Publications

Tee BL, Spat-Lemus J, Zhang SX, Upendra S, Zhao X, Chen G, Chen Y, Wen X, Yao A, Leng F, Li C. Advancing global precision in dementia research: Examining Normative Heterogeneity of Aging and Neurodegeneration in Chinese Elders (ENHANCE). Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Mar;22(3):e71166. doi: 10.1002/alz.71166. PubMed PMID: 41790563; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12965372.

Tee BL, Chen TF, Li-Ying LK, Lo RY, Tsoh J, Chan AL, Wong A, Lu CJ, Sun Y, Wang PN, Lee Y, Allen IE, Chuang YC, Cheng YW, Leng F, Chen Y, Mandelli ML, de Leon J, Vonk J, Gorno-Tempini ML. Speaking in Tones: The role of lexical tones in Chinese-speaking Primary Progressive Aphasia. medRxiv. 2025 Oct 27;. doi: 10.1101/2025.10.24.25338751. PubMed PMID: 41282789; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12636694.

Tanley J, Jaeger BC, Chen H, Rudolph MD, Hayden KM, Luchsinger JA, Ding J, Liu Y, Bertoni AG, Heckbert SR, Sachs BC, Rascovsky K, Li C, Post WS, Szklo M, Hughes TM. Subclinical vascular burden in relation to cognitive decline and impairment: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Oct;21(10):e70866. doi: 10.1002/alz.70866. PubMed PMID: 41164889; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12572826.

Ho PC, Peavy GM, Lee H, Gu Y, Kukull WA, Choi YB, Yu WH, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Henderson VW, Tee BL, Feldman HH, Li C, Yang HS, Lupo JL, Hsiung GR, Liu C, Wong EC, Mayeux R, Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease Study, Ta Park VM, Jun GR, Chui HC, Wang LS, Chow TW. Protocol for the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) Study. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2025 Oct-Dec;11(4):e70189. doi: 10.1002/trc2.70189. eCollection 2025 Oct-Dec. PubMed PMID: 41439122; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12720140.

Wang E, Yu K, Cao J, Wang M, Katsel P, Song WM, Wang Z, Li Y, Wang X, Wang Q, Xu P, Yu G, Zhu L, Geng J, Habibi P, Qian L, Tuck T, Li A, Tcw J, Roussos P, Brennand KJ, Haroutunian V, Johnson ECB, Seyfried NT, Levey AI, Bennett DA, Peng J, Cai D, Zhang B. Multiscale proteomic modeling reveals protein networks driving Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. Cell. 2025 Oct 30;188(22):6186-6204.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.08.038. Epub 2025 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 41005309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12851831.

Gaynor LS, Lopez FV, Van Hulle CA, Li C, Vasunilashorn SM, Andrews SJ, Simone SM, Mungas DM. Measurement equivalence of the UDS version 2.0 and 3.0 neuropsychological batteries. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep;21(9):e70720. doi: 10.1002/alz.70720. PubMed PMID: 40951940; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12434601.

Alkhodair Y, Hsiung GR, Tee BL, Ho PC, Au Yeung P, Yu WH, Peavy G, Henderson VW, Choi YB, Li C, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Lee H, Kukull WA, Clinical Core of the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD), Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease Study. High inter-rater reliability in consensus diagnoses and overall assessment in the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease Study. NPJ Dement. 2025;1(1):18. doi: 10.1038/s44400-025-00015-1. Epub 2025 Jul 30. PubMed PMID: 40757175; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12310511.

Lee H, Tzuang M, Chow TW, Kang Y, Tee BL, Li C, Lam E, Gu Y, Lee S, Ho PC, Peavy G, Seo EH, Kim K, Tran B, Chae W, Nguyen D, Vo N, Dang D, Spat-Lemus J, Choi YB, Feldman H, Jun GR, Wang LS, Yu WH, Park VTM, Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease Study. Translation and cultural adaptation of tools to assess diverse Asian American and Asian Canadian subgroups: The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jun;21(6):e70311. doi: 10.1002/alz.70311. PubMed PMID: 40528300; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12173839.

Zhang DF, Bayrak CS, Zeng Q, Wang M, Zhang B. Prediction of mild cognitive impairment using blood multi-omics data. Front Genet. 2025;16:1552063. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2025.1552063. eCollection 2025. PubMed PMID: 40491569; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12146786.

Fitri FI, Tee BL, Gallée J, Rambe AS, Effendy E, Kadri A, Prawiroharjo P, Lubis IND, Surbakti KP, Amin MM. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of neurologists toward primary progressive aphasia in Indonesia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Jun;105(4):1373-1384. doi: 10.1177/13872877251336263. Epub 2025 May 8. PubMed PMID: 40340427.

Frost B, Rowe JB, Akinyemi RO, Abisambra JF, Ashton NJ, Brendel M, Buée L, Butler D, Carrillo MC, Chung P, Clelland CD, DeVos SL, Diaz K, Edelmayer RM, Elahi FM, Ellajosyula R, Ewen C, Fontana IC, Galas MC, Hansson O, Höglinger G, Horie K, Ibanez A, Jacobs L, Maina MB, Malpetti M, McDade E, McEwan W, Montoliu-Gaya L, Mummery CJ, Orr ME, Rohrer JD, Rommel A, Sastre C, Spires-Jones TL, Tee BL, Viney TJ, Walker JM, Wegmann S, Wildsmith K, Yadav R, Mahinrad S, Sexton C. Insights into pathophysiology, biomarkers, and therapeutics in tauopathies: Proceedings of the Tau2024 Global Conference. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 May;21(5):e70078. doi: 10.1002/alz.70078. PubMed PMID: 40437880; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12120264.

Liu J, Yang Y, Shi H, Perez A, Raine A, Rao H, Feng R, Li C. Improving cognitive function in older adults through mind-body Qigong exercise at senior daycare centers: The role of sleep as a moderator and mediator. Explore (NY). 2025 Jul-Aug;21(4):103167. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2025.103167. Epub 2025 Apr 26. PubMed PMID: 40324295.

Qi T, Mandelli ML, Watson Pereira CL, Wellman E, Bogley R, Licata AE, Miller ZA, Tee BL, de Leon J, Chang EF, Oganian Y, Gorno-Tempini ML. Anatomical and behavioural correlates of auditory perception in developmental dyslexia. Brain. 2025 Mar 6;148(3):833-844. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae298. PubMed PMID: 39300826; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11884757.

Babulal GM. Neighborhoods, Networks, and Neurodegeneration: A Call for Population-Level Policy and Advancing the Exposome. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Feb;73(2):340-342. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19333. Epub 2025 Jan 6. PubMed PMID: 39760328; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11828669.

Babulal GM, Zha W, Trani JF, Guerra JL, Tee BL, Zhu Y, Chen Y, Chen L, Bubu M, Josephy-Hernandez S, Wandera S, Karanja W, Ellajosyula R, Caramelli P, Diversity and Disparity Professional Interest Area, Low-and-Middle-Income Working Group. Identifying Gaps and Barriers in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Research and Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Survey of Health Professionals and Researchers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024;101(4):1307-1320. doi: 10.3233/JAD-240650. PubMed PMID: 39302373; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11934044.

Xia T, Li C, Iverson A, Spat-Lemus J, Woroch A, Naasan G. Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia with pathogenic variant in MAPT presenting as dementia with Lewy body disease. Neurocase. 2025 Feb;31(1):23-28. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2024.2440548. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 39658879; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12082706.

Wang K, Chen XS, Zeng X, Wu B, Liu J, Daquin J, Li C. Cognitive Trajectories and Associated Social and Behavioral Determinants Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults in the United States. Gerontologist. 2024 Dec 1;64(12). doi: 10.1093/geront/gnae147. PubMed PMID: 39403721; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11604063.

