 10;104(11):e2137062025
Pike JR, Huang AR, Reed NS, Arnold M, Chisolm T, Couper D, Deal JA, Glynn NW, Goman AM, Hayden KM, Mitchell CM, Pankow JS, Sanchez V, Sullivan KJ, Tan NS, Coresh J, Lin FR, ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group, Cognitive benefits of hearing intervention vary by risk of cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE trial. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025 May;21(5):e701562025
Schrack JA, Wanigatunga AA, Glynn NW, Arnold ML, Burgard S, Chisolm TH, Couper D, Deal JA, Gmelin T, Goman AM, Huang AR, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Martinez-Amezcua P, Mitchell CM, Pankow JS, Pike JR, Reed NS, Sanchez VA, Sullivan KJ, Coresh J, Lin FR, ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group, Effects of Hearing Intervention on Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometry: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2025 Mar 24;2025
Martinez-Amezcua P, Zhang W, Assi S, Gupta H, Twardzik E, Huang AR, Reed NS, Deal JA, Arnold ML, Burgard S, Chisolm T, Couper D, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Goman AM, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Mitchell CM, Pankow JS, Pike JR, Schrack JA, Sanchez VA, Sullivan KJ, Lin FR, Coresh J, Impact of a Hearing Intervention on the Levels of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and T.V. Viewing in Older Adults: Results from a Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2025 May 5;80(6)2025
Gomez GT, Sathyan S, Chen J, Fornage M, Schlosser P, Peng Z, Cordon J, Palta P, Sullivan KJ, Tin A, Windham BG, Gottesman RF, Barzilai N, Milman S, Verghese J, Coresh J, Walker KA, Plasma proteomic characterization of motoric cognitive risk and mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025 Feb;21(2):e144292025
Huang AR, Morales EG, Arnold ML, Burgard S, Couper D, Deal JA, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Goman AM, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Mitchell CM, Pankow JS, Pike JR, Reed NS, Sanchez VA, Schrack JA, Sullivan KJ, Coresh J, Lin FR, Chisolm TH, ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group, A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 2024 Nov 4;7(11):e24465912024
Egle M, Johri M, Power MC, Deal JA, Jack CR Jr, Sullivan KJ, Mosley TH, Gottesman RF, Two-Stage Recruitment Design to Reduce Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening Cost for a Theoretical Clinical Trial of White Matter Hyperintensity Progression. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2024 Nov 19;13(22):e0361402024
Gomez GT, Shi L, Fohner AE, Chen J, Yang Y, Fornage M, Duggan MR, Peng Z, Daya GN, Tin A, Schlosser P, Longstreth WT, Kalani R, Sharma M, Psaty BM, Nevado-Holgado AJ, Buckley NJ, Gottesman RF, Lutsey PL, Jack CR, Sullivan KJ, Mosley T, Hughes TM, Coresh J, Walker KA, Plasma proteome-wide analysis of cerebral small vessel disease identifies novel biomarkers and disease pathways. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2024 Oct 8;2024
Eswaran S, Knopman DS, Koton S, Kucharska-Newton AM, Liu AC, Liu C, Lutsey PL, Mosley TH Jr, Palta P, Sharrett AR, Sullivan KJ, Walker KA, Gottesman RF, Groechel RC, Psychosocial Health and the Association Between Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Markers With Dementia: The ARIC Study. Stroke, 2024 Oct;55(10):2449-24582024
Lawrence WR, Kucharska-Newton AM, Magnani JW, Brewer LC, Shiels MS, George KM, Lutsey PL, Jenkins BD, Sullivan KJ, Carson AP, Freedman ND, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage Across the Life Course and Premature Mortality. JAMA network open, 2024 Aug 1;7(8):e24262432024
Bessen SY, Zhang W, Huang AR, Arnold M, Burgard S, Chisolm TH, Couper D, Deal JA, Faucette SP, Goman AM, Glynn NW, Gmelin T, Gravens-Mueller L, Hayden KM, Mitchell CM, Pankow JS, Pike JR, Reed NS, Sanchez VA, Schrack JA, Sullivan KJ, Coresh J, Lin FR, Martinez-Amezcua P, ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group, Effect of Hearing Intervention Versus Health Education Control on Fatigue: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2024 Nov 1;79(11)2024
Lu Y, Pike JR, Chen J, Walker KA, Sullivan KJ, Thyagarajan B, Mielke MM, Lutsey PL, Knopman D, Gottesman RF, Sharrett AR, Coresh J, Mosley TH, Palta P, Changes in Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarkers and Associations With Incident All-Cause Dementia. JAMA, 2024 Oct 15;332(15):1258-12692024
Huang J, Sullivan KJ, Vijayakumar V, Differences in [(123)I]Ioflupane Striatal Binding Between African American and White Patients. Journal of nuclear medicine technology, 2024 Jun 5;52(2):137-1432024
Johnson KE, Li H, Zhang M, Springer MV, Galecki AT, Whitney RT, Gottesman RF, Hayward RA, Sidney S, Elkind MSV, Longstreth WT Jr, Heckbert SR, Gerber Y, Sullivan KJ, Levine DA, Cumulative Systolic Blood Pressure and Incident Stroke Type Variation by Race and Ethnicity. JAMA network open, 2024 May 1;7(5):e2485022024
Bleiweis MS, Sharaf OM, Philip J, Peek GJ, Stukov Y, Janelle GM, Pitkin AD, Sullivan KJ, Nixon CS, Neal D, Jacobs JP, A single-institutional experience with 36 children less than 5 kilograms supported with the Berlin Heart: Comparison of congenital versus acquired heart disease. Cardiology in the young, 2024 Jun;34(6):1342-13492024
Ma Y, Zhang Y, Coresh J, Viswanathan A, Sullivan KJ, Walker KA, Liu C, Lipsitz LA, Selvin E, Sharrett AR, Gottesman RF, Blacker D, Hofman A, Windham BG, Juraschek SP, Orthostatic Blood Pressure Change, Dizziness, and Risk of Dementia in the ARIC Study. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2024 Jan;81(1):96-1062024
Skow LF, Sharrett AR, Gottesman RF, Coresh J, Deal JA, Palta P, Sullivan KJ, Griswold ME, Schrack JA, Windham BG, Mid-Life Vascular Risk and Rate of Physical Function Decline Among Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2024 Feb 1;79(2)2024
Ducca EL, Gomez GT, Palta P, Sullivan KJ, Jack CR, Knopman DS, Gottesman RF, Walston J, Windham BG, Walker KA, Physical Frailty and Brain White Matter Abnormalities: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2023 Feb 24;78(2):357-3642023
Full KM, Pusalavidyasagar S, Palta P, Sullivan KJ, Shin JI, Gottesman RF, Spira AP, Pase MP, Lutsey PL, Associations of Late-Life Sleep Medication Use With Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2023 Mar 1;78(3):438-4462023
Windham BG, Griswold ME, Ranadive R, Sullivan KJ, Mosley TH, Mielke MM, Jack CR, Knopman D, Petersen R, Vemuri P, Relationships of Cerebral Perfusion With Gait Speed Across Systolic Blood Pressure Levels and Age: A Cohort Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2023 Mar 1;78(3):514-5202023
Martinez-Amezcua P, Garcia Morales E, Gabriel KP, Dooley EE, Hornikel B, Coresh J, Lin FR, Pankow JS, Sharrett AR, Schrack JA, Sullivan KJ, Reed N, Deal JA, Palta P, The Association Between Midlife Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Hearing Loss in Late Life in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2023 Jul 8;78(7):1292-12992023
Duggan MR, Butler L, Peng Z, Daya GN, Moghekar A, An Y, Rapp SR, Hayden KM, Shadyab AH, Natale G, Liu L, Snetselaar L, Moaddel R, Rebholz CM, Sullivan K, Ballantyne CM, Resnick SM, Ferrucci L, Walker KA, Plasma proteins related to inflammatory diet predict future cognitive impairment. Molecular psychiatry, 2023 Apr;28(4):1599-16092023
Shrestha S, Zhu X, London SJ, Sullivan KJ, Lutsey PL, Windham BG, Griswold ME, Mosley TH Jr, Association of Lung Function With Cognitive Decline and Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. American journal of epidemiology, 2023 Oct 10;192(10):1637-16462023
