2026 Sudha Seshadri: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	147	168	156	102	95	707	87909
Medicine	153	1035	953	591	532	703	94084

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Sudha Seshadri is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Genetics.

Their work explores major topics including Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Nutritional Studies and Diet, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent publication venues for Sudha Seshadri include Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neurology, Stroke, and the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, highlighting a focus on neurological and cognitive disorders.

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers, notably Alexa Beiser, Claudia L. Satizábal, Jayandra J. Himali, Charles DeCarli, and Ramachandran S. Vasan, demonstrating a broad network within their field.

Among their recent papers are:

Twenty-seven-year time trends in dementia incidence in Europe and the United States, 2020, Neurology
Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): A report from the 2018 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Workshop, 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia
The cortical origin and initial spread of medial temporal tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease assessed with positron emission tomography, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning, 2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia
Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Nature Genetics

Best Publications

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

4855
Citations
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

4288
Citations
Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

Sudha Seshadri;Alexa Beiser;Jacob Selhub;Paul F Jacques

4131
Citations
Statins and the Risk of Dementia

H. Jick;G. L. Zornberg;S. S. Jick;S. Seshadri

2348
Citations
Residual lifetime risk for developing hypertension in middle-aged women and men: The Framingham Heart Study.

Ramachandran S. Vasan;Alexa Beiser;Sudha Seshadri;Sudha Seshadri;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson

2312
Citations
Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

2310
Citations
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

2279
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

2185
Citations
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

1978
Citations
50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study

Renate B Schnabel;Xiaoyan Yin;Philimon Gona;Martin G Larson

1613
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease.

Sudha Seshadri;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;M Arfan Ikram;Anita L. DeStefano

1483
Citations
Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

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

1401
Citations
Incidence of Dementia over Three Decades in the Framingham Heart Study

Claudia L. Satizabal;Alexa S. Beiser;Vincent Chouraki;Geneviève Chêne

1144
Citations
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

1090
Citations
The Lifetime Risk of Stroke Estimates From the Framingham Study

Sudha Seshadri;Alexa Beiser;Margaret Kelly-Hayes;Carlos S. Kase

1050
Citations
Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

933
Citations
Midlife vascular risk factor exposure accelerates structural brain aging and cognitive decline.

S. Debette;S. Seshadri;S. Seshadri;A. Beiser;A. Beiser;R. Au;R. Au

916
Citations
Gender Differences in Stroke Incidence and Poststroke Disability in the Framingham Heart Study

Rodica E. Petrea;Alexa S. Beiser;Sudha Seshadri;Margaret Kelly-Hayes

884
Citations
Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

723
Citations
Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

513
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexa Beiser Boston University

Philip A. Wolf Boston University

Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis

Rhoda Au Boston University

Ramachandran S. Vasan The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Anita L. DeStefano Boston University

M. Arfan Ikram Erasmus University Rotterdam

Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

Joshua C. Bis University of Washington

Myriam Fornage The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

External Links

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