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Alexa S. Beiser, PhD

Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

alexab@bu.edu

Biography

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Other Positions

  • Associate Chair, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health
  • Professor, Neurology - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
  • - Boston Medical Center

Education

  • Boston University, PhD Field of Study: Mathematics
  • University of California, San Diego, MA Field of Study: Applied Mathematics
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, BA Field of Study: Biology/Psychology

Publications

  • Published on 1/27/2025

    Birkenbihl C, Cuppels M, Boyle RT, Klinger HM, Langford O, Coughlan GT, Properzi MJ, Chhatwal J, Price JC, Schultz AP, Rentz DM, Amariglio RE, Johnson KA, Gottesman RF, Mukherjee S, Maruff P, Lim YY, Masters CL, Beiser A, Resnick SM, Hughes TM, Burnham S, Tunali I, Landau S, Cohen AD, Johnson SC, Betthauser TJ, Seshadri S, Lockhart SN, O'Bryant SE, Vemuri P, Sperling RA, Hohman TJ, Donohue MC, Buckley RF. Rethinking the residual approach: leveraging statistical learning to operationalize cognitive resilience in Alzheimer's disease. Brain Inform. 2025 Jan 27; 12(1):3. PMID: 39871006.

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  • Published on 1/6/2025

    Vered S, Beiser AS, Sulimani L, Sznitman S, Ghosh S, Lewitus GM, Meiri D, Seshadri S, Weinstein G. Circulating Endocannabinoids and Cognitive Function in Older Adults. Aging Dis. 2025 Jan 06. PMID: 39812547.

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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Charisis S, Mourtzi N, Scott MR, Ntanasi E, Mamalaki E, Hatzimanolis A, Ramirez A, Lambert JC, Yannakoulia M, Kosmidis M, Dardiotis E, Hadjigeorgiou G, Sakka P, Satizabal CL, Beiser A, Yang Q, Georgakis M?, Seshadri S, Scarmeas N. Genetic predisposition to high circulating levels of interleukin 6 and risk for Alzheimer's disease. Discovery and replication. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Jan; 12(1):100018. PMID: 39800457.

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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Weinstein G, Kojis D, Banerjee A, Seshadri S, Walker M, Beiser AS. Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: The Framingham Heart Study. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Feb; 12(2):100042. PMID: 39863327.

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  • Published on 12/30/2024

    Liu X, Maillard P, Barisano G, Caprihan A, Cen S, Shao X, Jann K, Ringman JM, Lu H, Arfanakis K, DeCarli CS, Gold BT, Seshadri S, Satizabal CL, Beiser AS, Habes M, Kramer JH, Stables L, Singh H, Helmer KG, Greenberg SM, Wang DJJ. MRI free water mediates the association between diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space and executive function in four independent middle to aged cohorts. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb; 21(2):e14453. PMID: 39740225.

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  • Published on 12/6/2024

    van Lent DM, Mesa HG, Short MI, Gonzales MM, Aparicio HJ, Salinas J, Yuan C, Jacques PF, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Jacob ME, Himali JJ. Association between dietary inflammatory index score and incident dementia. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jan; 21(1):e14390. PMID: 39641390.

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  • Published on 12/3/2024

    Young VM, Bernal R, Baril AA, Zeynoun J, Wiedner C, Gaona C, Beiser A, Teixeira AL, Salardini A, Pase MP, Himali JJ, Seshadri S. Long Sleep Duration, Cognitive Performance, and the Moderating Role of Depression: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in the Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2024 Dec 03. PMID: 39677456.

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  • Published on 11/28/2024

    van Lent DM, Jacques PF, Charisis SM, Mesa HG, Satizabal C, Yuan C, Vasan RS, Seshadri S, Beiser A, Himali JJ, Jacob ME. Dietary inflammatory index scores and cognitive aging: results from the Framingham heart Study offspring cohort. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39649578.

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  • Published on 11/21/2024

    Luckey AM, Ghosh S, Wang CP, Beiser A, Bernal R, Li Z, Mbangdadji D, Fadaee E, Snoussi H, Dediós AGV, Trevino HA, Goss M, Hillmer LJ, Bauer CE, Staffaroni AM, Stables L, Albert M, Himali JJ, Mosley TH, Forsberg L, Guðnason V, Singh B, Singh H, Schwab K, Kramer JH, Rosenberg GA, Helmer KG, Greenberg SM, Habes M, Wang DJJ, Gold BT, Lu H, Caprihan A, Fornage M, Launer LJ, Arfanakis K, Seshadri S, DeCarli C, Maillard P, Satizabal CL. Biological validation of peak-width of skeletonized mean diffusivity as a VCID biomarker: The MarkVCID Consortium. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Dec; 20(12):8814-8824. PMID: 39569745.

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  • Published on 11/20/2024

    de Kort FAS, Vinke EJ, van der Lelij EJ, Anblagan D, Bastin ME, Beiser A, Brodaty H, Chaturvedi N, Cheng B, Cox SR, DeCarli C, Enzinger C, Fletcher E, Frayne R, de Groot M, Huang F, Ikram MA, Jiang J, Lam BYK, Maillard P, Mayer C, McCreary CR, Mok V, Maniega SM, Petersen M, Roshchupkin G, Sachdev PS, Schmidt R, Seiler S, Seshadri S, Sudre CH, Thomalla G, Twerenbold R, Valdés Hernández M, Vernooij MW, Wardlaw JM, Wen W, Kuijf HJ, Biessels GJ, Biesbroek JM. Cerebral white matter hyperintensity volumes: Normative age- and sex-specific values from 15 population-based cohorts comprising 14,876 individuals. Neurobiol Aging. 2025 Feb; 146:38-47. PMID: 39602940.

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