Shrestha S, Zhu X, Sullivan KJ, Blackshear C, Deal JA, Sharrett AR, Kamath V, Schneider ALC, Jack CR, Huang J, Palta P, Reid RI, Knopman DS, Gottesman RF, Chen H, Windham BG, Griswold ME, Mosley TH Jr, Association of Olfaction and Microstructural Integrity of Brain Tissue in Community-Dwelling Adults: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study. Neurology, 2023 Sep 26;101(13):e1328-e13402023
Johnson EL, Sullivan KJ, Schneider ALC, Simino J, Mosley TH, Kucharska-Newton A, Knopman DS, Gottesman RF, Association of Plasma Aβ(42)/Aβ(40) Ratio and Late-Onset Epilepsy: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology, 2023 Sep 26;101(13):e1319-e13272023
Shrestha S, Zhu X, Kamath V, Sullivan KJ, Deal JA, Sharrett AR, Schneider ALC, Palta P, Gottesman RF, Windham BG, Mosley TH, Griswold ME, Chen H, Factors Associated with Poor Olfaction and Olfactory Decline in Older Adults in the ARIC Neurocognitive Study. Nutrients, 2023 Aug 19;15(16)2023
Walker KA, Chen J, Shi L, Yang Y, Fornage M, Zhou L, Schlosser P, Surapaneni A, Grams ME, Duggan MR, Peng Z, Gomez GT, Tin A, Hoogeveen RC, Sullivan KJ, Ganz P, Lindbohm JV, Kivimaki M, Nevado-Holgado AJ, Buckley N, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J, Proteomics analysis of plasma from middle-aged adults identifies protein markers of dementia risk in later life. Science translational medicine, 2023 Jul 19;15(705):eadf56812023
Tin A, Sullivan KJ, Walker KA, Bressler J, Talluri R, Yu B, Simino J, Gudmundsdottir V, Emilsson V, Jennings LL, Launer L, Mei H, Boerwinkle E, Windham BG, Gottesman R, Gudnason V, Coresh J, Fornage M, Mosley TH, Proteomic Analysis Identifies Circulating Proteins Associated With Plasma Amyloid-β and Incident Dementia. Biological psychiatry global open science, 2023 Jul;3(3):490-4992023
Gomez GT, Gottesman RF, Gabriel KP, Palta P, Gross AL, Soldan A, Albert MS, Sullivan KJ, Jack CR Jr, Knopman DS, Windham BG, Walker KA, The association of motoric cognitive risk with incident dementia and neuroimaging characteristics: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022 Mar;18(3):434-4442022
Wang W, Norby FL, Alonso A, Gottesman RF, Jack CR Jr, Meyer ML, Knopman DS, Sullivan KJ, Hughes TM, Lakshminarayan K, Lutsey PL, Association of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness with Brain MRI Markers in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS). Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 2022 May;31(5):1063882022
Tin A, Bressler J, Simino J, Sullivan KJ, Mei H, Windham BG, Griswold M, Gottesman RF, Boerwinkle E, Fornage M, Mosley TH, Genetic Risk, Midlife Life's Simple 7, and Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology, 2022 Jul 11;99(2):e154-e1632022
Hu X, Mok Y, Ding N, Sullivan KJ, Lutsey PL, Schrack JA, Palta P, Matsushita K, Physical Function and Subsequent Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2022 Sep 6;11(17):e0257802022
Sullivan KJ, Liu A, Chang CH, Cohen AD, Lopresti BJ, Minhas DS, Laymon CM, Klunk WE, Aizenstein H, Nadkarni NK, Loewenstein D, Kamboh MI, Ganguli M, Snitz BE, Alzheimer's disease pathology in a community-based sample of older adults without dementia: The MYHAT neuroimaging study. Brain imaging and behavior, 2021 Jun;15(3):1355-13632021
Sullivan KJ, Ranadive R, Su D, Neyland BR, Hughes TM, Hugenschmidt CE, Lockhart SN, Wong DF, Jack CR Jr, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH Jr, Griswold ME, Windham BG, Imaging-based indices of Neuropathology and gait speed decline in older adults: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Brain imaging and behavior, 2021 Oct;15(5):2387-23962021
Sullivan KJ, Ran X, Wu F, Chang CH, Sharma R, Jacobsen E, Berman S, Snitz BE, Sekikawa A, Talbott EO, Ganguli M, Ambient fine particulate matter exposure and incident mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021 Aug;69(8):2185-21942021