Nuytemans K, Franzen S, Broce IJ, Caramelli P, Ellajosyula R, Finger E, Gupta V, Gupta V, Illán-Gala I, Loi SM, Morhardt D, Pijnenburg Y, Rascovsky K, Williams MM, Yokoyama JS, Acosta-Uribe J, Akinyemi R, Alladi S, Ayele BA, Ayhan Y, Bourdage R, Castro-Suarez S, de Souza LC, Dacks P, de Boer SCM, de Leon J, Dodge S, Grasso S, Ghoshal N, Kamath V, Kumfor F, Matias-Guiu JA, Narme P, Nielsen TR, Okhuevbie D, Piña-Escudero S, Ruiz-Garcia R, Ryan B, Scarioni M, Slachevsky A, Suarez-Gonzalez A, Tee BL, Tsoy E, Ulugut H, Onyike CU, Babulal GM, ISTAART Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders PIA, ISTAART Diversity and Disparities PIA. Gaps in biomedical research in frontotemporal dementia: A call for diversity and disparities focused research. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Dec;20(12):9014-9036. doi: 10.1002/alz.14312. Epub 2024 Nov 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 39535468; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11667558.

Yadollahikhales G, Mandelli ML, Ezzes Z, Pillai J, Ratnasiri B, Baquirin DP, Miller Z, de Leon J, Tee BL, Seeley W, Rosen H, Miller B, Kramer J, Sturm V, Gorno-Tempini ML, Montembeault M. Perceptual and semantic deficits in face recognition in semantic dementia. Neuropsychologia. 2024 Dec 15;205:109020. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.109020. Epub 2024 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 39447739; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11609019.

Santi GC, Catricalà E, Kwan S, Wong A, Ezzes Z, Wauters L, Esposito V, Conca F, Gibbons D, Fernandez E, Santos-Santos MA, TaFu C, Li-Ying KC, R L, J T, Chan LT, Garcia AM, de Leon J, Miller Z, Vonk JMJ, Bruffaerts R, Grasso SM, Allen IE, Cappa SF, Gorno-Tempini ML, Tee BL. Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Speech Markers: Insights from English, Chinese, and Italian Speakers. medRxiv. 2024 Oct 16;. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.15.24314191. PubMed PMID: 39484241; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11527062.

Coppieters R, Bouzigues A, Jiskoot L, Montembeault M, Tee BL, Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative (GENFI), Rohrer JD, Bruffaerts R. A systematic review of the quantitative markers of speech and language of the frontotemporal degeneration spectrum and their potential for cross-linguistic implementation. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Dec;167:105909. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105909. Epub 2024 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 39393594.

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 Oct 1;81(10):993-1002. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.1678. PubMed PMID: 38959008; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11223054.

Wang, K., Chen, X. S., Zeng, X., Wu, B., Liu, J., Daquin, J., Li, C. (In press). Cognitive Trajectories and Associated Social and Behavioral Determinants among Racial/ethnic Minority Older Adults in the United States. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Sewell M, Neugroschl J, Zhu CW, Loizos M, Zeng X, Pun K, Greenberg J, Velasco N, Sheppard F, Tocco C, Evans K, Ardolino A, Meuser C, Li C, Melnick J, Grossman H, Sano M. Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease Experience: Research Participant and Staff Satisfaction With Remote Cognitive Evaluations. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2024 Jan-Mar 01;38(1):65-69. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000605. Epub 2024 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 38372646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10932832.

