Claudia H Kawas MD

PubMed

• Autoimmune antibodies and systemic inflammatory markers are prevalent and associated with cognition in individuals aged 90.
  Ghasem Farahmand, Anne-Marie C Leiby, Jiaxin Yu, Aanan Ramanathan, Rojan Javaheri
  Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2025-10-01
• Association of Subjective Memory Complaints With Neuropathologic Changes at Age 90 or Older: The 90+ Study.
  Zarui A Melikyan, Zeinah Al-Darsani, Katherine A Colcord, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Luohua Jiang
  Neurology. 2025-08-26
• Reference Values Derived From The 90+ Study: The Five Times Sit to Stand Test.
  Katherine A Colcord, Nikki J Arnold, Luohua Jiang, Zarui A Melikyan, Zeinah Al-Darsani
  Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. 2025-08-12

Journal Articles

• Non-Alzheimer’s Contributions to Dementia and Cognitive Resilience in the 90+ Study  
  Claudia H Kawas, John Q Trojanowski, Acta Neuropathologica
• Multiple Pathologies are Common and Related to Dementia in the Oldest-Old: The 90+ Study  
  Kim RC, Sonnen JA, Bullain SS, Trieu T, Corrada MM, Neurology, 1/11/2015
• Lifestyle Factors and Dementia in the Oldest-old: The 90+ Study  
  Paganini-Hill A, Corrada M, Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 1/6/2015
• Infection Hospitalization Increases Risk of Dementia in the Elderly  
  Tate, J, Snitz B, Alvarez K, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2014
• DRD4 genotype predicts longevity in mouse and human  
  Grady D, Thanos P, Corrada M, Barnett J, Ciobanu V, Shustarovich D, Napoli A, Grandy D, Moyzis A, Rubinstein M, Wang G-J, Chen C, Dong Q, Wang E, Volkow N, Moyzis R, Journal of Neuroscience, 1/1/2013
• Apolipoprotein E Genotype, Dementia, and Mortality in the Oldest-Old: The 90+ Study  
  Corrada MM, Paganini-Hill A, Berlau DJ, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 1/1/2013
• Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care: Recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit  
  Naylor MD, Karlawish JH, Arnold, SE, Khachaturian AS, Khachaturian ZS, Lee V M-Y, Baumgart M, Banerjee S, Beck C, Blennow K, Brookmeyer R, Brunden KR, Buckwalter KC, C..., Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 1/1/2012
• Poor Physical Performance and Dementia in the Oldest-Old: The 90+ Study  
  Bullain SS, Corrada MM, Shah B, Mozaffar FH, Panzenboeck M, Archives of Neurology, 1/1/2012
• Diuretic Use is Associated with Better Learning and memory in Older Adults in the GEM Study  
  Yasar S, Lin F, Fried LP, Sink KM, DeKosky ST, Carlson MC, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 1/1/2012
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  Robinson JL, Geser F, Corrada MM, Berlau DJ, Arnold SE, Lee VM, Trojanowski JQ, Brain, 1/1/2011
• Neuropathological Features Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis: Age Matters  
  Middleton LE, Grinberg L, Miller B, Yaffe K, Neurology, 1/1/2011
• Bathing as a Potential Target for Disability Reduction in the Oldest Old  
  Berlau DJ, Corrada MM, Peltz CB, American Journal of Public Health, 1/1/2010
• Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Investigators Effect of Ginkgo Biloba on Blood Pressure and Incidence of Hypertension in Elderly Men and Women  
  Brinkley TE, Lovato JF, Arnold AM, Furberg CD, Kuller LH, Burke GL, Nahin RL, Lopez OL, Yasar S, Williamson JD, Am J Hypertens, 1/1/2010
• Ginkgo Biloba and Risk of Cancer: Secondary Analysis of the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study  
  Biggs ML, Sorkin BC, Nahin RL, Kuller LH, Fitzpatrick AL, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 1/1/2010
• Ginkgo Biloba for Preventing Cognitive Decline in Older Adults  
  Snitz BE, O’Meara ES, Carlson MC, Arnold AM, Ives DG, Rapp SR, Saxton J, Lopez OL, Dunn LO, Sink KM, DeKosky ST, JAMA, 1/23/2009
• Concomitant Use of Prescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Elderly People  
  Nahin RL, Pecha M, Welmerink DB, Sink K, DeKosky ST, Fitzpatrick AL, JAGS, 1/1/2009
• Dietary Intake in Adults at Risk for Huntington Disease: Analysis of PHAROS research participants  
  Marder K, Zhao H, Eberly S, Tanner CM, Oakes D, Shoulson I; Huntington Study Group, Neurology, 1/1/2009
• Cognitive Function Over Time in the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT)  
  ADAPT Research Group, Martin BK, Szekely C, Brandt J, Piantadosi S, Breitner JC, Craft S, Evans D, Green R, Mullan M, Arch Neurol, 1/1/2008
• Ginkgo Biloba for Prevention of Dementia – A Randomized Controlled Trial  
  Dekosky ST, Williamson JD, Fitzpatrick AL, Kronmal RA, Ives DG, Saxton JA, Lopez OL, Burke G, Carlson MC, Fried LP, Kuller LH, Robbins JA, Tracy RP, Woolard NF, Dunn L..., JAMA, 1/1/2008
• Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease  
  Sabbagh MN, Thompson N, Tweedy D, Stipho-Majeed S, Connor D, Pharm Dev Regul, 1/1/2003
• Survival Following a Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease  
  Brookmeyer R, Corrada M, Curriero FC, Archives of Neurology, 1/1/2002
• Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease  
  Katzman R, Kawas C, Neuroscience News, 1/1/1998
• Projections of Alzheimer’s Disease in the United States and the Public Health Impact of Delaying Disease Onset  
  Brookmeyer R, Gray S, American Journal of Public Health, 1/1/1998
• Category and Letter `Cowat’ Norms for Highly Educated Older Adults  
  Bolla K, Gray S, Galante R, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1/1/1998
• Effects of age and dementia on the Trail Making Test  
  Rasmusson, D.X., Zonderman, A.B., Resnick, S.M, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1/1/1998
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Books/Book Chapters

• The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia 
  Chapter: Chapter 17: Dementia and Cognition in the Oldest-Old 
  Page 254 - 263Kahle-Wrobleski K, Corrada MEditors: Miller B, Boeve B.Cambridge University Press2009
• Hormones, Cognition and Dementia 
  Chapter: Chapter 3: Estrogen Therapy – Relationship to Longevity and Prevalent Dementia in the Oldest-Old: The Leisure World Cohort Study and The 90+ Study 
  Page 25 - 31Corrada MM, Paganini-Hill AEditors: Hogervorst E, Henderson VW, Gibbs RB, Brinton RD.Cambridge University Press2009
• Handbook of Dementing Illnesses 
  Chapter: Prevention Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease 
  Page 453 - 474Corrada MM, Kawas CHEditors: Morris J, Galvin I, Holtzman D.Marcel Dekker, New York2006
• Neurodegenerative Dementias 
  Chapter: Chapter 5: Epidemiology and Clinical Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease 
  Zabar Y, Kawas CEditors: Trojanowski J, Clark C.McGraw-Hill2000
• Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 
  Chapter: Chapter 95: Alzheimer’s Disease 
  Page 1257 - 1270Kawas CEditors: Hazzard W, Blass J, Ettinger W, Halter J, Ouslander J.McGraw HillEdition 4th,1999
• Alzheimer's Disease 
  Chapter: The Epidemiology of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease 
  Kawas C, Katzman REditors: Terry R, Katzman R, Bick K, Sisodia S.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,1999
• Textbook of Psychopharmacology 
  Chapter: Chapter 7: Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease 
  Price D, Sisodia S, Borchelt D, Wong P, Lee M, Thinakaran G, Troncoso JEditors: Schatzberg A, Nemeroff C.American Psychiatric Press Inc1998
• Neurological Disease in Women, A Comprehensive Textbook 
  Chapter: Chapter 12: Alzheimer’s Disease in Women and the Role of Estrogens 
  Page 161 - 170Dal Forno G, Maki PEditors: Peter Kaplan.Demos Vermande Publishers1998
• Current Therapy in Neurological Disease-5 
  Chapter: Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias 
  Page 303 - 306Kawas C, Morrison AEditors: R.T. Johnson and J.W. Griffin.Johns Hopkins University Press. Mosby1997
• Current Therapy in Internal Medicine-4 
  Chapter: Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias 
  Kawas C, Morrison AEditors: J.P. Kassirer and H.L. Greene II.Mosby-Year Book1997
• Rehabilitation of the Aging and Elderly Patient 
  Chapter: Chapter 24: Evaluation of Cognition in the Elderly Rehabilitation Patient 
  Page 289 - 294Kawas CEditors: Felsenthal G, Garrison S, Steinber F.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore1994
• Alzheimer's Disease, Senile Dementia and Related Disorders 
  Chapter: The Epidemiology of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease 
  Katzman R, Kawas CEditors: Terry R, Katzman R, Bick K.Raven Press, New York1994
• Current Research in Alzheimer Therapy II: Early Diagnosis 
  Chapter: Early Clinical Diagnosis: Status of NINCDS-ADRDA Criteria 
  Kawas CEditors: Becker R, and Giocobini E.Taylor and Francis, New York City1990
• Neurology 
  Chapter: The Evolution of the Diagnosis of Dementia: Past, Present and Future 
  Katzman R, Kawas CEditors: Poeck K, Fruend HJ, and Ganshirt H.Springer-Verlag, Berlin1986
• Current Therapy in Neurologic Diseases 
  Chapter: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 
  Kawas C, Wolfson LEditors: Richard Johnson.B.C. Decker, Inc.1985
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Abstracts/Posters

• PET Amyloid Imaging with Florbetapir Predicts Cognitive Decline in the Oldest-Old
  Greenia D, Caunca M, Bullain S, Corrada M, 66th Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/26/2014
• Microinfarcts are as Strongly Related to Dementia as Tangles in the Oldest-Old
  Corrada M, Bullain S, Sonnen J, 66th Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/26/2014
• Intermittent Temporal Slowing in Cognitively Normal Oldest-Old
  Bullain S, Corrada M, Greenia D, 66th Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/26/2014
• Cholesterol, Statins and the Risk of Dementia in the Oldest-Old
  Evans M, Bullain SS, Corrada MM, 66th Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/26/2014
• Normal Cognition in a 99 Year Old Man with High Levels of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
  Nissinen K, Shah B, Corrada, Bullain S, 66th Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/26/2014
• History of high cholesterol and incidence of dementia
  Evans MA, Corrada MM, American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention & Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2014 Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA, 1/18/2014
• National Survey Highlighted an Exponential Rise in Disability Prevalence of Oldest Old Canadians
  Guay M, Dubois MF, Corrada M, Lapointe-Garant MP, 43rd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Canadian Association on Gerontology, Canada, 1/16/2014
• La prévalence des incapacités dans les activités de la vie courante au Canada
  Guay M, Dubois MF, Corrada MM, Lapointe-Garant MP, 10ème Congrès International Froncophone de Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Liège, Belgique, 1/14/2014
• The Association Between Measured Blood Pressure and Incident Dementia in the Oldest-Old
  Hayden KM, Bullain SS, DeMoss J, Aguirre C, Corrada M, 16th Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1/13/2014
• Age of Onset of Hypertension and Risk of Dementia in the Oldest-Old
  Corrada MM, Hayden KM, Bullain SS, DeMoss J, Aguirre C, 16th Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1/13/2014
• Small-vessel Cerebrovascular Pathology is Associated with Increasing Odds of Poor Physical Performance in the Oldest-Old
  Bullain SS, Perry SM, Corrada MM, 16th Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1/13/2014
• Blood Pressure Decline in the Oldest-Old is Related to Death, not Dementia or AD Pathology
  Corrada MM, Bullain SS, Sonnen J, Kim R, 15th Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Boston, MA, 1/14/2013
• Progression of Synaptic Amyloid Beta and Tau Pathology in AD: Soluble Synaptic Amyloid Beta Oligomer Distinguish Early AD from High Pathology Controls
  Gylys K, Bilousova T, Gonzalez B, Emirzian A, Poon WW, Miller CA, Vinters HV, Cornwell L, Corrada M, Teng E, Cole GM., Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 1/9/2013
• Cognitive Performance Over Time and APOE4 Status in Non-demented Oldest-Old
  Balasubramanian A, Peltz CB, Corrada MM, 64rd Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/21/2012
• Hypertrophy of Hippocampal Ca1 Neurons in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease in the Oldest-Old 90+ Study
  Guo Z, Corrada MM, Rudow G, Savonenko AV, Iacono D, Troncoso J, 88th Annual American Association of Neuropathologists Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/21/2012
• Does Neuropathology Mediate the Association Between Hypertension and Dementia in the Oldest-Old?
  Corrada MM, Kawas C., 14th Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1/14/2012
• Clinical Pathological Correlations of Dementia in the Oldest-Old: The Effect of Multiple Pathologies
  Corrada MM, Kawas C., 14th Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1/14/2012
• Amyloid Imaging with Florbetapir-PET Correlates with Cognitive Performance in Non-Demented Oldest-Old
  Corrada MM, Greenia D, Clark CM, Peltz CB, Mintun MA, Pontecorvo MJ, Joshi AD, 136th Annual American Neurological Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/25/2011
• Rates of Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Neuropathology in Oldest-Old
  Balasubramanian A, Corrada MM, Berlau DJ, Peltz CB, 136th Annual American Neurological Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/25/2011
• Alzheimer’s pathology and dementia in centenarians
  Corrada MM, Berlau D, Peltz CB, Balasubramanian A, Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 1/9/2011
• Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is associated with APOE4 and CERAD plaque staging, but not clinical dementia in the oldest-old
  Berlau D, Corrada MM, Peltz CB, Balasubramanian A, Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 1/9/2011
• Poor physical performance is associated with dementia in the oldest-old
  Bullain SS, Corrada MM, Agee Shah B, Mozaffar F, Panzenboeck M, Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 1/9/2011
• Neuropsychological predictors of dementia in normal and cognitively impaired oldest-old
  Peltz, CB, Corrada MM, Berlau DJ, DeMoss J, Ashmore C, Balasubramanian AB, Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 1/9/2011
• Hypertension and its association with prevalent dementia in the oldest-old
  Corrada MM, Berlau D, Peltz CB, 62nd Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1/10/2010
• Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in The 90+ Study
  Peltz CB, Corrada MM, Berlau D, 62nd Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1/10/2010
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Lectures

• The 90+ Study 
  1/1/2015
• Factors that Promote Long Life 
  University of Pittsburg - 1/1/2006
• Clinical and Pathological Studies in the Oldest Old: The 90+ Study 
  University of Pittsburg - 1/1/2006