Jayandra J. Himali, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neurology
Biography
Jayandra Jung Himali, PhD, serves as an adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Biostatistics at Boston University Schools of Medicine and of Public Health, and a Center Faculty Member of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS). He has been engaged in collaborative public health research and teaching for over a decade. As a senior Biostatistician at the Neurology core of FHS, his research efforts are focused on the interrelated areas of: (1) the epidemiology of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and relating traditional and novel biomarkers to the risk of dementia and AD; (2) the epidemiology of stroke and vascular cognitive impairment; (3) understanding vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia including AD; and (4) investigating the role of modifiable lifestyle factors: sleep, diet and physical activity on the incidence of dementia, cognitive decline and MRI-defined brain aging. His research is also focused on outcome assessment in Epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and neuropathology. He has received the Nepal Bidhya Bhusan Class ‘A’ Medal from the government of Nepal for highest academic achievement in doctoral studies.
Other Positions
- Investigator, Framingham Heart Study
Education
- Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
- Tribhuvan University, MSc
- Tribhuvan University, BSc
Publications
- 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/18/2024
Stefanidou M, Himali JJ, Bernal R, Satizabal C, Devinsky O, Romero JR, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Friedman D. Association of cognitive and structural correlates of brain aging and incident epilepsy. The Framingham Heart Study. Epilepsia. 2025 Jan; 66(1):160-169. PMID: 39555677.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/15/2024
Liou JJ, Santini T, Li J, Gireud-Goss M, Patel V, Adeyemi OF, de Erausquin GA, Garbarino VR, Habes M, Himali JJ, Karmonik C, Snitz BE, Mettenburg JM, Wu M, Aizenstein HJ, Marsland AL, Gianaros PJ, Bowtell R, Mougin O, Vahidy FS, Girard TD, Jacobs HIL, Hosseini AA, Seshadri S, Ibrahim TS. Examining Brain Structures and Cognitive Functions in Patients with Recovered COVID-19 Infection: A Multicenter Study Using 7T MRI. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39606361.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/5/2024
Yiallourou S, Baril AA, Wiedner C, Misialek JR, Kline CE, Harrison S, Cannon E, Yang Q, Bernal R, Bisson A, Himali D, Cavuoto M, Weihs A, Beiser A, Gottesman RF, Leng Y, Lopez O, Lutsey PL, Purcell SM, Redline S, Seshadri S, Stone KL, Yaffe K, Ancoli-Israel S, Xiao Q, Vaou EO, Himali JJ, Pase MP. Sleep macro-architecture and dementia risk in adults: Meta-analysis of 5 cohorts from the Sleep and Dementia Consortium. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 05. PMID: 39802761.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/31/2024
Fongang B, Ayele BA, Wadop YN, Epenge E, Nkouonlack CD, Njamnshi WY, Jian X, Sargurupremraj M, Djotsa ABSN, Seke Etet PF, Bernal R, Atangana A, Cavazos JE, Himali JJ, Fonteh AN, Maestre G, Njamnshi AK, Seshadri S. The African Initiative for Bioinformatics Online Training in Neurodegenerative Diseases (AI-BOND): Investing in the next generation of African neuroscientists. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2024; 10(4):e70002. PMID: 39748840.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/29/2024
Satizabal CL, Himali JJ, Conner SC, Beiser AS, Maillard P, Vasan RS, DeCarli C, Seshadri S. Circulating adipokines and MRI markers of brain aging in middle-aged adults from the community. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024 Nov; 102(2):449-458. PMID: 39625328.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/25/2024
Yiallourou S, Baril AA, Wiedner C, Song X, Bernal R, Himali D, Cavuoto MG, DeCarli C, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Himali JJ, Pase MP. Short Sleep Duration and Hypertension: A Double Hit for the Brain. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Nov 05; 13(21):e035132. PMID: 39450742.
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