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Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

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Medicine

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Citations
46942
World Ranking
8784
National Ranking
4528

Overview

Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to subfields including psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, neurology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics related to aging and cognitive health, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Welsh-Bohmer include:

  • Safety and efficacy of pioglitazone for the delay of cognitive impairment in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease (TOMMORROW): a prognostic biomarker study and a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Multi-Omic analyses characterize the ceramide/sphingomyelin pathway as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Acoustofluidic multimodal diagnostic system for Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Differentiating among stages of cognitive impairment in aging: Version 3 of the Uniform Data Set (UDS) neuropsychological test battery and MoCA index scores, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Metabolic and Neurocognitive Changes Following Lifestyle Modification: Examination of Biomarkers from the ENLIGHTEN Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Welsh-Bohmer frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Brenda L. Plassman
  • Jeffrey N. Browndyke
  • James R. Burke
  • Andreas U. Monsch
  • Bruno Giordani

Their work is often published in prominent venues related to neurology and dementia research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Aerobic exercise and neurocognitive performance: a meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Patrick J. Smith;James A. Blumenthal;Benson M. Hoffman;Harris Cooper

  • Positron emission tomography in evaluation of dementia: Regional brain metabolism and long-term outcome.

    Daniel H. S. Silverman;Gary W. Small;Carol Y. Chang;Carolyn S. Lu

  • Hormone replacement therapy and incidence of Alzheimer disease in older women: the Cache County Study.

    Peter P. Zandi;Michelle C. Carlson;Brenda L. Plassman;Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • 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

  • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in Older Women

    Peter P. Zandi;Michelle C. Carlson;Brenda L. Plassman;Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

    Brenda L. Plassman;R. J. Havlik;D. C. Steffens;M. J. Helms

  • Reduced risk of Alzheimer disease in users of antioxidant vitamin supplements: The cache county study

    Peter P. Zandi;James C. Anthony;Ara S. Khachaturian;Stephanie V. Stone

  • The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) database: the Uniform Data Set.

    Duane L. Beekly;Erin M. Ramos;William W. Lee;Woodrow D. Deitrich

  • Point and 5-year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: The Cache county study

    Martin Steinberg;Huibo Shao;Peter Zandi;Constantine G. Lyketsos

  • Prevalence of depression and its treatment in an elderly population: the Cache County study.

    David C. Steffens;Ingmar Skoog;Ingmar Skoog;Maria C. Norton;Andrea D. Hart

  • Common variants at 7p21 are associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions

    Vivianna M. Van Deerlin;Patrick M A Sleiman;Maria Martinez-Lage;Maria Martinez-Lage;Alice Chen-Plotkin

  • 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

  • APOE-ε4 count predicts age when prevalence of AD increases, then declines: The Cache County Study

    J. C. S. Breitner;B. W. Wyse;J. C. Anthony;K. A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): the first twenty years.

    Gerda G. Fillenbaum;Gerda G. Fillenbaum;Gerald van Belle;John C. Morris;Richard C. Mohs

  • Cognitive Function in Late Life Depression: Relationships to Depression Severity, Cerebrovascular Risk Factors and Processing Speed

    Yvette I. Sheline;M Deanna;Keith Garcia;Kenneth Gersing

  • Metabolomics in early Alzheimer's disease: identification of altered plasma sphingolipidome using shotgun lipidomics.

    Xianlin Han;Steve Rozen;Stephen H. Boyle;Caroline Hellegers

  • FDG PET Imaging in Patients with Pathologically Verified Dementia

    J. M. Hoffman;K. A. Welsh-Bohmer;M. Hanson;B. Crain

  • Do statins reduce risk of incident dementia and Alzheimer disease? The Cache county study

    Peter P. Zandi;D. Larry Sparks;Ara S. Khachaturian;JoAnn T. Tschanz

  • A TOMM40 variable-length polymorphism predicts the age of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    A D Roses;M W Lutz;M W Lutz;H Amrine-Madsen;A M Saunders;A M Saunders

Frequent Co-Authors

John C.S. Breitner
John C.S. Breitner Douglas Mental Health University Institute
JoAnn T. Tschanz
JoAnn T. Tschanz Utah State University
James R. Burke
James R. Burke Duke University
Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University
Constantine G. Lyketsos
Constantine G. Lyketsos Johns Hopkins University
David C. Steffens
David C. Steffens University of Connecticut
Christine M. Hulette
Christine M. Hulette Duke University
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Ann M. Saunders
Ann M. Saunders Durham University
Carl F. Pieper
Carl F. Pieper Duke University

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