Monica Ly, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Biography
Dr. Monica Ly is a clinical neuropsychologist with experience in aging, dementia, and head injury (traumatic brain injury and/or repetitive head impacts). She balances clinical work within BMC Neurology and research with the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center. Her research focuses on cognitive and psychiatric outcomes at the intersection of head injury and aging. Her work combines neuropsychological test data and fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers to improve the assessment and diagnosis of head injury.
Education
- University of Connecticut, PhD
- University of Connecticut, MS
- Carnegie Mellon University, BA
Publications
- Published on 1/26/2025
Altaras C, Ly MT, Schultz O, Barr WB, Banks SJ, Wethe JV, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Ashton N, Peskind E, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Bouix S, Daneshvar D, Dodick DW, Geda YE, Katz DL, Weller JL, Mez J, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA, Alosco ML. Dispersion-based cognitive intra-individual variability in former American football players: Association with traumatic encephalopathy syndrome, repetitive head impacts, and biomarkers. Clin Neuropsychol. 2025 Jan 26; 1-29. PMID: 39865747.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/20/2025
Ly MT, Altaras C, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Peskind ER, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Wethe JV, Lenio S, Bondi MW, Delano-Wood LM, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, Mez J, Daneshvar DH, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Bouix S, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA, Alosco ML. Single- versus two-test criteria for cognitive impairment: associations with CSF and imaging markers in former American football players. Clin Neuropsychol. 2025 Jan 20; 1-25. PMID: 39834028.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/18/2024
Merritt VC, Zhang R, Sherva R, Ly MT, Marra D, Panizzon MS, Tsuang DW, Hauger RL, Logue MW. Curation and validation of electronic medical record-based dementia diagnoses in the VA Million Veteran Program. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Jan; 103(1):180-193. PMID: 39692476.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/8/2024
Adler JS, Ozturk ED, Merritt VC, Delano-Wood L, Schiehser DM, Bondi MW, Ly MT, Ton-Loy A, Sorg SF. Prospective memory performance in veterans with and without histories of mild traumatic brain injury: effect of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 genotype. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2024 May; 46(4):352-363. PMID: 38717052.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/24/2024
Ly MT, Adler J, Ton Loy AF, Edmonds EC, Bondi MW, Delano-Wood L. Comparing neuropsychological, typical, and ADNI criteria for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in Vietnam-era veterans. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2024 Jun; 30(5):439-447. PMID: 38263745.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Thomas KR, Clark AL, Weigand AJ, Edwards L, Durazo AA, Membreno R, Luu B, Rantins P, Ly MT, Rotblatt LJ, Bangen KJ, Jak AJ. Cognition and Amyloid-ß in Older Veterans: Characterization and Longitudinal Outcomes of Data-Derived Phenotypes. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024; 99(1):417-427. PMID: 38669550.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/20/2023
Ly MT, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Peskind ER, Au R, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Wethe JV, Bondi MW, Delano-Wood LM, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, McClean MD, Mez JB, Palmisano J, Martin B, Hartlage K, Lin AP, Koerte IK, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA, Bouix S, Alosco ML. Association of Vascular Risk Factors and CSF and Imaging Biomarkers With White Matter Hyperintensities in Former American Football Players. Neurology. 2024 Jan 23; 102(2):e208030. PMID: 38165330.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/8/2023
Rantins P, Ly M, Clark AL, Weigand AJ, Alshaheri Durazo A, Merritt VC, Bangen KJ, Thomas KR. Research Letter: TBI Severity Moderates the Association Between Subjective and Objective Attention in Older Veterans. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 May-Jun 01; 39(3):239-246. PMID: 37712765.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/25/2023
Merritt VC, Gasperi M, Yim J, Ly MT, Chanfreau-Coffinier C. Exploring Interactions Between Traumatic Brain Injury History and Gender on Medical Comorbidities in Military Veterans: An Epidemiological Analysis in the VA Million Veteran Program. J Neurotrauma. 2024 Mar; 41(5-6):623-634. PMID: 37358378.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/8/2023
Ly MT, Merritt VC, Ozturk ED, Clark AL, Hanson KL, Delano-Wood LM, Sorg SF. Subjective memory complaints are associated with decreased cortical thickness in Veterans with histories of mild traumatic brain injury. Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 Nov; 37(8):1745-1765. PMID: 36883430.
Read at: PubMed
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