Rhoda Au, PhD
Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Biography
Dr. Au’s research interests are focused on aging and dementia, and include relating cardiovascular risk factors, brain MRI measures, and neuropathology to cognitive performance. She is also interested in merging research and technology as the path toward innovative science.
Other Positions
- Professor, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
- Investigator, Framingham Heart Study
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
- Professor, Biomedical Genetics, Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- University of California, Riverside, PhD
- Boston University, MBA
- Pomona College, BA
Publications
- Published on 3/2/2025
Yang J, Ding H, Li Y, Ang TFA, Devine S, Liu Y, Qiu W, Au R, Ma J, Liu C. Association of mid-age Life's Essential 8 score with digital cognitive performance and incident Alzheimer's disease: The Framingham Heart Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Mar; 104(2):498-508. PMID: 40025717.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/13/2025
Kang M, Ang TFA, Devine SA, Sherva R, Mukherjee S, Trittschuh EH, Gibbons LE, Scollard P, Lee M, Choi SE, Klinedinst B, Nakano C, Dumitrescu LC, Hohman TJ, Cuccaro ML, Saykin AJ, Kukull WA, Bennett DA, Wang LS, Mayeux RP, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Crane PK, Au R, Lunetta KL, Mez J, Farrer LA. Genome-wide pleiotropy analysis of longitudinal blood pressure and harmonized cognitive performance measures. medRxiv. 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39990565.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2025
Li J, Liu C, Ang TFA, Au R. Associations of Mid- and Late-Life Fasting Blood Glucose Levels With Dementia Risk Among Patients With Diabetes: Framingham Heart Study. Eur J Neurol. 2025 Feb; 32(2):e70062. PMID: 39910859.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2025
Leng Y, Ding H, Ang TFA, Au R, Doraiswamy PM, Liu C. Identifying proteomic prognostic markers for Alzheimer's disease with survival machine learning: The Framingham Heart Study. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Feb; 12(2):100021. PMID: 39863332.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/16/2024
Lauber MV, Bellitti M, Kapadia K, Jasodanand VH, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Global amyloid burden enhances network efficiency of tau propagation in the brain. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024 Dec 16; 13872877241294084. PMID: 39686595.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/3/2024
O'Shea S, Liu Y, Liu C, Frank SA, Shih LC, Au R. Obesity and the development of Parkinson's disease within the Framingham Heart study cohort. Clin Park Relat Disord. 2025; 12:100291. PMID: 39758706.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/2/2024
Abdolmohammadi B, Tuz-Zahra F, Uretsky M, Nicks R, Mosaheb S, Labonte J, Yhang E, Durape S, Martin B, Palmisano J, Nowinski C, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Dams-O'Connor K, Crary J, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Goldstein LE, Au R, Katz DI, Kowall NW, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Alosco ML, Stein TD, Tripodis Y, McKee AC, Mez J. Duration of Ice Hockey Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 02; 7(12):e2449106. PMID: 39630446.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/28/2024
Ahangaran M, Dawalatabad N, Karjadi C, Glass J, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Obfuscation via pitch-shifting for balancing privacy and diagnostic utility in voice-based cognitive assessment. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39649616.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/28/2024
Hadar PN, Westmeijer M, Sun H, Meulenbrugge EJ, Jing J, Paixao L, Tesh RA, Da Silva Cardoso M, Arnal P, Au R, Shin C, Kim S, Thomas RJ, Cash SS, Westover MB. Epilepsy is associated with the accelerated aging of brain activity in sleep. Front Physiol. 2024; 15:1458592. PMID: 39668843.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/18/2024
Ding H, Gifford K, Shih LC, Ho K, Rahman S, Igwe A, Low S, Popp Z, Searls E, Li Z, Madan S, Burk A, Hwang PH, Anda-Duran I, Kolachalama VB, Au R, Lin H. Exploring the Perspectives of Older Adults on a Digital Brain Health Platform Using Natural Language Processing: Cohort Study. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Nov 18; 8:e60453. PMID: 39556805.
Read at: PubMed
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