Claudia L. Satizabal, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurology

Biography
Prior to joining the Framingham Heart Study in 2013, Satizabal earned her doctorate degree, studying the relationship between inflammatory proteins and cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative MRI markers of abnormal brain aging in the French Three-City Study at the INSERM Neuro-Epidemiology laboratory of the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. In 2007, she was awarded a two-year Utrecht Excellence Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in epidemiology from Utrecht University. In addition to her work at BUSM and the FHS, Satizabal is actively involved in the neurology and cognitive working groups of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium, where she leads projects investigating the genetic variation in fine motor speed, visual memory, and subcortical brain structures. She participates in several other international collaborations including the AD Cohorts Consortium and the replication phase of the AD sequencing project. She is currently investigating the impact of midlife obesity, as well as different dietary, inflammatory and neurotrophic biomarkers, in association with stroke, cognitive function, MRI markers of abnormal brain aging and dementia.
Other Positions
- Investigator, Framingham Heart Study
Websites
Education
- Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI), PhD
- Utrecht University, MSc
- Universidad de Los Andes, BSc
Publications
- Published on 3/16/2023
Zhang Y, Liu X, Wiggins KL, Kurniansyah N, Guo X, Rodrigue AL, Zhao W, Yanek LR, Ratliff SM, Pitsillides A, Aguirre Patiño JS, Sofer T, Arking DE, Austin TR, Beiser AS, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bressler J, Curran JE, Hou L, Hughes TM, Kardia SL, Launer L, Levy D, Mosley TH, Nasrallah IM, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Seshadri S, Tarraf W, González KA, Ramachandran V, Yaffe K, Nyquist PA, Psaty BM, DeCarli CS, Smith JA, Glahn DC, González HM, Bis JC, Fornage M, Heckbert SR, Fitzpatrick AL, Liu C, Satizabal CL. Association of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number With Brain MRI Markers and Cognitive Function: A Meta-analysis of Community-Based Cohorts. Neurology. 2023 Mar 16. PMID: 36927883.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/11/2023
Maestre G, Carrillo M, Kalaria R, Acosta D, Adams L, Adoukonou T, Akinwande K, Akinyemi J, Akinyemi R, Akpa O, Alladi S, Allegri R, Arizaga R, Arshad F, Arulogun O, Babalola D, Baiyewu O, Bak T, Bellaj T, Boshe J, Brayne C, Brodie-Mends D, Brown R, Cahn J, Cyrille N, Damasceno A, de Silva R, de Silva R, Djibuti M, Dreyer AJ, Ellajosyula R, Farombi T, Fongang B, Forner S, Friedland R, Garza N, Gbessemehlan A, Georgiou EE, Gouider R, Govia I, Grinberg L, Guerchet M, Gugssa S, Gumikiriza-Onoria JL, Gustafson D, Hogervorst E, Hornberger M, Ibanez A, Ihara M, Ismail O, Issac T, Jönsson L, Kaputu C, Karanja W, Karungi J, Tshala-Katumbay D, Kunkle B, Lee JH, Leroi I, Lewis R, Livingston G, Lopera F, Lwere K, Manes F, Mbakile-Mahlanza L, Mena P, Miller B, Millogo A, Mohamed A, Musyimi C, Mutiso V, Nakasujja N, Ndetei D, Nightingale S, Njamnshi AK, Novotni