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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association
  • 2017 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Claudia H. Kawas is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work concentrates on several main research topics including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Kawas has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurology
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurobiology of Aging

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kawas include:

  • LATE-NC staging in routine neuropathologic diagnosis: an update, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Frequency of LATE neuropathologic change across the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease neuropathology: combined data from 13 community-based or population-based autopsy cohorts, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Early Selective Vulnerability of the CA2 Hippocampal Subfield in Primary Age-Related Tauopathy, 2020, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • Aggregated Tau Measured by Visual Interpretation of Flortaucipir Positron Emission Tomography and the Associated Risk of Clinical Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Exosomal tau with seeding activity is released from Alzheimer's disease synapses, and seeding potential is associated with amyloid beta, 2021, Laboratory Investigation

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers, including frequent co-authors such as María M. Corrada, S. Ahmad Sajjadi, Thomas J. Montine, Davis C. Woodworth, and Syed Bukhari.

Claudia H. Kawas has been recognized with awards including the Sedgwick Memorial Medal from the American Public Health Association in 2017 and the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases awarded by the American Academy of Neurology the same year.

Best Publications

  • The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    Guy M. McKhann;Guy M. McKhann;David S. Knopman;Howard Chertkow;Bradley T. Hyman

  • The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    G.M. McKhann;D.S. Knopman;H. Chertkow;B.T. Hyman

  • Projections of Alzheimer's disease in the United States and the public health impact of delaying disease onset.

    Ron Brookmeyer;Sarah Gray;Claudia Kawas

  • Risk of Alzheimer's disease and duration of NSAID use

    Stewart Wf;Kawas C;Corrada M;Metter Ej

  • Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE): consensus working group report.

    Peter T. Nelson;Dennis W. Dickson;John Q. Trojanowski;Clifford R. Jack

  • Estrogen Replacement Therapy for Treatment of Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    R. A. Mulnard;C. W. Cotman;C. Kawas;C. H. Van Dyck

  • A prospective study of estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

    Claudia Kawas;S. Resnick;A. Morrison;R. Brookmeyer

  • Plasma phospholipids identify antecedent memory impairment in older adults

    Mark Mapstone;Amrita K Cheema;Massimo S Fiandaca;Xiaogang Zhong

  • Prevalence and classification of mild cognitive impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study: part 1.

    Oscar L. Lopez;William J. Jagust;Steven T. DeKosky;James T. Becker

  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter study of tacrine for Alzheimer's disease. The Tacrine Collaborative Study Group.

    K. L. Davis;Leon J. Thal;E. R. Gamzu;C. S. Davis

  • Clinico-pathologic studies in dementia: nondemented subjects with pathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease.

    H. Crystal;D. Dickson;P. Fuld;D. Masur

  • Development of dementing illnesses in an 80-year-old volunteer cohort.

    R. Katzman;M. Aronson;P. Fuld;C. Kawas

  • Loss of the presynaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin in hippocampus correlates with cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease

    Chun I. Sze;Juan C. Troncoso;Claudia Kawas;Peter Mouton

  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Alzheimer's disease

    J. B. Rich;D. X. Rasmusson;M. F. Folstein;K. A. Carson

  • Age-specific incidence rates of Alzheimer's disease: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

    Claudia Kawas;S. M. Gray;S. M. Gray;R. Brookmeyer;J. Fozard

  • Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study: Part 2

    Oscar L. Lopez;William J. Jagust;Corinne Dulberg;James T. Becker

  • Dementia Incidence Continues to Increase with Age in the Oldest Old The 90+ Study

    María M. Corrada;Ron Brookmeyer;Annlia Paganini-Hill;Annlia Paganini-Hill;Daniel Berlau

  • The epidemiology of dementia and Alzheimer disease.

    Robert Katzman;Claudia Kawas

  • Memory impairment, executive dysfunction, and intellectual decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease.

    Ellen Grober;Charles B. Hall;Richard B. Lipton;Alan B. Zonderman

  • Modulation of amyloid β-protein clearance and Alzheimer’s disease susceptibility by the LDL receptor–related protein pathway

    David E. Kang;Claus U. Pietrzik;Larry Baum;Nathalie Chevallier

Frequent Co-Authors

Annlia Paganini-Hill
Annlia Paganini-Hill University of California, Irvine
Ron Brookmeyer
Ron Brookmeyer University of California, Los Angeles
Juan C. Troncoso
Juan C. Troncoso Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Steven T. DeKosky
Steven T. DeKosky University of Florida
Alan B. Zonderman
Alan B. Zonderman National Institutes of Health
Charles DeCarli
Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis
Susan M. Resnick
Susan M. Resnick National Institutes of Health
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Annette L. Fitzpatrick
Annette L. Fitzpatrick University of Washington

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