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Denis A. Evans

Rush University

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Rush Institute For Healthy Aging

Denis A. Evans is a High Senior Professor at Rush University, where his research spans health sciences, public health, and the neuroscience of aging. His work focuses on the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline, with specific interests in social determinants such as isolation, loneliness, and social engagement, as well as cardiovascular and kidney function’s impact on neurodegeneration. His 2025 publications include a multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis identifying novel Alzheimer’s risk loci, alongside studies on hearing loss, diet, and biomarkers of neurodegenerative disease. He is recognized for his leadership in population-based cohorts, including the Chicago Health and Aging Project, and contributes to international collaborative efforts advancing dementia prevention and risk stratification.

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public health alzheimer's disease geriatrics neurology neuroscience epidemiology dementia neuroscience of aging cognitive decline cognitive impairment mental health later adulthood aging-associated diseases demography neurodegenerative diseases social gerontology ageing older adults older persons cognitive function experimental gerontology geriatric neurology geriatric medicine alzheimer disease population aging cohort studies depressive symptoms clinical gerontology molecular neurodegeneration genome-wide association studies brain health respiratory medicine community population applied cognitive psychology psychological medicine clinical nutrition blood pressure neuropsychiatry biogerontology human nutrition united states neuropsychological rehabilitation public health nutrition biracial population sample biological psychiatry clinical neurology epidemiologic research memory loss underserved populations vascular cognitive disorder community health elderly care incident alzheimer disease chicago health neurorehabilitation genome biology medical genetics elder abuse healthy aging social epidemiology nutritional neuroscience dietary health community-dwelling population african americans mild cognitive impairment cardiovascular research regional studies medicinal research human cognition vascular dementia early life exposures racial differences cerebral blood flow genotype-phenotype association neurochemical biomarkers elder self-neglect

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Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe-Related Air Pollution Exposure With Neuroimaging Outcomes. Environmental Epidemiology (2025)

environmental healthinhalation toxicologyenvironmental exposuresenvironmental health perspectiveneuroscienceair qualityenvironmental epidemiologyair pollutionhuman exposureneuroimaging outcomes

Cardiovascular Health and Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease in Older Adults. JAMA Network Open (2025)

cerebral blood flowneuroscience of agingneurodegenerative diseasesalzheimer's diseaseneurochemical biomarkersaging-associated diseasesvascular dementianeuroscienceolder adultsvascular cognitive disordermolecular neurodegenerationcardiovascular researchneurologyhealth sciences

Cognitive Activity From Early to Late Life and the Risk of Ad Dementia. Neurology Open Access (2025)

Klodian DhanaRobert S. WilsonTodd BeckDenis A. EvansKumar B. Rajan

ad dementiacognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingneurodegenerative diseasescognitive activitydementiaearly life exposureslate lifecognitive science

Compounding Effects of Apoe4 and Blood Neurodegenerative Biomarkers on Cognitive Decline in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

Dietary Fat Intake, Blood Tau Levels, and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

cognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingaging-associated diseasesgeriatric endocrinologynutritionageingblood tau levelscognitive declinedietary fat intakepublic healthhealth sciencesexperimental gerontologyhealthy aging

Hearing Loss, Diet, and Cognitive Decline: Interconnections for Dementia Prevention. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease (2025)

cognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingaging-associated diseaseshearing lossdementiacognitive declineauditory sciencepublic healthhuman hearinghealth scienceshearing research

Impact of Kidney Function on Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

cognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingneurodegenerative diseasesaging-associated diseasesageingneuroscienceolder adultsvascular cognitive disorderkidney functionneurologyexperimental gerontologywhite matter hyperintensities

Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of 56,241 Individuals Identifies Known and Novel Cross-Population and Ancestry-Specific Associations as Novel Risk Loci for Alzheimer’s Disease. Genome biology (2025)

