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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
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Overview

Joel H. Kramer is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Medicine, with a focus on Neurology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Sleep and related disorders

Kramer's recent publications reflect a focus on neurodegenerative diseases, brain injury outcomes, and sleep quality. Selected papers are:

  • Comorbid neuropathological diagnoses in early versus late-onset Alzheimer's disease (2021, Brain)
  • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) responses are modulated by total sleep time and wake after sleep onset in healthy older adults (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Right temporal degeneration and socioemotional semantics: semantic behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (2022, Brain)
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging Reveals Elevated Diffusivity of White Matter Microstructure that Is Independently Associated with Long-Term Outcome after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A TRACK-TBI Study (2022, Journal of Neurotrauma)
  • High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein is a Prognostic Biomarker of Six-Month Disability after Traumatic Brain Injury: Results from the TRACK-TBI Study (2020, Journal of Neurotrauma)

Frequent coauthors contributing to Kramer's work include:

  • Bruce L. Miller
  • William W. Seeley
  • Lea T. Grinberg
  • Howard J. Rosen
  • Gil D. Rabinovici

Kramer often publishes in venues notable for neurology and neurodegenerative research. These publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Brain
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.

    Katya Rascovsky;John R. Hodges;David Knopman;Mario F. Mendez

  • Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System

    Dean C. Delis;Edith Kaplan;Joel H. Kramer

  • Tau PET patterns mirror clinical and neuroanatomical variability in Alzheimer's disease.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Rik Ossenkoppele;Rik Ossenkoppele;Daniel R. Schonhaut;Daniel R. Schonhaut;Michael Schöll;Michael Schöll;Samuel N. Lockhart

  • Divergent network connectivity changes in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Juan Zhou;Michael D. Greicius;Efstathios D. Gennatas;Matthew E. Growdon

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Patterns of brain atrophy in frontotemporal dementia and semantic dementia.

    Howard J. Rosen;M. L. Gorno-Tempini;W. P. Goldman;R. J. Perry

  • Are amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients cognitively normal

    C. Lomen-Hoerth;J. Murphy;S. Langmore;J. H. Kramer

  • California Verbal Learning Test

    Dean C. Delis;John Freeland;Joel H. Kramer;Edith Kaplan

  • Predicting regional neurodegeneration from the healthy brain functional connectome.

    Juan Zhou;Efstathios D. Gennatas;Joel H. Kramer;Bruce L. Miller

  • Tau pathology and neurodegeneration contribute to cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease.

    Alexandre Bejanin;Daniel R Schonhaut;Renaud La Joie;Joel H Kramer

  • Diagnostic value of plasma phosphorylated tau181 in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

    Elisabeth H. Thijssen;Elisabeth H. Thijssen;Renaud La Joie;Amy Wolf;Amelia Strom

  • Reliability and validity of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System: an update.

    Dean C. Delis;Joel H. Kramer;Edith Kaplan;James Holdnack

  • Version 3 of the Alzheimer Disease Centers' Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set (UDS)

    Sandra Weintraub;Lilah Besser;Hiroko H. Dodge;Merilee Teylan

  • Diffusion tensor imaging of cingulum fibers in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease

    Y. Zhang;N. Schuff;G. H. Jahng;W. Bayne

  • Frontal paralimbic network atrophy in very mild behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.

    William W. Seeley;Richard Crawford;Katya Rascovsky;Joel H. Kramer

  • The behavioural/dysexecutive variant of Alzheimer's disease: clinical, neuroimaging and pathological features.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Yolande A. L. Pijnenburg;David C. Perry;Brendan I. Cohn-Sheehy

  • Distinctive neuropsychological patterns in frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia, and Alzheimer disease.

    Joel H. Kramer;Jennifer Jurik;Sharon J. Sha;Kate P. Rankin

  • Different regional patterns of cortical thinning in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia

    An-Tao Du;Norbert Schuff;Joel H. Kramer;Howard J. Rosen

  • Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 and phosphorylated tau 181 as biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration: a retrospective diagnostic performance study.

    Elisabeth H Thijssen;Renaud La Joie;Amelia Strom;Corrina Fonseca

  • Profiles of demented and amnesic patients on the California verbal learning test : implications for the assessment of memory disorders

    Dean C. Delis;Paul J. Massman;Nelson Butters;David P. Salmon

  • Integrating Clinical Assessment with Cognitive Neuroscience: Construct Validation of the California Verbal Learning Test.

    Dean C. Delis;John Freeland;Joel H. Kramer;Edith Kaplan

  • California Verbal Learning Test--Second Edition

    Dean C. Delis;Joel H. Kramer;Edith Kaplan;Beth A. Ober

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce L. Miller
Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
Howard J. Rosen
Howard J. Rosen University of California, San Francisco
Gil D. Rabinovici
Gil D. Rabinovici University of California, San Francisco
William W. Seeley
William W. Seeley University of California, San Francisco
Katherine P. Rankin
Katherine P. Rankin University of California, San Francisco
Norbert Schuff
Norbert Schuff University of California, San Francisco
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini
Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini University of California, San Francisco
Kristine Yaffe
Kristine Yaffe University of California, San Francisco
Giovanni Coppola
Giovanni Coppola University of California, Los Angeles

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