G, Nyamayaro P, Nyame S, Ogeng'o J, Ogunniyi A, Okada De Oliveira M, Okubadejo N, Orrell M, Orunmuyi A, Owolabi M, Paddick S, A Pericak-Vance M, Pirtosek Z, Potocnik F, Preston B, Raman R, Ranchod K, Rizig M, Rosselli M, Deepa R, Roy U, Salokhiddinov M, Sano M, Sarfo F, Satizabal CL, Sepulveda-Falla D, Seshadri S, Sexton C, Skoog I, St George-Hyslop P, Suemoto C, Tanner J, Thapa P, Toure K, Ucheagwu V, Udeh-Momoh C, Valcour V, Vance J, Varghese M, Vera J, Walker R, Weidner W, Sebastian W, Whitehead Gay P, Zetterberg H, Zewde Y. The Nairobi Declaration-Reducing the burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Mar 11. PMID: 36905253.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/23/2023
Hinman JD, Elahi F, Chong D, Radabaugh H, Ferguson A, Maillard P, Thompson JF, Rosenberg GA, Sagare A, Moghekar A, Lu H, Lee T, Wilcock D, Satizabal CL, Tracy R, Seshadri S, Schwab K, Helmer K, Singh H, Kivisäkk P, Greenberg S, DeCarli C, Kramer J. Placental growth factor as a sensitive biomarker for vascular cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Feb 23. PMID: 36815663.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/22/2023
Charisis S, Lin H, Ray R, Joehanes R, Beiser AS, Levy D, Seshadri S, Sargurupremraj M, Satizabal CL. Obesity impacts the expression of Alzheimer's disease-related genes: The Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36811231.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/13/2023
Yang Y, Knol MJ, Wang R, Mishra A, Liu D, Luciano M, Teumer A, Armstrong N, Bis JC, Jhun MA, Li S, Adams HHH, Aziz NA, Bastin ME, Bourgey M, Brody JA, Frenzel S, Gottesman RF, Hosten N, Hou L, Kardia SLR, Lohner V, Marquis P, Maniega SM, Satizabal CL, Sorond FA, Valdés Hernández MC, van Duijn CM, Vernooij MW, Wittfeld K, Yang Q, Zhao W, Boerwinkle E, Levy D, Deary IJ, Jiang J, Mather KA, Mosley TH, Psaty BM, Sachdev PS, Smith JA, Sotoodehnia N, DeCarli CS, Breteler MMB, Ikram MA, Grabe HJ, Wardlaw J, Longstreth WT, Launer LJ, Seshadri S, Debette S, Fornage M. Epigenetic and integrative cross-omics analyses of cerebral white matter hyperintensities on MRI. Brain. 2023 Feb 13; 146(2):492-506. PMID: 35943854.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/9/2023
de Rojas I, Moreno-Grau S, Tesi N, Grenier-Boley B, Andrade V, Jansen IE, Pedersen NL, Stringa N, Zettergren A, Hernández I, Montrreal L, Antúnez C, Antonell A, Tankard RM, Bis JC, Sims R, Bellenguez C, Quintela I, González-Perez A, Calero M, Franco-Macías E, Macías J, Blesa R, Cervera-Carles L, Menéndez-González M, Frank-García A, Royo JL, Moreno F, Huerto Vilas R, Baquero M, Diez-Fairen M, Lage C, García-Madrona S, García-González P, Alarcón-Martín E, Valero S, Sotolongo-Grau O, Ullgren A, Naj AC, Lemstra AW, Benaque A, Pérez-Cordón A, Benussi A, Rábano A, Padovani A, Squassina A, de Mendonça A, Arias Pastor A, Kok AAL, Meggy A, Pastor AB, Espinosa A, Corma-Gómez A, Martín Montes A, Sanabria Á, DeStefano AL, Schneider A, Haapasalo A, Kinhult Ståhlbom A, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Hartmann AM, Spottke A, Corbatón-Anchuelo A, Rongve A, Borroni B, Arosio B, Nacmias B, Nordestgaard BG, Kunkle BW, Charbonnier C, Abdelnour C, Masullo C, Martínez Rodríguez C, Muñoz-Fernandez