Walker KA, Chen J, Zhang J, Fornage M, Yang Y, Zhou L, Grams ME, Tin A, Daya N, Hoogeveen RC, Wu A, Sullivan KJ, Ganz P, Zeger SL, Gudmundsson EF, Emilsson V, Launer LJ, Jennings LL, Gudnason V, Chatterjee N, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J, Large-scale plasma proteomic analysis identifies proteins and pathways associated with dementia risk. Nature aging, 2021 May;1(5):473-4892021
Martinez-Amezcua P, Powell D, Kuo PL, Reed NS, Sullivan KJ, Palta P, Szklo M, Sharrett R, Schrack JA, Lin FR, Deal JA, Association of Age-Related Hearing Impairment With Physical Functioning Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the US. JAMA network open, 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e21137422021
Sullivan KJ, Blackshear C, Simino J, Tin A, Walker KA, Sharrett AR, Younkin S, Gottesman RF, Mielke MM, Knopman D, Windham BG, Griswold ME, Mosley TH, Association of Midlife Plasma Amyloid-β Levels With Cognitive Impairment in Late Life: The ARIC Neurocognitive Study. Neurology, 2021 Sep 14;97(11):e1123-e11312021
Ganguli M, Beer JC, Zmuda JM, Ryan CM, Sullivan KJ, Chang CH, Rao RH, Aging, Diabetes, Obesity, and Cognitive Decline: A Population-Based Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020 May;68(5):991-9982020
Sullivan KJ, Liu A, Dodge HH, Andreescu C, Chang CH, Ganguli M, Depression Symptoms Declining Among Older Adults: Birth Cohort Analyses From the Rust Belt. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2020 Jan;28(1):99-1072020
Ganguli M, Jia Y, Hughes TF, Snitz BE, Chang CH, Berman SB, Sullivan KJ, Kamboh MI, Mild Cognitive Impairment that Does Not Progress to Dementia: A Population-Based Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2019 Feb;67(2):232-2382019
Sullivan KJ, Dodge HH, Hughes TF, Chang CH, Zhu X, Liu A, Ganguli M, Declining Incident Dementia Rates Across Four Population-Based Birth Cohorts. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2019 Aug 16;74(9):1439-14452019
Dearborn PJ, Elias MF, Sullivan KJ, Sullivan CE, Robbins MA, Poorer Visual Acuity Is Associated with Declines in Cognitive Performance Across Multiple Cognitive Domains: The Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2018 Aug;24(7):746-7542018
Crichton GE, Elias MF, Davey A, Sullivan KJ, Robbins MA, Higher HDL cholesterol is associated with better cognitive function: the Maine-Syracuse study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2014 Nov;20(10):961-702014
Tin A, Walker KA, Bressler J, Windham BG, Griswold M, Sullivan K, Wu A, Gottesman R, Fornage M, Coresh J, Sharrett AR, Folsom AR, Mosley TH, Association between Circulating Protein C Levels and Incident Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neuroepidemiology, 2021;55(4):306-315
Johansen MC, Nyquist P, Sullivan KJ, Fornage M, Gottesman RF, Becker DM, Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease in Individuals with a Family History of Coronary Heart Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neuroepidemiology, 2021;55(4):316-322
Windham BG, Parker SB, Zhu X, Gabriel KP, Palta P, Sullivan KJ, Parker KG, Knopman DS, Gottesman RF, Griswold ME, Mosley TH Jr, Endurance and gait speed relationships with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2022;14(1):e12281
Shrestha S, Zhu X, Sullivan KJ, Simino J, Lutsey PL, Gottesman RF, London SJ, Griswold ME, Mosley TH, Lung Function and Brain MRI Outcomes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2024;100(1):297-308
Wang Y, Sharrett AR, Schneider ALC, Knopman D, Hu J, Gottesman R, Sullivan KJ, Coresh J, Timing of Cognitive Test Score Decline Prior to Incident Dementia Diagnosis in Blacks and Whites: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study. Neuroepidemiology, 2024;58(1):23-30
Sedaghat S, Ji Y, Hughes TM, Coresh J, Grams ME, Folsom AR, Sullivan KJ, Murray AM, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Lutsey PL, The Association of Kidney Function with Plasma Amyloid-β Levels and Brain Amyloid Deposition. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023;92(1):229-239

