My primary research interest is to elucidate risk factors for developing neurodegenerative diseases within underrepresented communities. I have developed a particular interest in examining subjective cognitive decline as a means to better understand objective cognitive changes in preclinical Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n
Under the co-mentorship of Dr. Yakeel Quiroz of the Multicultural Alzheimer\u2019s Prevention Program (MAPP) at Massachusetts General Hospital, I have been able to contribute to multiple culturally informed research projects. The projects include longitudinal studies like the Boston Latino Aging Study (BLAST) as well as the Harvard Aging Brain Study (HABS) which aim to identify the earliest cognitive, molecular, and functional imaging changes that may signal significant risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer\u2019s disease. MAPP also collaborates with the Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia on the Colombian Kindred Cohort Study of Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. Additionally, we have recently initiated a study on the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing and cognition of ethnically diverse older adults across the United States and Latin America. Currently, I am investigating subjective cognitive decline within the Colombian kindred as well as the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019s impact on older adults from the United States versus Latin America.<\/p>\n
As an undergraduate student at Columbia University, I would intern during the summers with both the Harvard Aging Brain Study and Dr. Yakeel Quiroz\u2019s lab where I was introduced to the basics of research and neuropsychology. After graduating, I worked as a clinical research coordinator for MAPP. During this time, I coordinated BLAST and assisted in the coordination of the Colombia-Boston (COLBOS) study, the COVID-19 impact study, as well as the Latino segment of HABS. Under Dr. Quiroz\u2019s mentorship I was able to present posters on how the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test helped identify those at higher risk for Alzheimer\u2019s disease in PSEN1<\/em> E280A carriers, cardiovascular health and its relation to cognition in autosomal dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and sex differences within subjective cognitive decline in autosomal dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The latter became the subject of my first author paper which was published in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society<\/em> in June of 2021.<\/p>\n During my free time, I enjoy spending quality time with family and friends. I also enjoy exercising and dancing salsa, bachata, or merengue! I love the arts and am personally a fan of sketching and playing or listening to music. However, on those days when it\u2019s preferable to stay in, I enjoy curling up with a good book or watching a movie.<\/p>\n Martinez, J.<\/strong>, Pardilla-Delgado, E., Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Vila-Castelar, C., Amariglio, R., Gatchel, J., . . . Quiroz, Y. (2021). Subjective Cognitive Decline and its Relation to Verbal Memory and Sex in Cognitively Unimpaired Individuals from a Colombian Cohort with Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.\u00a0Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,<\/em>\u00a01-9. doi:10.1017\/S1355617721000801<\/p>\n Baena, A., Bocanegra, Y., Torres, V., Vila-Castelar, C., Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Fox-Fuller, J. T., Gatchel, J. R., S\u00e1nchez, J., Pluim, C. F., Ramirez-G\u00f3mez, L., Mart\u00ednez, J.<\/strong>, Pineda, D., Lopera, F., & Quiroz, Y. T. (2021). Neuroticism Is Associated with Tau Pathology in Cognitively Unimpaired Individuals with Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease : JAD, 82(4), 1809\u20131822. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3233\/JAD-210185<\/p>\n Babulal, G. M., Torres, V. L., Acosta, D., Ag\u00fcero, C., Aguilar-Navarro, S., Amariglio, R., Ussui, J. A., Baena, A., Bocanegra, Y., Brucki, S., Bustin, J., Cabrera, D. M., Custodio, N., Diaz, M. M., Pe\u00f1ailillo, L. D., Franco, I., Gatchel, J. R., Garza-Naveda, A. P., Gonz\u00e1lez Lara, M., \u2026 Martinez J.<\/strong> \u2026 Quiroz, Y. T. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States and Latin America. EClinicalMedicine, 35, 100848. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eclinm.2021.100848<\/p>\n Schoemaker, D., Velilla-Jimenez, L., Zuluaga, Y., Baena, A., Ospina, C., Bocanegra, Y., Alvarez, S., Ochoa-Escudero, M., Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Martinez, J.<\/strong>, Lopera, F., Arboleda-Velasquez, J. F., & Quiroz, Y. T. (2021). Global Cardiovascular Risk Profile and Cerebrovascular Abnormalities in Presymptomatic Individuals with CADASIL or Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease : JAD, 82(2), 841\u2013853. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3233\/JAD-210313<\/p>\n Bocanegra, Y., Fox-Fuller, J. T., Baena, A., Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Vila-Castelar, C., Mart\u00ednez, J.<\/strong>, Torrico-Teave, H., Lopera, F., & Quiroz, Y. T. (2021). Association Between Visual Memory and In Vivo Amyloid and Tau Pathology in Preclinical Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 27(1), 47\u201355. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1355617720000673<\/p>\n Sanchez, J. S., Hanseeuw, B. J., Lopera, F., Sperling, R. A., Baena, A., Bocanegra, Y., Aguillon, D., Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Pardilla-Delgado, E., Ramirez-Gomez, L., Vila-Castelar, C., Martinez, J. E.