Ho PC, Yu WH, Tee BL, Lee WP, Li C, Gu Y, Yokoyama JS, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Choi YB, Yang HS, Vardarajan BN, Tzuang M, Lieu K, Lu A, Faber KM, Potter ZD, Revta C, Kirsch M, McCallum J, Mei D, Booth B, Cantwell LB, Chen F, Chou S, Clark D, Deng M, Hong TH, Hwang LJ, Jiang L, Joo Y, Kang Y, Kim ES, Kim H, Kim K, Kuzma AB, Lam E, Lanata SC, Lee K, Li D, Li M, Li X, Liu CL, Liu C, Liu L, Lupo JL, Nguyen K, Pfleuger SE, Qian J, Qian W, Ramirez V, Russ KA, Seo EH, Song YE, Tartaglia MC, Tian L, Torres M, Vo N, Wong EC, Xie Y, Yau EB, Yi I, Yu V, Zeng X, St George-Hyslop P, Au R, Schellenberg GD, Dage JL, Varma R, Hsiung GR, Rosen H, Henderson VW, Foroud T, Kukull WA, Peavy GM, Lee H, Feldman HH, Mayeux R, Chui H, Jun GR, Ta Park VM, Chow TW, Wang LS. Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) pilot study on genetic and non-genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease among Asian Americans and Canadians. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Mar;20(3):2058-2071. doi: 10.1002/alz.13611. Epub 2024 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 38215053; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10984480.

Yang, J., Jiang, R., Ding, H., Au, R., Chen, J., Li, C., An, N. Yang, J., Jiang, R., Ding, H., Au, R., Chen, J., Li, C., An, N. (2023). Designing and Evaluating MahjongBrain: A Digital Cognitive Assessment Tool through Gamification. HCI International 2023–Late Breaking Papers: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population 2023, Proceedings (full paper).

Li C, Hong Y, Wang K, Neugroschl J, Zhu CW, Zeng X, Yang X, Aloysi A, Grossman H, Cai D, Spat-Lemus J, Martin J, Sewell M, Sano M. The utility of word list and story recall for identifying older U.S. Chinese immigrants with cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology. 2023 Nov;37(8):966-974. doi: 10.1037/neu0000906. Epub 2023 May 25. PubMed PMID: 37227846; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10615662.

Loizos M, Zhu CW, Akrivos J, Sewell M, Li C, Neugroschl J, Melnick J, Ljekocevic M, Martin J, Grossman H, Aloysi A, Schimming C, Sano M. Evaluating memory testing to distinguish dementia severity among White, Black, and Spanish-speaking individuals in the Uniform Data Set (UDS). Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Aug;19(8):3625-3634. doi: 10.1002/alz.13002. Epub 2023 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 36840724; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10440216.

Li C, Hong Y, Yang X, Zeng X, Ocepek-Welikson K, Eimicke JP, Kong J, Sano M, Zhu C, Neugroschl J, Aloysi A, Cai D, Martin J, Loizos M, Sewell M, Akrivos J, Evans K, Sheppard F, Greenberg J, Ardolino A, Teresi JA. The use of subjective cognitive complaints for detecting mild cognitive impairment in older adults across cultural and linguistic groups: A comparison of the Cognitive Function Instrument to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 May;19(5):1764-1774. doi: 10.1002/alz.12804. Epub 2022 Oct 12. PubMed PMID: 36222321; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10090224.

Hong Y, Zeng X, Zhu CW, Neugroschl J, Aloysi A, Sano M, Li C. Evaluating the Beijing Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Identification of Cognitive Impairment in Monolingual Chinese American Older Adults. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2022 Jul;35(4):586-593. doi: 10.1177/08919887211036182. Epub 2021 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 34378450; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8831672.

Li C, Zeng X, Neugroschl J, Aloysi A, Zhu CW, Xu M, Teresi JA, Ocepek-Welikson K, Ramirez M, Joseph A, Cai D, Grossman H, Martin J, Sewell M, Loizos M, Sano M. The 32-Item Multilingual Naming Test: Cultural and Linguistic Biases in Monolingual Chinese-Speaking Older Adults. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2022 May;28(5):511-519. doi: 10.1017/S1355617721000746. Epub 2021 Jun 18. PubMed PMID: 34140060; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8729172.

