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Rebecca L. Koscik is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and mental health, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The main topics of their work include dementia and cognitive impairment research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, health disparities and outcomes, health, environment, and cognitive aging, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, and blood pressure and hypertension studies.

They have an extensive publication record, with a number of recent papers addressing various aspects of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline. Some significant recent publications include:

  • Differential roles of Aβ42/40, p-tau231 and p-tau217 for Alzheimer's trial selection and disease monitoring, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Multi-method investigation of factors influencing amyloid onset and impairment in three cohorts, 2022, Brain
  • Association of Age at Menopause and Hormone Therapy Use With Tau and β-Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography, 2023, JAMA Neurology
  • Association of Neighborhood Context, Cognitive Decline, and Cortical Change in an Unimpaired Cohort, 2021, Neurology
  • The Area Deprivation Index: A novel tool for harmonizable risk assessment in Alzheimer's disease research, 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Sterling C. Johnson, Erin M. Jonaitis, Tobey J. Betthauser, Nathaniel A. Chin, and Bradley T. Christian.

Their work appears regularly in several academic venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Journal of Neuropsychology

Best Publications

  • Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Sex Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis

    Scott C. Neu;Judy Pa;Walter Kukull;Duane Beekly

  • Association of Insulin Resistance With Cerebral Glucose Uptake in Late Middle–Aged Adults at Risk for Alzheimer Disease

    Auriel A. Willette;Barbara B. Bendlin;Erika J. Starks;Alex C. Birdsill

  • The Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention: A review of findings and current directions.

    Sterling C. Johnson;Rebecca L. Koscik;Erin M. Jonaitis;Lindsay R. Clark

  • Insulin resistance predicts brain amyloid deposition in late middle-aged adults.

    Auriel A. Willette;Auriel A. Willette;Sterling C. Johnson;Alex C. Birdsill;Mark A. Sager

  • Physical activity attenuates age-related biomarker alterations in preclinical AD

    Ozioma C. Okonkwo;Stephanie A. Schultz;Jennifer M. Oh;Jordan Larson

  • Amyloid burden is associated with self-reported sleep in nondemented late middle-aged adults

    Kate E. Sprecher;Barbara B. Bendlin;Annie M. Racine;Ozioma C. Okonkwo

  • Poor sleep is associated with CSF biomarkers of amyloid pathology in cognitively normal adults.

    Kate E. Sprecher;Rebecca L. Koscik;Cynthia M. Carlsson;Henrik Zetterberg

  • Psychosocial risk associated with newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: parents' experience while awaiting the sweat-test appointment

    Audrey Tluczek;Rebecca L Koscik;Philip M Farrell;Michael J Rock

  • Cognitive function of children with cystic fibrosis: deleterious effect of early malnutrition.

    Rebecca L. Koscik;Philip M. Farrell;Michael R. Kosorok;Kathleen M. Zaremba

  • Longitudinal plasma metabolomics of aging and sex.

    Burcu F. Darst;Rebecca L. Koscik;Kirk J. Hogan;Sterling C. Johnson

  • Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in Wisconsin: Comparison of biochemical and molecular methods

    Ronald G. Gregg;Amy Simantel;Philip M. Farrell;Rebecca Koscik

  • Amyloid and tau imaging biomarkers explain cognitive decline from late middle-age

    Tobey J Betthauser;Rebecca L Koscik;Erin M Jonaitis;Samantha L Allison

  • Low cerebral blood flow is associated with lower memory function in metabolic syndrome.

    Alex C. Birdsill;Cynthia M. Carlsson;Auriel A. Willette;Ozioma C. Okonkwo

  • Occupational Complexity and Cognitive Reserve in a Middle-Aged Cohort at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

    Elizabeth A. Boots;Stephanie A. Schultz;Rodrigo P. Almeida;Jennifer M. Oh

  • Pathway-Specific Polygenic Risk Scores as Predictors of Amyloid-β Deposition and Cognitive Function in a Sample at Increased Risk for Alzheimer's Disease.

    Burcu F Darst;Rebecca L Koscik;Annie M Racine;Jennifer M Oh

  • Regional white matter hyperintensities: aging, Alzheimer's disease risk, and cognitive function

    Alex C. Birdsill;Rebecca L. Koscik;Erin M. Jonaitis;Sterling C. Johnson

  • The effect of TOMM40 poly-T length on gray matter volume and cognition in middle-aged persons with APOE ε3/ε3 genotype.

    Sterling C. Johnson;Asenath La Rue;Bruce P. Hermann;Guofan Xu

  • Measuring longitudinal cognition: Individual tests versus composites

    Erin M. Jonaitis;Rebecca L. Koscik;Lindsay R. Clark;Yue Ma

  • Subjective memory complaints, cortical thinning, and cognitive dysfunction in middle-age adults at risk of AD

    Stephanie A. Schultz;Jennifer M. Oh;Rebecca L. Koscik;N. Maritza Dowling

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with brain structure, cognition, and mood in a middle-aged cohort at risk for Alzheimer's disease.

    Elizabeth A. Boots;Stephanie A. Schultz;Jennifer M. Oh;Jordan Larson

  • Effects of Simvastatin on Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers and Cognition in Middle-Aged Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

    Cynthia M. Carlsson;Cynthia M. Carlsson;Carey E. Gleason;Carey E. Gleason;Timothy M. Hess;Kimberly A. Moreland

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce P. Hermann
Bruce P. Hermann University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ozioma C. Okonkwo
Ozioma C. Okonkwo University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carol A. Van Hulle
Carol A. Van Hulle University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lyn S. Turkstra
Lyn S. Turkstra McMaster University
Susan M. Resnick
Susan M. Resnick National Institutes of Health

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