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Chad Ward

Mayo Clinic

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Organism:human· 4 Assay:imaging· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Network-based amyloid-beta pathology predicts subsequent cognitive decline in cognitively normal older adults

Hengda He, Qolamreza Ray Razlighi, Yunglin Gazes, Christian Georg Habeck, Yaakov Stern, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Michael Walter Weiner, Paul S. S. Aisen, Ronald Carl Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William J. Jagust, Susan M. Landau, Mónica Rivera Mindt, Ozioma Okonkwo, Leslie M. J. Shaw, , Evan Fletcher

This study uses machine learning to show that integrating brain connectome data with amyloid-beta PET imaging improves prediction of cognitive decline in older adults.

Communications Medicine · Dec 5, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer’s disease

Jacob W. Vogel, Yasser Iturria‐Medina, Olof T. Strandberg, Ruben A Smith, Elizabeth Levitis, Alan Charles Evans, Oskar Hansson, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Michael Walter Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Carl Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William J. Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, , Mark A. Mintun

This study uses an epidemic spreading model to show that tau spreads through neuronal connections in Alzheimer's disease, with beta-amyloid accelerating this process in some brain regions.

Nature Communications · May 26, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Multimodal Hippocampal Subfield Grading For Alzheimer’s Disease Classification

Kilian Hett, Vinh‐Thong Ta, Gwénaëlle Catheline, Thomas Tourdias, José V. Manjón, Pierrick Coupé A, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Michael Walter Weiner, Paul S. S Aisen, Ronald Carl Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William J. Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel A. Beckett, , Randall Griffith

This study compares whole hippocampus and subfield biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease detection and prediction using multimodal MRI data, finding subiculum biomarkers improve prediction accuracy.

Scientific Reports · Sep 25, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Heritability of regional brain volumes in large-scale neuroimaging and genetic studies

Bingxin Zhao, Joseph G. Ibrahim, Yun Li, Tengfei Li, Yue Wang, Yue Shan, Ziliang Zhu, Fan Zhou, Jingwen Zhang, Chao Huang, Huiling Liao, Liuqing Yang, Paul M. Thompson, Hongtu Zhu B, Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition and Genetics (PING), , John Hsiao

The paper examines the heritability of regional brain volumes using genetic and neuroimaging data from multiple cohorts, finding high heritability and consistent patterns across populations.

Cerebral Cortex · Jul 2, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics