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 7/4/2024
Xue C, Kowshik SS, Lteif D, Puducheri S, Jasodanand VH, Zhou OT, Walia AS, Guney OB, Zhang JD, Pham ST, Kaliaev A, Andreu-Arasa VC, Dwyer BC, Farris CW, Hao H, Kedar S, Mian AZ, Murman DL, O'Shea SA, Paul AB, Rohatgi S, Saint-Hilaire MH, Sartor EA, Setty BN, Small JE, Swaminathan A, Taraschenko O, Yuan J, Zhou Y, Zhu S, Karjadi C, Alvin Ang TF, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Poston KL, Ahangaran M, Au R, Kolachalama VB. AI-based differential diagnosis of dementia etiologies on multimodal data. Nat Med. 2024 Jul 04. PMID: 38965435.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/3/2024
Kang M, Li C, Mahajan A, Spat-Lemus J, Durape S, Chen J, Gurnani AS, Devine S, Auerbach SH, Ang TFA, Sherva R, Qiu WQ, Lunetta KL, Au R, Farrer LA, Mez J. Subjective Cognitive Decline Plus and Longitudinal Assessment and Risk for Cognitive Impairment. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 03. PMID: 38959008.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/25/2024
Amini S, Hao B, Yang J, Karjadi C, Kolachalama VB, Au R, Paschalidis IC. Prediction of Alzheimer's disease progression within 6 years using speech: A novel approach leveraging language models. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Jun 25. PMID: 38924662.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/4/2024
Ahangaran M, Zhu H, Li R, Yin L, Jang J, Chaudhry AP, Farrer LA, Au R, Kolachalama VB. DREAMER: a computational framework to evaluate readiness of datasets for machine learning. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2024 Jun 04; 24(1):152. PMID: 38831432.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2024
Lteif D, Sreerama S, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Disease-driven domain generalization for neuroimaging-based assessment of Alzheimer's disease. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Jun 01; 45(8):e26707. PMID: 38798082.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/29/2024
Ding H, Kim M, Searls E, Sunderaraman P, Anda-Duran I, Low S, Popp Z, Hwang PH, Li Z, Goyal K, Hathaway L, Monteverde J, Rahman S, Igwe A, Kolachalama VB, Au R, Lin H. Corrigendum: Digital neuropsychological measures by defense automated neurocognitive assessment: reference values and clinical correlates. Front Neurol. 2024; 15:1433972. PMID: 38867888.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/12/2024
Wang Y, Huang J, Ang TFA, Zhu Y, Tao Q, Mez J, Alosco M, Denis GV, Belkina A, Gurnani A, Ross M, Gong B, Han J, Lunetta KL, Stein TD, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. The association between circulating CD34+CD133+ endothelial progenitor cells and reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease in the Framingham Heart Study. Explor Med. 2024; 5(2):193-214. PMID: 38854406.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/27/2024
Ding H, Liu C, Li Y, Ang TFA, Devine S, Liu Y, Au R, Doraiswamy PM. Sex-specific blood biomarkers linked to memory changes in middle-aged adults: The Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2024; 16(1):e12569. PMID: 38545543.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/26/2024
Xue C, Kowshik SS, Lteif D, Puducheri S, Jasodanand VH, Zhou OT, Walia AS, Guney OB, Zhang JD, Pham ST, Kaliaev A, Andreu-Arasa VC, Dwyer BC, Farris CW, Hao H, Kedar S, Mian AZ, Murman DL, O'Shea SA, Paul AB, Rohatgi S, Saint-Hilaire MH, Sartor EA, Setty BN, Small JE, Swaminathan A, Taraschenko O, Yuan J, Zhou Y, Zhu S, Karjadi C, Ang TFA, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Poston KL, Ahangaran M, Au R, Kolachalama VB. AI-based differential diagnosis of dementia etiologies on multimodal data. medRxiv. 2024 Mar 26. PMID: 38585870.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/21/2024
Ding H, Wang B, Hamel AP, Karjadi C, Ang TFA, Au R, Lin H. Exploring cognitive progression subtypes in the Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2024; 16(1):e12574. PMID: 38515438.
Read at: PubMed
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