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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
J Cummings
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2
Nicolas R Barthélemy
Washington University in St. Louis
3
Janani Venugopalan
Georgia Institute of Technology
4
Elisabeth H. Thijssen
Amsterdam Neuroscience
5
Wagner S. Brum
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
6
Bruna Bellaver
University of Pittsburgh
7
João Pedro Ferrari‐Souza
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
8
Shangran Qiu
Boston University
9
A. M. El-Assy
Mansoura University
10
Sebastian Niclas Roemer
LMU Klinikum

Papers

1
Highly accurate blood test for Alzheimer’s disease is similar or superior to clinical cerebrospinal fluid tests
Nature Medicine|2024
408 cit.
2
Publication in Scientific Reports (2024) [159 citations, W4391750907]
Scientific Reports|2024
159 cit.
3
A blood-based biomarker workflow for optimal tau-PET referral in memory clinic settings
Nature Communications|2024
30 cit.
4
Publication in Neurobiology of Aging (2024) [20 citations, W4390741856]
Neurobiology of Aging|2024
20 cit.
5
Publication in Nature Neuroscience (2025) [18 citations, W4415954575]
Nature Neuroscience|2025
18 cit.
6
Publication in Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025) [11 citations, W4410265736]
Alzheimer s & Dementia|2025
11 cit.
7
Reversible tau hyperphosphorylation in hibernation: a blood biomarker and brain tissue study
Acta Neuropathologica|2025
2 cit.
8
Publication in International Journal of Telecommunications (2025) [1 citation, W4407885048]
International Journal of Telecommunications|2025
1 cit.
9
Publication (2024) [W4403867644]
Unknown Journal|2024
0 cit.
10
Optimizing tau‐PET referrals in memory clinics through a blood biomarker workflow
Alzheimer s & Dementia|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Naaheed Mukadam
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
2
Janne M. Papma
Erasmus MC
3
Qiongqiong Qiu
Capital Medical University
4
Marzena Zboch
Wroclaw Medical University
5
Kristin Fargher
University of South Florida
6
Jin‐Tai Yu
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
7
Yakeel T. Quiroz
Harvard University
8
Marc Suárez‐Calvet
Pasqual Maragall Foundation
9
Jeffrey L. Dage
Indiana University School of Medicine
10
Stephen Salloway
Providence College

Papers

1
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission
The Lancet|2024
3k cit.
2
Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease
JAMA|2023
2.6k cit.
3
Lecanemab: Appropriate Use Recommendations
The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease|2023
798 cit.
4
Plasma proteomic profiles predict future dementia in healthy adults
Nature Aging|2024
259 cit.
5
Plasma and CSF biomarkers in a memory clinic: Head‐to‐head comparison of phosphorylated tau immunoassays
Alzheimer s & Dementia|2022
224 cit.
6
Resilience to autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease in a Reelin-COLBOS heterozygous man
Nature Medicine|2023
189 cit.
7
Plasma proteomic profiles predict individual future health risk
Nature Communications|2023
140 cit.
8
Identifying causal genes for depression via integration of the proteome and transcriptome from brain and blood
Molecular Psychiatry|2022
135 cit.
9
Sleep, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and risk of incident dementia: a prospective cohort study of 431,924 UK Biobank participants
Molecular Psychiatry|2022
111 cit.
10
Peripheral immunity is associated with the risk of incident dementia
Molecular Psychiatry|2022
110 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Charles F. Reynolds
University of Pittsburgh
2
Howard Chertkow
Baycrest Hospital
3
Oskar Hansson
Eli Lilly (United States)
4
David A. Bennett
Rush University Medical Center
5
Ronald C. Petersen
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
6
Kaj Blennow
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
7
John C. Morris
Washington University in St. Louis
8
Monique M.B. Breteler
University of Bonn
9
Steven T. DeKosky
University of Florida
10
John Q. Trojanowski
University of Pennsylvania

Papers

1
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society|2005
25.4k cit.
2
The Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)
Neurology|1993
10k cit.
3
Kinetics of Adsorption on Carbon from Solution
Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division|1963
9.6k cit.
4
Hypothetical model of dynamic biomarkers of the Alzheimer's pathological cascade
The Lancet Neurology|2009
4.8k cit.
5
Tracking pathophysiological processes in Alzheimer's disease: an updated hypothetical model of dynamic biomarkers
The Lancet Neurology|2013
4.4k cit.
6
Clinical and Biomarker Changes in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease
New England Journal of Medicine|2012
3.8k cit.
7
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)
Neurology|2009
2.5k cit.
8
Synapse loss in frontal cortex biopsies in Alzheimer's disease: Correlation with cognitive severity
Annals of Neurology|1990
2.4k cit.
9
Neurodegenerative Tauopathies
Annual Review of Neuroscience|2001
2.4k cit.
10
Silent Brain Infarcts and the Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Decline
New England Journal of Medicine|2003
2.3k cit.

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