World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Rising Stars
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Rising Stars

D-Index
35
Citations
4432
World Ranking
842
National Ranking
136

Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
4945
World Ranking
9892
National Ranking
5219

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Kaitlin B. Casaletto is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with specific work spanning psychiatry and mental health, physiology, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Casaletto has contributed to multiple frequently publishing venues. These include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Neurobiology of Aging

Frequent co-authors have included Joel H. Kramer, Adam M. Staffaroni, Rowan Saloner, Emily W. Paolillo, and Bruce L. Miller.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Casaletto include:

  • "Blood factors transfer beneficial effects of exercise on neurogenesis and cognition to the aged brain" (2020, Science)
  • "Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality" (2024, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • "Temporal order of clinical and biomarker changes in familial frontotemporal dementia" (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • "Sex and gender differences in cognitive resilience to aging and Alzheimer's disease" (2024, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "Late-Life Physical and Cognitive Activities Independently Contribute to Brain and Cognitive Resilience" (2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)

Best Publications

  • Blood factors transfer beneficial effects of exercise on neurogenesis and cognition to the aged brain.

    Alana M. Horowitz;Xuelai Fan;Gregor Bieri;Lucas K. Smith

  • Neurocognitive Change in the Era of HIV Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: The Longitudinal CHARTER Study

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Scott Letendre

  • Reliability and Validity of Composite Scores from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in Adults

    Robert K. Heaton;Natacha Akshoomoff;David Tulsky;Dan M Mungas

  • Demographically Corrected Normative Standards for the English Version of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Anya Umlauf;Jennifer Beaumont;Richard Gershon

  • The Longitudinal Trajectory of Default Mode Network Connectivity in Healthy Older Adults Varies as a Function of Age and is Associated with Changes in Episodic Memory and Processing Speed

    Adam M. Staffaroni;Jesse A. Brown;Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Fanny M. Elahi

  • Plasma biomarkers of astrocytic and neuronal dysfunction in early- and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease

    Fanny M. Elahi;Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Renaud La Joie;Samantha M. Walters

  • Neuropsychological Assessment: Past and Future.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Robert K. Heaton

  • Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality

    Unknown

  • Neurogranin, a synaptic protein, is associated with memory independent of Alzheimer biomarkers.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Fanny M. Elahi;Brianne M. Bettcher;John Neuhaus

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma Levels of Inflammation Differentially Relate to CNS Markers of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology and Neuronal Damage

    Brianne M Bettcher;Sterling C Johnson;Ryan Fitch;Kaitlin B Casaletto

  • Increases in a Pro-inflammatory Chemokine, MCP-1, Are Related to Decreases in Memory Over Time.

    Brianne M. Bettcher;John Neuhaus;Matthew J. Wynn;Fanny M. Elahi

  • Late-Life Physical and Cognitive Activities Independently Contribute to Brain and Cognitive Resilience.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Miguel Arce Rentería;Judy Pa;Sarah E. Tom

  • A longitudinal characterization of perfusion in the aging brain and associations with cognition and neural structure.

    Adam M. Staffaroni;Yann Cobigo;Fanny M. Elahi;Kaitlin B. Casaletto

  • Sex differences in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: A new window to executive and behavioral reserve

    Ignacio Illán‐Gala;Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Sergi Borrego‐Écija;Eider M. Arenaza‐Urquijo

  • Validation of the NIH Toolbox in Individuals with Neurologic Disorders

    N. E. Carlozzi;S. Goodnight;K. B. Casaletto;A. Goldsmith

  • Individualized texting for adherence building (iTAB): improving antiretroviral dose timing among HIV-infected persons with co-occurring bipolar disorder.

    David J. Moore;Amelia Poquette;Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Ben Gouaux

  • Multimodal neuroimaging of sex differences in cognitively impaired patients on the Alzheimer's continuum: greater tau-PET retention in females.

    Lauren Edwards;Renaud La Joie;Leonardo Iaccarino;Amelia Strom

  • Cognitive aging is not created equally: differentiating unique cognitive phenotypes in "normal" adults.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Fanny M. Elahi;Adam M. Staffaroni;Samantha Walters

  • National Institutes of Health Toolbox Emotion Battery for English- and Spanish-speaking adults: normative data and factor-based summary scores.

    Ida Babakhanyan;Benjamin S McKenna;Kaitlin B Casaletto;Cindy J Nowinski

  • Demographically Corrected Normative Standards for the Spanish Language Version of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Anya Umlauf;Maria Marquine;Jennifer L. Beaumont

  • Retinal thinning is uniquely associated with medial temporal lobe atrophy in neurologically normal older adults.

    Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Michael E. Ward;Nicholas S. Baker;Brianne M. Bettcher

  • Performance of Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery: the roles of ethnicity and language backgrounds.

    Ilse Flores;Kaitlin B. Casaletto;Maria J. Marquine;Anya Umlauf

  • Construct validity of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in individuals with stroke.

    Noelle E. Carlozzi;David S. Tulsky;Timothy J. Wolf;Siera Goodnight

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel H. Kramer
Joel H. Kramer University of California, San Francisco
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Steven Paul Woods
Steven Paul Woods University of Houston
Richard Gershon
Richard Gershon Northwestern University
Laura B. Zahodne
Laura B. Zahodne University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David S. Tulsky
David S. Tulsky University of Delaware
Donald Franklin
Donald Franklin University of California, San Diego
Dan M Mungas
Dan M Mungas University of California, Davis
Kristine Yaffe
Kristine Yaffe University of California, San Francisco
Sandra Weintraub
Sandra Weintraub Northwestern University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing a psychology degree in the USA opens doors to a variety of career opportunities, both traditional and emerging. Many students are drawn to specialized fields that allow them to merge their interests with in-demand skills. For instance, if you’re curious about workplace dynamics and improving employee performance, explore what can you do with an industrial organizational psychology degree. This area offers roles in human resources, talent management, and organizational consulting.

It’s important to weigh your educational investment and future earning potential. Find out is a psychology degree worth it by considering factors such as job outlook, salary, and diverse career paths. For those interested in supporting students and school systems, learning about master's in educational psychology jobs can help you decide if specializing in this area aligns with your goals.

If you’re seeking cost-effective pathways, discover options for an affordable online masters in child and adolescent psychology. These programs are ideal for aspiring professionals eager to work with youth and make a difference in mental health services. Online degrees make it easier to advance your qualifications and enter rewarding psychology career pathways.

Best Scientists Citing Kaitlin B. Casaletto

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles