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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association
  • 2007 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Richard Mayeux is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research mainly focuses on Alzheimer's disease and related neurological conditions, integrating genetic, molecular biology, and epidemiological approaches.

Their published work reflects extensive contributions to the understanding of Alzheimer's disease mechanisms, risk factors, and biomarkers. Selected recent papers include:

  • Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Plasma p-tau181, p-tau217, and other blood-based Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in a multi-ethnic, community study (2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel (2020, JAMA Neurology)
  • Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Genetic variants and functional pathways associated with resilience to Alzheimer's disease (2020, Brain)

They collaborate frequently with various researchers including:

  • Badri N. Vardarajan
  • Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer
  • Jonathan L. Haines
  • Lindsay A. Farrer
  • Adam M. Brickman

The main publication venues for their work are:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Nature Genetics
  • Brain

Their primary fields of study cover:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields represented in their research include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Neurology

The main research topics in their work encompass:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Over the course of their career, Richard Mayeux has received several distinctions including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association, 2007
  • Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology, 2007
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2000
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    Guy M. McKhann;Guy M. McKhann;David S. Knopman;Howard Chertkow;Bradley T. Hyman

  • Effects of Age, Sex, and Ethnicity on the Association Between Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis

    Lindsay A. Farrer;L. Adrienne Cupples;Jonathan L. Haines;Bradley T Hyman

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Clinical and Biomarker Changes in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease

    Randall J. Bateman;Chengjie Xiong;Tammie L.S. Benzinger;Anne M. Fagan

  • The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    G.M. McKhann;D.S. Knopman;H. Chertkow;B.T. Hyman

  • EFFECT OF OESTROGEN DURING MENOPAUSE ON RISK AND AGE AT ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Ming-Xin Tang;Diane Jacobs;Yaakov Stern;Karen Marder

  • 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

  • Influence of Education and Occupation on the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease

    Yaakov Stern;Barry J. Gurland;Thomas K. Tatemichi;Mingxin Tang

  • Epidemiology of Alzheimer disease

    Christiane Reitz;Carol Brayne;Richard Mayeux

  • Alzheimer disease: epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, risk factors and biomarkers.

    Christiane Reitz;Richard Mayeux

  • Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Mingxin Tang;Richard Paul Mayeux

  • The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

    Ekaterina Rogaeva;Ekaterina Rogaeva;Yan Meng;Joseph H. Lee;Yongjun Gu;Yongjun Gu

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Parkinson Disease in Twins: An Etiologic Study

    C. M. Tanner;R. Ottman;S. M. Goldman;J. Ellenberg

  • Epidemiology of Alzheimer Disease

    Richard Paul Mayeux;Yaakov Stern

  • Biomarkers: potential uses and limitations.

    Richard Mayeux

  • Aggregation of vascular risk factors and risk of incident Alzheimer disease.

    Jose Luchsinger;Christiane Reitz;Larry S. Honig;Ming-Xin Tang

  • Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Stroke in a Multiethnic Cohort

    Jose A. Luchsinger;Ming-Xin Tang;Yaakov Stern;Steven Shea

  • The Apoe-Epsilon4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease among African Americans, Whites, and Hispanics

    Mingxin Tang;Yaakov Stern;Karen Marder;Karen L. Bell

  • Mediterranean diet and mild cognitive impairment.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Richard Paul Mayeux;Jennifer J. Manly

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaakov Stern
Yaakov Stern Columbia University
Nicole Schupf
Nicole Schupf Columbia University
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania
Adam M. Brickman
Adam M. Brickman Columbia University
Jonathan L. Haines
Jonathan L. Haines Case Western Reserve University
Badri N. Vardarajan
Badri N. Vardarajan Columbia University
Jose A. Luchsinger
Jose A. Luchsinger Columbia University

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