Loizos M, Neugroschl J, Zhu CW, Li C, Sewell M, Kinsella MT, Aloysi A, Grossman H, Schimming C, Martin J, Sano M. Adapting Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Clinical Research Evaluations in the Age of COVID-19. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2021 Apr-Jun 01;35(2):172-177. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000455. Review. PubMed PMID: 33901048; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8137642.

Pun K, Zhu CW, Kinsella MT, Sewell M, Grossman H, Neugroschl J, Li C, Ardolino A, Velasco N, Sano M. Mail and Telephone Outreach from Electronic Health Records for Research Participation on Cognitive Health and Aging. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2021;8(3):292-298. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2021.18. PubMed PMID: 34101786; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8790221.

Li C, Neugroschl J, Zhu CW, Aloysi A, Schimming CA, Cai D, Grossman H, Martin J, Sewell M, Loizos M, Zeng X, Sano M. Design Considerations for Mobile Health Applications Targeting Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021;79(1):1-8. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200485. Review. PubMed PMID: 33216024; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8837196.

Li C, Neugroschl J, Zhu CW, Umpierre M, Martin J, Zeng X, Huang Q, Grossman H, Cai D, Sano M. Cognitive test battery for evaluating elderly Chinese Americans. Int Psychogeriatr. 2019 Apr;31(4):505-511. doi: 10.1017/S1041610218001060. Epub 2018 Oct 2. PubMed PMID: 30277186; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6511071.

Sano M, Egelko S, Zhu CW, Li C, Donohue MC, Ferris S, Kaye J, Mundt JC, Sun CK, Aisen PS, Feldman HH. Participant satisfaction with dementia prevention research: Results from Home-Based Assessment trial. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 Nov;14(11):1397-1405. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.05.016. Epub 2018 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 30297140.

Li, C., Boffetta, P., Henschke, C., Luo, X., Zhu, C., Bayus, J., & Sano, M. (2017). Smoking Cessation may Mitigate the Cognitive Effect of Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in Elders. Journal of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 3 (3), 137

Li C, Neugroschl J, Luo X, Zhu C, Aisen P, Ferris S, Sano M. The Utility of the Cognitive Function Instrument (CFI) to Detect Cognitive Decline in Non-Demented Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;60(2):427-437. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161294. PubMed PMID: 28854503; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6417419.

Li C, Neugroschl J, Umpierre M, Martin J, Huang Q, Zeng X, Cai D, Sano M. Recruiting US Chinese Elders Into Clinical Research for Dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2016 Oct-Dec;30(4):345-347. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000162. PubMed PMID: 27819841; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5119898.

Li C, Verghese J, Holtzer R. A comparison of two walking while talking paradigms in aging. Gait Posture. 2014 Jul;40(3):415-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.05.062. Epub 2014 Jun 11. PubMed PMID: 24973141; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4131281.

Mitsis EM, Bender HA, Kostakoglu L, Machac J, Martin J, Woehr JL, Sewell MC, Aloysi A, Goldstein MA, Li C, Sano M, Gandy S. A consecutive case series experience with [18 F] florbetapir PET imaging in an urban dementia center: impact on quality of life, decision making, and disposition. Mol Neurodegener. 2014 Feb 3;9:10. doi: 10.1186/1750-1326-9-10. PubMed PMID: 24484858; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3913628.

Suh, E. J. & Li, P. C. C. (2012). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women. In R. T. Senie (Ed.), Epidemiology of Women’s Health (pp. 239-247). Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Starr LR, Davila J, Stroud CB, Clara Li PC, Yoneda A, Hershenberg R, Ramsay Miller M. Love hurts (in more ways than one): specificity of psychological symptoms as predictors and consequences of romantic activity among early adolescent girls. J Clin Psychol. 2012 Apr;68(4):403-20. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20862. Epub 2012 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 22307747; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3494752.

Mahoney JR, Li PC, Oh-Park M, Verghese J, Holtzer R. Multisensory integration across the senses in young and old adults. Brain Res2011 Dec 2;1426:43-53doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.09.017. Epub 2011 Sep 17. PubMed PMID: 22024545; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3232048.