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Overview

John L. Woodard is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Physiology, and Neurology.

Woodard's research spans several primary topics including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020), published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • "Defining a Centiloid scale threshold predicting long-term progression to dementia in patients attending the memory clinic: an [18F] flutemetamol amyloid PET study" (2020), European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • "Total Synthesis of Micrococcin P1 through Scalable Thiazole Forming Reactions of Cysteine Derivatives and Nitriles" (2020), Organic Letters
  • "Forward-focused coping predicts better mental health outcomes in mid- to late-life during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021), Aging & Mental Health
  • "Episodic Memory and Hippocampal Volume Predict 5-Year Mild Cognitive Impairment Conversion in Healthy Apolipoprotein ε4 Carriers" (2020), Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Woodard has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Allison C. Moll
  • Voyko Kavcic
  • Bruno Giordani
  • Daniel D. Callow
  • Bernard Hanseeuw

Best Publications

  • The mental health benefits of physical activity in older adults survive the COVID-19 pandemic

    Daniel D. Callow;Naomi A. Arnold-Nedimala;Leslie S. Jordan;Gabriel S. Pena

  • Relationship between Serum and Brain Carotenoids, α-Tocopherol, and Retinol Concentrations and Cognitive Performance in the Oldest Old from the Georgia Centenarian Study.

    Elizabeth J. Johnson;Rohini Vishwanathan;Mary Ann Johnson;Dorothy B. Hausman

  • Screening for Major Depression in Epilepsy with Common Self-report Depression Inventories

    Jana E. Jones;Bruce P. Hermann;John L. Woodard;John J. Barry

  • Functional Outcome of Cognitively Impaired Hip Fracture Patients on a Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit

    Felicia C. Goldstein;Dale C. Strasser;John L. Woodard;Vicki J. Roberts

  • Physical activity reduces hippocampal atrophy in elders at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

    J. Carson Smith;Kristy A. Nielson;Kristy A. Nielson;John L. Woodard;Michael Seidenberg

  • The Georgia Centenarian Study

    Leonard W. Poon;Gloria M. Clayton;Peter Martin;Mary Ann Johnson

  • Depression and disability in Parkinson's disease.

    Steven A. Cole;John L. Woodard;Jorge L. Juncos;Jennifer L. Kogos

  • Examination of age-related deficits on the Wisconsin card sorting test

    Nathanael M. Fristoe;Timothy A. Salthouse;John L. Woodard

  • Resting State Functional Connectivity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury at the Acute Stage: Independent Component and Seed-Based Analyses

    Armin Iraji;Randall R. Benson;Robert D. Welch;Brian J. O'Neil

  • Methodological Considerations in Studying Centenarians: Lessons Learned From the Georgia Centenarian Studies.

    Leonard W Poon;Michal Jazwinski;Robert C Green;John L Woodard

  • Interactive Effects of Physical Activity and APOE-ε4 on BOLD Semantic Memory Activation in Healthy Elders

    J. Carson Smith;Kristy A. Nielson;Kristy A. Nielson;John L. Woodard;Michael Seidenberg

  • Who seeks genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer's disease? Findings from a multisite, randomized clinical trial.

    J. Scott Roberts;Melissa Barber;Tamsen M. Brown;L. Adrienne Cupples

  • Semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    John L. Woodard;Michael Seidenberg;Kristy A. Nielson;Kristy A. Nielson;Piero Antuono

  • Medial temporal lobe activity for recognition of recent and remote famous names: an event-related fMRI study.

    Kelli Douville;John L. Woodard;Michael Seidenberg;Sarah K. Miller

  • Brain pathologies in extreme old age

    Janna H. Neltner;Erin L. Abner;Gregory A. Jicha;Frederick A. Schmitt

  • Czech version of Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test: Normative data

    Ondrej Bezdicek;Hana Stepankova;Ladislav Moták;Bradley N. Axelrod

  • Interrater reliability in scoring the Wisconsin card sorting test.

    Bradley N. Axelrod;Robert S. Goldman;John L. Woodard

  • Physical activity and brain function in older adults at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease

    J. Carson Smith;Kristy A. Nielson;John L. Woodard;Michael Seidenberg

  • Analysis of an abbreviated form of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.

    Bradley N. Axelrod;John L. Woodard;Rolando R. Henry

  • Combining Biochemical and Imaging Markers to Improve Diagnosis and Characterization of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Setting: Results from a Pilot Study

    Zhifeng Kou;Ramtilak Gattu;Firas Kobeissy;Robert D. Welch

  • Controlled and Automatic Forms of Memory and Attention: Process Purity and the Uniqueness of Age-Related Influences

    Timothy A. Salthouse;Jeffrey P. Toth;Holly E. Hancock;John L. Woodard

  • Understanding Centenarians' Psychosocial Dynamics and Their Contributions to Health and Quality of Life

    Leonard W. Poon;Peter Martin;Alex Bishop;Jinmyoung Cho

  • Lifestyle and genetic contributions to cognitive decline and hippocampal structure and function in healthy aging

    John L. Woodard;Michael A. Sugarman;Kristy A. Nielson;Kristy A. Nielson;J. Carson Smith;J. Carson Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristy A. Nielson
Kristy A. Nielson Marquette University
Stephen M. Rao
Stephen M. Rao Cleveland Clinic
Leonard W. Poon
Leonard W. Poon University of Georgia
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware
Peter Martin
Peter Martin Iowa State University
L. Stephen Miller
L. Stephen Miller University of Georgia
Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
Bradley N. Axelrod
Bradley N. Axelrod United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University
Mark A. Batzer
Mark A. Batzer Louisiana State University

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