C, Dufouil C, Graff C, Ferreira CB, Chillotti C, Reynolds CA, Fenoglio C, Van Broeckhoven C, Clark C, Pisanu C, Satizabal CL, Holmes C, Buiza-Rueda D, Aarsland D, Rujescu D, Alcolea D, Galimberti D, Wallon D, Seripa D, Grünblatt E, Dardiotis E, Düzel E, Scarpini E, Conti E, Rubino E, Gelpi E, Rodriguez-Rodriguez E, Duron E, Boerwinkle E, Ferri E, Tagliavini F, Küçükali F, Pasquier F, Sanchez-Garcia F, Mangialasche F, Jessen F, Nicolas G, Selbæk G, Ortega G, Chêne G, Hadjigeorgiou G, Rossi G, Spalletta G, Giaccone G, Grande G, Binetti G, Papenberg G, Hampel H, Bailly H, Zetterberg H, Soininen H, Karlsson IK, Alvarez I, Appollonio I, Giegling I, Skoog I, Saltvedt I, Rainero I, Rosas Allende I, Hort J, Diehl-Schmid J, Van Dongen J, Vidal JS, Lehtisalo J, Wiltfang J, Thomassen JQ, Kornhuber J, Haines JL, Vogelgsang J, Pineda JA, Fortea J, Popp J, Deckert J, Buerger K, Morgan K, Fließbach K, Sleegers K, Molina-Porcel L, Kilander L, Weinhold L, Farrer LA, Wang LS, Kleineidam L, Farotti L, Parnetti L, Tremolizzo L, Hausner L, Benussi L, Froelich L, Ikram MA, Deniz-Naranjo MC, Tsolaki M, Rosende-Roca M, Löwenmark M, Hulsman M, Spallazzi M, Pericak-Vance MA, Esiri M, Bernal Sánchez-Arjona M, Dalmasso MC, Martínez-Larrad MT, Arcaro M, Nöthen MM, Fernández-Fuertes M, Dichgans M, Ingelsson M, Herrmann MJ, Scherer M, Vyhnalek M, Kosmidis MH, Yannakoulia M, Schmid M, Ewers M, Heneka MT, Wagner M, Scamosci M, Kivipelto M, Hiltunen M, Zulaica M, Alegret M, Fornage M, Roberto N, van Schoor NM, Seidu NM, Banaj N, Armstrong NJ, Scarmeas N, Scherbaum N, Goldhardt O, Hanon O, Peters O, Skrobot OA, Quenez O, Lerch O, Bossù P, Caffarra P, Dionigi Rossi P, Sakka P, Mecocci P, Hoffmann P, Holmans PA, Fischer P, Riederer P, Yang Q, Marshall R, Kalaria RN, Mayeux R, Vandenberghe R, Cecchetti R, Ghidoni R, Frikke-Schmidt R, Sorbi S, Hägg S, Engelborghs S, Helisalmi S, Botne Sando S, Kern S, Archetti S, Boschi S, Fostinelli S, Gil S, Mendoza S, Mead S, Ciccone S, Djurovic S, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Riedel-Heller S, Kuulasmaa T, Del Ser T, Lebouvier T, Polak T, Ngandu T, Grimmer T, Bessi V, Escott-Price V, Giedraitis V, Deramecourt V, Maier W, Jian X, Pijnenburg YAL, Kehoe PG, Garcia-Ribas G, Sánchez-Juan P, Pastor P, Pérez-Tur J, Piñol-Ripoll G, Lopez de Munain A, García-Alberca JM, Bullido MJ, Álvarez V, Lleó A, Real LM, Mir P, Medina M, Scheltens P, Holstege H, Marquié M, Sáez ME, Carracedo Á, Amouyel P, Schellenberg GD, Williams J, Seshadri S, van Duijn CM, Mather KA, Sánchez-Valle R, Serrano-Ríos M, Orellana A, Tárraga L, Blennow K, Huisman M, Andreassen OA, Posthuma D, Clarimón J, Boada M, van der Flier WM, Ramirez A, Lambert JC, van der Lee SJ, Ruiz A. Author Correction: Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores. Nat Commun. 2023 Feb 09; 14(1):716. PMID: 36759603.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/30/2023
DeCarli C, Pase M, Beiser A, Kojis D, Satizabal C, Himali J, Aparicio H, Flether E, Maillard P, Seshadri S. Secular Trends in Head Size and Cerebral Volumes In the Framingham Heart Study for Birth Years 1902-1985. Res Sq. 2023 Jan 30. PMID: 36778357.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/14/2022
