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Brain, gait and cognitive decline in aging and preclinical dementia; social dancing; social connection; social isolation; social networks and support, loneliness; mild cognitive impairment; motoric cognitive risk; Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.
The overall goal of my research is to optimize social, cognitive and physical functions in aging and early dementia. I design, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and publish studies examining social connection, cognition, and gait in aging and preclinical dementia, using cognitive, neuropsychological, clinical, epidemiological, and neuroimaging methods. I have an established publication record in the areas of social connection, cognitive and motor aging, and neuroimaging (particularly MRI).
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Transfer: The Biological Underpinnings of Motoric Cognitive Risk Synddrome: A Multi-center Study
Verghese, J. (PI), Ambrose, A. (CoPI), Blumen, H. M. (CoPI) & Ayers, E. (CoPI)
11/1/24 → 03/31/27
Project: Research
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Transfer: Non-Invasive Home Neurostimulation for Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: Double-Blind, Sham Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial
Verghese, J. (PI), Blumen, H. M. (CoPI) & Ayers, E. (CoPI)
11/1/24 → 05/31/27
Project: Research
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Transfer: Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Older Kerala Americans
Verghese, J. (PI), Ambrose, A. (CoPI), Blumen, H. M. (CoPI), Ayers, E. (CoPI) & Sathyan, S. (CoPI)
11/1/24 → 02/28/27
Project: Research
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Transfer: Visual-Somatosensory Integration as a Novel Marker of Alzheimer's Disease
Mahoney, J. R. (PI), Blumen, H. M. (CoPI) & Verghese, J. (CoPI)
11/1/24 → 01/31/27
Project: Research
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Transfer: Gait as a Preclinical Marker for Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: insights from super-movers, usual-movers, and slow-movers
Verghese, J. (PI), Blumen, H. M. (CoPI), Mahoney, J. R. (CoPI), Yang, J. (CoPI), Ayers, E. (CoPI) & Sathyan, S. (CoPI)
07/15/25 → 06/30/26
Project: Research
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Cerebral small vessel disease unveils a vascular pathway to motoric cognitive risk in aging
Vazquez, J. P., Allali, G., Beauchet, O., Callisaya, M., Doi, T., Kumar, V. P., Milman, S., Shimada, H., Srikanth, V., Verghese, J. & Blumen, H. M., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 109, 3, p. 1211-1219 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive Aging and Brain Health: A Comparison of Super Movers vs Nonsuper Movers
Jayakody, O., Milman, S., Barzilai, N., Weiss, E. F., Wang, C., Jin, Y., Blumen, H. & Verghese, J., Jan 2026, In: Neurology. 107, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., e214776.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differential Associations Between Distinct Components of Cognitive and Physical Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Facal, D., Picón, E., Blumen, H. M., Lojo-Seoane, C., Nieto-Vieites, A., Stern, Y. & Pereiro, A. X., Jan 2026, In: Brain Sciences. 16, 1, 40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Discovering subtypes with imaging signatures in the Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome Consortium using weakly supervised clustering
Nallapu, B. T., Ezzati, A., Blumen, H. M., Petersen, K. K., Lipton, R. B., Ayers, E., Kumar, V. G. P., Velandai, S., Beare, R., Beauchet, O., Doi, T., Shimada, H., Callisaya, M., Milman, S., Aleksic, S. & Verghese, J., Oct 1 2025, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring. 17, 4, e70197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distinct Patterns of Brain Atrophy in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndromes
Nagamalla, V., Verghese, J., Ayers, E., Barzilai, N., Beauchet, O., Lipton, R. B., Shimada, H., Srikanth, V. K. & Blumen, H. M., Mar 1 2025, In: Neurodegenerative Diseases. 24, 3-4, p. 117-128 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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