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2026

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
160
Citations
105325
World Ranking
99
National Ranking
57

Neuroscience

D-Index
166
Citations
118390
World Ranking
86
National Ranking
55

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Julie A. Schneider is affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of medicine, with significant contributions to neurology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and genetics.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Some of Julie A. Schneider's recent papers include:

  • "Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2-independent cellular responses in Alzheimer's disease" (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • "Single cell RNA sequencing of human microglia uncovers a subset associated with Alzheimer's disease" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study" (2022, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "To what degree is late life cognitive decline driven by age-related neuropathologies?" (2021, Brain)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • David A. Bennett
  • Philip L. De Jager
  • Lisa L. Barnes
  • Konstantinos Arfanakis
  • Sue E. Leurgans

Julie A. Schneider publishes regularly in specific scientific venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

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

In recognition of their academic career, the scientist was awarded the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Philip B. Gorelick;Angelo Scuteri;Sandra E. Black;Charles Decarli

  • National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease

    Bradley T. Hyman;Creighton H. Phelps;Thomas G. Beach;Eileen H. Bigio

  • National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach

    Thomas J. Montine;Creighton H. Phelps;Thomas G. Beach;Eileen H. Bigio

  • Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature

    Peter T Nelson;Irina Alafuzoff;Eileen H Bigio;Constantin Bouras

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • MIXED BRAIN PATHOLOGIES ACCOUNT FOR MOST DEMENTIA CASES IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER PERSONS

    Julie A. Schneider;Zoe Arvanitakis;Woojeong Bang;David A. Bennett

  • Demonstrated brain insulin resistance in Alzheimer’s disease patients is associated with IGF-1 resistance, IRS-1 dysregulation, and cognitive decline

    Konrad Talbot;Hoau-Yan Wang;Hala Kazi;Li-Ying Han

  • Participation in Cognitively Stimulating Activities and Risk of Incident Alzheimer Disease

    Robert S. Wilson;Carlos F. Mendes de Leon;Lisa L. Barnes;Julie A. Schneider

  • Loneliness and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

    Robert S. Wilson;Kristin R. Krueger;Steven E. Arnold;Julie A. Schneider

  • Primary age-related tauopathy (PART): a common pathology associated with human aging

    John F. Crary;John Q. Trojanowski;Julie A. Schneider;Jose F. Abisambra

  • Consumption of Fish and n-3 Fatty Acids and Risk of Incident Alzheimer Disease

    Marthac Clare Morris;Denis A. Evans;Julia L. Bienias;Christine C. Tangney

  • Neuropathology of older persons without cognitive impairment from two community-based studies

    D. A. Bennett;J. A. Schneider;Z. Arvanitakis;J. F. Kelly

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

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

  • Neuropathologic diagnostic and nosologic criteria for frontotemporal lobar degeneration: consensus of the Consortium for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

    Nigel J. Cairns;Eileen H. Bigio;Ian R A Mackenzie;Manuela Neumann

  • Natural history of mild cognitive impairment in older persons.

    D. A. Bennett;R. S. Wilson;J. A. Schneider;D. A. Evans

  • Religious Orders Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project.

    David A Bennett;Aron S Buchman;Patricia A Boyle;Lisa L Barnes

  • Use of Florbetapir-PET for Imaging β-Amyloid Pathology

    Christopher M. Clark;Julie A. Schneider;Barry J. Bedell;Thomas G. Beach

  • Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2-independent cellular responses in Alzheimer’s disease

    Yingyue Zhou;Wilbur M. Song;Prabhakar S. Andhey;Amanda Swain

  • 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

  • The neuropathology of probable Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment.

    Julie A. Schneider;Zoe Arvanitakis;Sue E. Leurgans;David A. Bennett

  • Individual differences in rates of change in cognitive abilities of older persons

    Robert S Wilson;Laurel A Beckett;Lisa L Barnes;Julie A Schneider

  • Alzheimer's disease: early alterations in brain DNA methylation at ANK1, BIN1, RHBDF2 and other loci.

    Philip Lawrence De Jager;Gyan Srivastava;Katie Lunnon;Jeremy Burgess

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Robert S. Wilson
Robert S. Wilson Rush University Medical Center
Sue Leurgans
Sue Leurgans Rush University Medical Center
Konstantinos Arfanakis
Konstantinos Arfanakis Illinois Institute of Technology
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Joshua M. Shulman
Joshua M. Shulman Baylor College of Medicine
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eric M. Reiman
Eric M. Reiman Arizona State University
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania

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