Ting Fang Alvin Ang, MD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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.

Publications

  • Published 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 3/1/2025

    Rehman H, Ang TFA, Tao Q, Au R, Farrer LA, Qiu WQ, Zhang X. Plasma protein risk scores for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in the Framingham heart study. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Mar; 21(3):e70066. PMID: 40156298.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 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 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 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.

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Other Positions

  • Center Faculty Member, Slone Epidemiology Center
    Boston University School of Public Health

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Education

  • Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, MBBS
  • Boston University, MPH

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