Ting Fang Alvin Ang, MD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Biography
Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. He also works with the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), where his research focuses on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – pressing public health issues at hand. Trained as a physician, his clinical experience in tertiary hospitals and overseas humanitarian missions has inspired him to pivot towards public health research, to improve current clinical guidelines and practice of neurocognitive disorders. His research primarily involves data analyses and management of AD and TBI research, where he enjoys taking an agnostic approach to tackling different scientific questions, implementing different study designs and adopting both conventional statistical and machine-learning analytic techniques. He works closely with Dr. Rhoda Au on numerous multi-site collaborative research projects, harnessing the expertise and resources from other academic institutes and industries, in an effort to advance research in the brain health domain. Beyond his personal research interests, he is an avid believer in team science and plays a crucial role in spearheading data-sharing efforts and advocating for open data movement at FHS.
Other Positions
- Center Faculty Member, Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University School of Public Health
Education
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, MBBS
- Boston University, MPH
Publications
- Published on 1/19/2023
Hwang PH, Ang TFA, De Anda-Duran I, Liu X, Liu Y, Gurnani A, Mez J, Auerbach S, Joshi P, Yuan J, Devine S, Au R, Liu C. Examination of potentially modifiable dementia risk factors across the adult life course: The Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jan 19. PMID: 36656649.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/22/2022
Huang J, Tao Q, Ang TFA, Farrell J, Zhu C, Wang Y, Stein TD, Lunetta KL, Massaro J, Mez J, Au R, Farrer LA, Qiu WQ, Zhang X. The impact of increasing levels of blood C-reactive protein on the inflammatory loci SPI1 and CD33 in Alzheimer's disease. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 Dec 22; 12(1):523. PMID: 36550123.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/22/2022
Ding H, Mandapati A, Karjadi C, Ang TFA, Lu S, Miao X, Glass J, Au R, Lin H. Association Between Acoustic Features and Neuropsychological Test Performance in the Framingham Heart Study: Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Dec 22; 24(12):e42886. PMID: 36548029.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/15/2022
Li J, Liu C, Ang TFA, Au R. BMI decline patterns and relation to dementia risk across four decades of follow-up in the Framingham Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Dec 15. PMID: 36519667.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/17/2022
Huang J, Stein TD, Wang Y, Ang TFA, Tao Q, Lunetta KL, Massaro J, Akhter-Khan SC, Mez J, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. Blood levels of MCP-1 modulate the genetic risks of Alzheimer's disease mediated by HLA-DRB1 and APOE for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 36396603.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/3/2022
Liu C, Li Y, Nwosu A, Ang TFA, Liu Y, Devine S, Au R, Doraiswamy PM. Sex-specific biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease progression: Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2022; 14(1):e12369. PMID: 36348973.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/6/2022
Tao Q, Akhter-Khan SC, Ang TFA, DeCarli C, Alosco ML, Mez J, Killiany R, Devine S, Rokach A, Itchapurapu IS, Zhang X, Lunetta KL, Steffens DC, Farrer LA, Greve DN, Au R, Qiu WQ. Different loneliness types, cognitive function, and brain structure in midlife: Findings from the Framingham Heart Study. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Nov; 53:101643. PMID: 36105871.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/15/2022
Yuan J, Au R, Karjadi C, Ang TF, Devine S, Auerbach S, DeCarli C, Libon DJ, Mez J, Lin H. Associations Between the Digital Clock Drawing Test and Brain Volume: Large Community-Based Prospective Cohort (Framingham Heart Study). J Med Internet Res. 2022 Apr 15; 24(4):e34513. PMID: 35436225.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/23/2022
Zhang X, Tong T, Chang A, Ang TFA, Tao Q, Auerbach S, Devine S, Qiu WQ, Mez J, Massaro J, Lunetta KL, Au R, Farrer LA. Midlife lipid and glucose levels are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jan; 19(1):181-193. PMID: 35319157.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2022
Tavabi N, Stück D, Signorini A, Karjadi C, Al Hanai T, Sandoval M, Lemke C, Glass J, Hardy S, Lavallee M, Wasserman B, Ang TFA, Nowak CM, Kainkaryam R, Foschini L, Au R. Cognitive Digital Biomarkers from Automated Transcription of Spoken Language. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 9(4):791-800. PMID: 36281684.
Read at: PubMed
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