Presentations

Platform Presentations, Mid-Life Vascular Risk and Rate of Physical Function Decline Among Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA03/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Brain-Heart Connection, Brain Health Inequities Symposium presented by the Brain Health Goal Group of the Alzheimers State Plan, Jackson, MS03/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Latest Research Trends, Alzheimers State Planning Summit (2023) for the State of Mississippi Strategic Plan for Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias, Jackson, MS2023
Platform Presentations, Olfactory Impairment and Microstructural Integrity of the Brain in the ARIC Study, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Indianapolis, IN11/2022
Poster Presentation, Relationships of Cerebral Perfusion with Gait Speed Across Age and Systolic Blood Pressure Levels, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Indianapolis, IN11/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mississippi Leads the Way: Advances in Alzheimers and Dementia Research, MIND Center Annual Conference on Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias, Jackson, MS10/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Latest Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementia Research Trends: Biomarkers and Function, MIND Center Continuing Medical Education Seminar A Comprehensive Approach to Alzheimers and Dementia Care, Ridgeland, MS08/2022
Poster Presentation, Association of Spousal Separation and Widowhood with Incident Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Neurocognitive Study (NCS), Alzheimers Association International Conference, San Diego, CA07/2022
Platform Presentations, Midlife Plasma Proteome-Wide Analysis Identifies Plasma Biomarkers For 25-Year Dementia Risk Linked To Diverse Pathophysiology, Alzheimers Association International Conference, San Diego, CA07/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Midlife Plasma Proteome-Wide Analysis Identifies Peripheral Immune Networks Associated With 25-Year Dementia Risk, Alzheimers Association International Conference, San Diego, CA07/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Research Update from the MIND Center, The Partnership for Healthy Mississippi Power Hour, Jackson, MS05/2022
Poster Presentation, Characterizing Factors Associated with Lower Cerebral Perfusion: Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, American Geriatrics Society Meeting, Orlando, FL05/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interdisciplinary Approach to TBI Research & Rehabilitation Expert Panel Discussion, Mississippi Neurotrauma Symposium: Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, Jackson, MS03/2022
Poster Presentation, Physical Frailty and White Matter Abnormalities: The ARIC Study, International Neuropsychological Society Conference, New Orleans, LA02/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update on Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimers disease and Related Dementias, MIND Center Neuro-Epi Core Meeting, Jackson, MS2022
Poster Presentation, Lung Function and Dementia Risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Virtual Event11/2021
Platform Presentations, Regional Microstructural Integrity in Relation to Gait Speed: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Virtual Event11/2021
Poster Presentation, Midlife Infarct Burden and Risk of Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study, Alzheimers Association International Conference, Denver, CO07/2021
Poster Presentation, Sleep Medication Use and Increased Risk of Dementia in The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Virtual Event06/2021
Poster Presentation, Silent Small-vessel Cerebrovascular Disease in Individuals With a Family History of Coronary Heart Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, Virtual Event05/2021
Poster Presentation, Physical Function and Subsequent Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, Virtual Event05/2021
Poster Presentation, Greater Late-life Physical Function Declines Among Older Adults With Higher Blood Pressure in Mid-life: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, Virtual Event05/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Peripheral markers and functional signs of Alzheimers disease, Center for Aging and Population Health Epidemiology of Aging Workshop Series, Pittsburgh, PA04/2021
Poster Presentation, The Association of Motoric Cognitive Risk with White Matter Hyperintensities and Microstructural Properties, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Virtual Event04/2021
Poster Presentation, Racial Difference of [123I] Ioflupane Uptakes in Patients with Tremor and Parkinsonian Syndrome: A Retrospective Chart Review Study, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Virtual Event04/2021
Platform Presentations, Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Mild Cogntiive Impairment Symposium, Virtual Event02/2021
Platform Presentations, The Association Between Hearing and Physical Functioning in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Virtual Event11/2020
