Research.com has released its 2023 ranking of Best Female Scientists in the World. Based on major contributions to major journals, conference proceedings, and H-index, Dr. Yaffe has ranked 2nd at UCSF, 43rd nationally, and 65th internationally.
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A new study led by Dr. Nathaniel Fleming, UCSF Neurology Fellow, with Dr. Yaffe as senior author, has been published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Dr. Fleming, Dr. Yaffe, and the CPBH team sought to determine whether people with multiple sclerosis have an increased risk of…
Our team of researchers at UCSF and Kaiser Permanente Washington, led by Dr. Yaffe, have published a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine that explores the effect of a personalized, multidomain risk-reduction intervention on cognition and dementia risk factor profile in older adults. The study…
Drs. Dintica and Yaffe, in collaboration with Dr. Amy Kind, Professor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, have published a new study that investigates the association between the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), a measure of neighborhood disadvantage,…
Research.com released its inaugural ranking of the Best Female Scientists in the World. Based on major contributions to major journals, conference proceedings, and H-index, Dr. Yaffe ranked 49th internationally, 34th nationally, and 2nd at UCSF as one of the top female…
A new study published in Neurology and authored by Center for Population Brain Health investigators (Xiaqing Jiang et al) indicates that adults with early cardiovascular disease are more likely to have worse cognition, white matter hyperintensi
Kristine Yaffe, MD, has been named the 2022 John B. Barnwell Award recipient by the VA's Clinical Science Research and Development (CSR&D) service in recognition of her significant contributions as a leader in the field of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The award is CSR&D's…
Researchers that rank in the top 1 percent for impact in their fields have demonstrated significant and broad influence, reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers, according to a new analysis of research citations by the science and intellectual property company Clarivate.…
A new study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia indicates that elevated blood pressure from early to mid adulthood, even below clinical cut-offs, is associated with advanced brain aging in mid-life.
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