Yue Leng, PhD

Core Faculty
Center for Population Brain Health

As an internationally-trained epidemiologist, Dr. Leng is interested in studying the link between sleep and neurodegeneration in older adults. Her research program, supported by an NIH K99/R00 award, focuses on the relationship between napping, sleep, circadian rhythms and risk of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Leng is also interested in developing behavioral sleep intervention programs in patients with mild cognitive impairment, with the ultimate aim of decreasing risk of Alzheimer’s onset or progression.

Publications

International recommendations for sleep and circadian research in aging and Alzheimer's disease: A Delphi consensus study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

André C, Stankeviciute L, Michaelian JC, Antonsdottir IM, Benca RM, Coulthard EJ, D'Rozario AL, Dijk DJ, Gimenez S, Gorgoni M, Leng Y, Lucey BP, Pase MP, Rainey-Smith SR, Rosenzweig I, Spira AP, Winer JR, Rauchs G, Naismith SL, Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Professional Interest Area of the International Society to Advance Alzhe

Trans-ethnic Mendelian-randomization study reveals causal relationships between cardiometabolic factors and chronic kidney disease.

International journal of epidemiology

Zheng J, Zhang Y, Rasheed H, Walker V, Sugawara Y, Li J, Leng Y, Elsworth B, Wootton RE, Fang S, Yang Q, Burgess S, Haycock PC, Borges MC, Cho Y, Carnegie R, Howell A, Robinson J, Thomas LF, Brumpton BM, Hveem K, Hallan S, Franceschini N, Morris AP, Köttgen A, Pattaro C, Wuttke M, Yamamoto M, Kashihara N, Akiyama M, Kanai M, Matsuda K, Kamatani Y, Okada Y, Walters R, Millwood IY, Chen Z, Davey Smith G, Barbour S, Yu C, Åsvold BO, Zhang H, Gaunt TR