Platform Presentations, Midlife Plasma AB and Late-Life Risk of Cognitive Impairment: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Virtual Event11/2020
Platform Presentations, The Association of Motoric Cognitive Risk with Neuroimaging and Incident Dementia: The ARIC Study, Annual Meeting of the American Neurology Association, Virtual Event10/2020
Poster Presentation, Relationship between a Composite Measure of Sleep Health and Bone Mineral Density in a Sample of Older Women from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, Sleep, Virtual Event08/2020
Platform Presentations, Large-scale plasma proteomic analysis identifies proteins and biological pathways associated with incident dementia, Alzheimers Association International Conference, Virtual Event07/2020
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interpreting Statistics and Methods in Aging Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Geriatrics Meeting, Jackson, MS01/2020
Poster Presentation, Neuropathology and Gait Speed Decline in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, Gerontological Society of America Conference, Austin, TX11/2019
Poster Presentation, Alzheimers Disease Pathology in a Community-Based Sample of Older Adults Without Dementia: A Population-Neuroscience Approach, Alzheimers Association International Conference, Los Angeles, CA07/2019
Poster Presentation, Depressive Symptoms on the Decline in Older Adults: Birth Cohort Analyses from the Rust Belt, American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Conference, Atlanta GA03/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Birth Cohort Effects in the Monongahela Valley: Exploring the Decline in Incident Dementia Rates, University of Pittsburgh Alzheimers Disease Research Center Topics at Noon Series, Pittsburgh, PA02/2019
Poster Presentation, Declining Dementia Incidence Rate: Birth Cohort Analyses from the MoVIES and MYHAT Studies, Alzheimers Association International Conference, Chicago, IL07/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Birth Cohort Trends in Dementia Incidence, Center for Aging and Population Health Epidemiology of Aging Workshop Series, Pittsburgh, PA04/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Case Presentations on Alzheimers Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Mild Cognitive Impairment from the MSLS, Maine Geriatrics Conference, Bar Harbor, ME06/2015
Workshop, Introduction to Logistic Regression, University of Maine Department of Psychology Professional Seminar series, Orono, ME04/2015
Poster Presentation, The Role of Arterial Stiffness in Relating Lipoprotein Levels to Executive Functioning and Working Memory, Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium, Salisbury Cove, ME04/2015
Poster Presentation, Arterial stiffness is unrelated to number of antihypertensive medication classes used to normalize blood pressure with control for cardiovascular risk factors, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions, Baltimore, MD03/2015
Workshop, Introduction to Statistical Analysis using SPSS, Unversity of Maine Department of Psychology, Orono, ME02/2015
Platform Presentations, A Prospective Analysis of Lipoproteins and Cognitive Function: Protective and Risk Factors from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study, Maine Society for Neuroscience Conference, Orono, ME11/2014
Poster Presentation, Cholesterol and cognitive function in the elderly, Maine Society for Neuroscience Conference, Orono, ME11/2014
Poster Presentation, Relating lipoprotein levels and cognitive function in adults over 60, Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Lewiston, ME08/2014
Poster Presentation, Lower cognitive performance in treatment resistant hypertension: The Maine-Syracuse longitudinal study, Annual Meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Lewiston, ME08/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Arterial Stiffness is a Mechanism Relating Lipoprotein Levels to Cognitive Function, University of Maine Department of Psychology Professional Seminar Series, Orono, ME04/2014
Platform Presentations, Relation of Lipoprotein Levels to Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Maine-Syracuse Study, Mainely Data Conference, Orono, ME04/2014
Poster Presentation, Cardiovascular variables related to treatment resistant hypertension, Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium, Salisbury Cove, ME04/2014
Poster Presentation, Arterial stiffness is associated with failure to control blood pressure with hypertensive medications: The Maine-Syracuse study, Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium, Salisbury Cove, ME04/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Arterial Stiffness is associated with Failure to Control Hypertension, University of Maine Department of Psychology Professional Seminar Series, Orono, ME11/2013
Poster Presentation, Relations among lipid levels and cognition: The Maine-Syracuse study, Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium, Salisbury Cove, ME04/2013

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Janet Waldron Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maine2015
Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship, University of Maine2014

Professional Membership and Service

American Geriatrics Society, Member2021 - Present
Gerontological Society of America, Member2018 - Present
Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment, Member2018 - Present

Committee Service

ARIC Labs Committee, Member2023 - Present
Strategic Plan for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Research Group, Member2023 - Present
MIND Center Studies Recruitment and Retention Committee, Member2021 - Present
ARIC Biomarkers Working Group, Co-Chair2021 - Present
MIND Center Mayo Clinic Study of Aging Labs and Biospecimen Committee, Chair2021 - Present
ARIC Representative - Alzheimer's Cohorts Consortium, Member2020 - Present
ARIC Neuroimaging Working Group, Member2019 - Present
MIND Center Mayo Clinic Study of Aging Operations Committee, Co-Chair2019 - Present
ARIC Publications Committee, Reviewer: Review ARIC manuscripts for internal approval prior to journal submission2019 - Present
University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology Curriculum Committee - Departmental Core Subcommittee, Member2018 - 2019
University of Maine Graduate Student Government, Psychology Department Representative - Finance Committee2014 - 2015

Community Service

Millsaps College: Career Development Seminar for Undergraduate Neuroscience and Psychology Majors, Presenter02/2023 - 02/2023
CAST Program Volunteer Underprivileged High School Tutor, Tutor09/2009 - 05/2010

Other Service

American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting02/2023 - Present
The Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences06/2022 - Present
Alzheimers Association International Conference03/2022 - Present
Cancer Center Research Institute Intramural Research Support Program10/2021 - 11/2021
Gerontological Society of America Conference, Conference Abstract Reviewer06/2019 - Present
Brain Imaging and Behavior
Alzheimers Research and Therapy
Neurology
Neurobiology of Aging
Scientific Reports
Environmental Research
American Journal of Hypertension
Alzheimers and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment, & Disease Monitoring
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Central Asian Journal of Global Health
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Alzheimers Disease and Associated Disorders
Journal of Alzheimers Disease
Hypertension
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Experimental Aging Research

Directed Student Learning

Research Advisor, Advised: Lindsey Bailey2022 - Present
Research Advisor, Advised: Jamesia Kenney2022 - Present
Research Advisor, Advised: Harshin Sanjanwala2022 - Present
Research Advisor, Advised: Nazm Rahat2022 - Present
Research Advisor, Advised: Elelia Phillips2020 - 2022

Residency Training

Psychology Internship Training Program, Research Advisor2020 - 07/2021