Nichols E, Brickman AM, Casaletto KB, Dams-O'Connor K, George KM, Kumar RG, Palta P, Rabin JS, Satizabal CL, Schneider J, Pa J, La Joie R. AD and non-AD mediators of the pathway between the APOE genotype and cognition. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Dec 14. PMID: 36516004.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/13/2022
Maillard P, Hillmer LJ, Lu H, Arfanakis K, Gold BT, Bauer CE, Kramer JH, Staffaroni AM, Stables L, Wang DJJ, Seshadri S, Satizabal CL, Beiser A, Habes M, Fornage M, Mosley TH, Rosenberg GA, Singh B, Singh H, Schwab K, Helmer KG, Greenberg SM, DeCarli C, Caprihan A. MRI free water as a biomarker for cognitive performance: Validation in the MarkVCID consortium. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2022; 14(1):e12362. PMID: 36523847.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2022
Mishra A, Malik R, Hachiya T, Jürgenson T, Namba S, Posner DC, Kamanu FK, Koido M, Le Grand Q, Shi M, He Y, Georgakis MK, Caro I, Krebs K, Liaw YC, Vaura FC, Lin K, Winsvold BS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Parodi L, Bae HJ, Chauhan G, Chong MR, Tomppo L, Akinyemi R, Roshchupkin GV, Habib N, Jee YH, Thomassen JQ, Abedi V, Cárcel-Márquez J, Nygaard M, Leonard HL, Yang C, Yonova-Doing E, Knol MJ, Lewis AJ, Judy RL, Ago T, Amouyel P, Armstrong ND, Bakker MK, Bartz TM, Bennett DA, Bis JC, Bordes C, Børte S, Cain A, Ridker PM, Cho K, Chen Z, Cruchaga C, Cole JW, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Endres M, Ferreira LE, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, Hata J, He J, Heath AK, Ho YL, Havulinna AS, Hopewell JC, Hyacinth HI, Inouye M, Jacob MA, Jeon CE, Jern C, Kamouchi M, Keene KL, Kitazono T, Kittner SJ, Konuma T, Kumar A, Lacaze P, Launer LJ, Lee KJ, Lepik K, Li J, Li L, Manichaikul A, Markus HS, Marston NA, Meitinger T, Mitchell BD, Montellano FA, Morisaki T, Mosley TH, Nalls MA, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell MJ, Okada Y, Onland-Moret NC, Ovbiagele B, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rosand J, Sabatine MS, Sacco RL, Saleheen D, Sandset EC, Salomaa V, Sargurupremraj M, Sasaki M, Satizabal CL, Schmidt CO, Shimizu A, Smith NL, Sloane KL, Sutoh Y, Sun YV, Tanno K, Tiedt S, Tatlisumak T, Torres-Aguila NP, Tiwari HK, Trégouët DA, Trompet S, Tuladhar AM, Tybjærg-Hansen A, van Vugt M, Vibo R, Verma SS, Wiggins KL, Wennberg P, Woo D, Wilson PWF, Xu H, Yang Q, Yoon K, Millwood IY, Gieger C, Ninomiya T, Grabe HJ, Jukema JW, Rissanen IL, Strbian D, Kim YJ, Chen PH, Mayerhofer E, Howson JMM, Irvin MR, Adams H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Christensen K, Ikram MA, Rundek T, Worrall BB, Lathrop GM, Riaz M, Simonsick EM, Kõrv J, França PHC, Zand R, Prasad K, Frikke-Schmidt R, de Leeuw FE, Liman T, Haeusler KG, Ruigrok YM, Heuschmann PU, Longstreth WT, Jung KJ, Bastarache L, Paré G, Damrauer SM, Chasman DI, Rotter JI, Anderson CD, Zwart JA, Niiranen TJ, Fornage M, Liaw YP, Seshadri S, Fernández-Cadenas I, Walters RG, Ruff CT, Owolabi MO, Huffman JE, Milani L, Kamatani Y, Dichgans M, Debette S. Publisher Correction: Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries. Nature. 2022 Dec; 612(7938):E7. PMID: 36376532.
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