Farid RajabliPenelope BenchekGiuseppe TostoNicholas KushchJin ShaKatrina BazemoreCongcong ZhuWan-Ping LeeJacob HautKara L Hamilton-NelsonNicholas R WheelerYi ZhaoJohn J FarrellMichelle A GruninYuk Yee LeungPavel P KuksaDonghe LiEder Lucio da FonsecaJesse B MezEllen L PalmerJagan PillaiRichard M ShervaYeunjoo E SongXiaoling ZhangTakeshi IkeuchiTaha IqbalOmkar PathakOtto ValladaresDolly Reyes-DumeyerAmanda B KuzmaErin AbnerLarry D AdamsPerrie M AdamsAlyssa AguirreMarilyn S AlbertRoger L AlbinMariet AllenLisa AlvarezLiana G ApostolovaSteven E ArnoldSanjay AsthanaCraig S AtwoodSanford AuerbachGayle AyresClinton T BaldwinRobert C BarberLisa L BarnesSandra BarralThomas G BeachJames T BeckerGary W BeechamDuane BeeklyBruno A BenitezDavid BennettJohn BertelsonThomas D BirdDeborah BlackerBradley F BoeveJames D BowenAdam BoxerJames BrewerJames R BurkeJeffrey M BurnsJoseph D BuxbaumNigel J CairnsLaura B CantwellChuanhai CaoChristopher S CarlsonCynthia M CarlssonRegina M CarneyMinerva M CarrasquilloScott ChasseMarie-Francoise ChesseletNathaniel A ChinHelena C ChuiJaeyoon ChungSuzanne CraftPaul K CraneDavid H CribbsElizabeth A CroccoCarlos CruchagaMichael L CuccaroMunro CullumEveleen DarbyBarbara DavisPhilip L De JagerCharles DeCarliJohn DeToledoMalcolm DickDennis W DicksonBeth A DombroskiRachelle S DoodyRanjan DuaraNIlüfer Ertekin-TanerDenis A EvansKelley M FaberThomas J FairchildKenneth B FallonDavid W FardoMartin R Farlow

multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysisgeneticsgenetic epidemiologyalzheimer's diseaseneuroscience of agingaging-associated diseasesstatistical geneticshereditybiostatisticsgenotype-phenotype associationsharpin locusgenome biologyhuman geneticssusceptibility locigenome-wide association studiesepidemiology

Racial Differences in Midlife Cognitive Function: Implications for Ad/Adrd Risk. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

Sex‐ and Apoeɛ4‐Specific Association Between Carotenoids and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

aging processcognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingaging-associated diseasesageingolder adultscognitive declineneuropsychologyphysiologyhealth sciencesexperimental gerontology

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Denis A. Evans

Rush University

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Rush Institute For Healthy Aging

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Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe-Related Air Pollution Exposure With Neuroimaging Outcomes. Environmental Epidemiology (2025)

environmental healthinhalation toxicologyenvironmental exposuresenvironmental health perspectiveneuroscienceair qualityenvironmental epidemiologyair pollutionhuman exposureneuroimaging outcomes

Cardiovascular Health and Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease in Older Adults. JAMA Network Open (2025)

Cognitive Activity From Early to Late Life and the Risk of Ad Dementia. Neurology Open Access (2025)

Klodian DhanaRobert S. WilsonTodd BeckDenis A. EvansKumar B. Rajan

ad dementiacognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingneurodegenerative diseasescognitive activitydementiaearly life exposureslate lifecognitive science

Compounding Effects of Apoe4 and Blood Neurodegenerative Biomarkers on Cognitive Decline in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

Dietary Fat Intake, Blood Tau Levels, and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

Hearing Loss, Diet, and Cognitive Decline: Interconnections for Dementia Prevention. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease (2025)

cognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingaging-associated diseaseshearing lossdementiacognitive declineauditory sciencepublic healthhuman hearinghealth scienceshearing research

Impact of Kidney Function on Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

Racial Differences in Midlife Cognitive Function: Implications for Ad/Adrd Risk. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

Sex‐ and Apoeɛ4‐Specific Association Between Carotenoids and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025)

aging processcognitive impairmentneuroscience of agingaging-associated diseasesageingolder adultscognitive declineneuropsychologyphysiologyhealth sciencesexperimental gerontology

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