<\/strong>, Fox-Fuller, J. T., Ramos, C., Ochoa-Escudero, M., Alvarez, S., Jacobs, H. I. L., Schultz, A. P., Gatchel, J. R., \u2026 Quiroz, Y. T. (2021). Longitudinal amyloid and tau accumulation in autosomal dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease: Findings from the Colombia-Boston (COLBOS) biomarker study. Alzheimer\u2019s Research & Therapy, 13(1), 27. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13195-020-00765-5<\/p>\n Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Mart\u00ednez, J.<\/strong>, Papp, K., Baena, A., Vila-Castelar, C., Artola, A., Schultz, A. P., Bocanegra, Y., Sanchez, J., Rentz, D., Tariot, P. N., Reiman, E. M., Sperling, R., Johnson, K. A., Lopera, F., & Quiroz, Y. T. (2020). Associative memory and in vivo brain pathology in asymptomatic presenilin-1 E280A carriers. Neurology, 95(10), e1312\u2013e1321. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1212\/WNL.0000000000010177<\/p>\n Artola, A., Pulsifer, M., Fox-Fuller, J.T., Ramirez, D., Londono, N., Aguirre-Acevedo, D.C., Buckley, R., Baena, A., Uquillas, F., Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Arboleda-Velasquez, J.F., Chen, K., Langbaum, J., Tariot, P.N., Reiman, E.M., Lopera, F., Quiroz, Y.T. Cognitive abilities and behavioral profiles of Presenilin-1 E280A Mutation-Carrying Adolescents from the World\u2019s Largest Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Kindred. Manuscript submitted to JAMA and under review.<\/p>\n Fox-Fuller, J.T., Uquillas, F., Aguero, C., Jacobs, H.I.L, Torrico-Teave, H., Hampton, O., Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Vila-Castelar, C., Aguirre-Acevedo, D.C., Baena, A., Artola, A., Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Alvarez, S., Su, Y., Reiman, E.M., Sperling, R.A., Lopera, F., Dickerson, B.C., Johnson, K.A., Quiroz, Y.T. Cortical Thickness, Brain Pathology and Age in the Colombian Kindred with Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. Manuscript submitted to Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring and under review.<\/p>\n Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Babulal, G. M., Torres, V. L., Acosta, D., Ag\u00fcero, C., Aguilar-Navarro, S., Amariglio, R., Ussui, J. A., Baena, A., Bocanegra, Y., Brucki, S., Bustin, J., Cabrera, D. M., Custodio, N., Diaz, M. M., Pe\u00f1ailillo, L. D., Franco, I., Gatchel, J. R., Garza-Naveda, A. P., Gonz\u00e1lez Lara, M., \u2026 Quiroz, Y. T. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States and Latin America. Poster presented at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 26th-30th, 2021.<\/p>\n Sanchez, J.S., Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Rubinstein, Z.B., Baena, A.Y., Vila-Castelar, C., Fox-Fuller, J.T., Gatchel, J.R., Ramirez-Gomez, L.A., Aduen, P., Guzman-Velez, E., Pluim, C.F., Jacobs, H.I.L., Sperling, R.A., Johnson, K.A., Lopera, F., Quiroz, Y.T. Amygdala tau pathology in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Poster presented at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 26th-30th, 2021.<\/p>\n Mu\u00f1iz, M.C., Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Vila-Castelar, C., Pruzin, J.J., Ramirez-Gomez, L., Scott, M.R., Properzi, M.J., Kirn, D., Rentz, D.M., Sperling, R.A., Quiroz, Y.T. Evaluating pre-screening tools for older Latino recruitment into preclinical Alzheimer\u2019s disease studies. Poster to be presented at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference, July 27th\u201431st, 2020<\/p>\n Quiroz, Y.T., Vila-Castelar, C., Mu\u00f1iz, M.C., Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Pruzin, J.J., Ramirez-Gomez, L., Scott, M.R., Properzi, M.J., Kirn, D., Gatchel, J., Amariglio, R.E., Rentz, D.M., Johnson, K., Sperling, R.A. Differences in clinical, cognitive and neuroimaging measures in clinically normal older Latinos and Caucasians from the Harvard Aging Brain Study. Poster to be presented at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference, July 27th\u201431st, 2020<\/p>\n Martinez, J.E<\/strong>, Pardilla-Delgado, E., Guzm\u00e1n-Velez, E., Vila-Castelar, C., Aguirre-Acevedo, D. C., Bocanegra, Y., Baena, A., Henao, E., Tirado, V., Mu\u00f1oz, C., Giraldo, M., Lopera, F., Quiroz, Y.T. Subjective cognitive complaints and their relation to episodic memory and sex in a Colombian cohort with autosomal-dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychology Society Conference, Denver, Colorado, February 5th-8th, 2020.<\/p>\n Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Guzm\u00e1n-Velez, E., Norton, D.J, Baena, A., Pardilla-Delgado, E., Vila-Castelar, C., Fuller, J., Artola, A., Chen, K., Lopera, F., Sperling, R., Reiman, E., Johnson, K.A., Quiroz, Y.T. Cardiovascular health and its relationship to cognition and markers of pathology in Autosomal-dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Poster presented at the Latinos and Alzheimer\u2019s disease Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 26th-27th, 2019.<\/p>\n Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e9lez, E., Martinez, J.E.<\/strong>, Norton, D.J., Baena, A., Padilla-Delgado, E., Vila-Castelar, C., Fuller, J., Artola, A., Chen, K., Lopera, F., Sperling, R., Reiman, E., Johnson, K.A., Quiroz, Y.T. Relation of cardiovascular risk factors to markers of pathology and memory in autosomal dominant Alzheimer\u2019s disease: Findings from the COLBOS Project. Poster presented at the Human Amyloid Imaging Conference, Miami, Florida, January 16th\u201418th, 2019<\/p>\n Martinez, J.<\/strong>, Papp, K., Guzm\u00e1n-Velez, E., Baena, A., Torres, V., Lopera, F., Quiroz, Y.T. Performance On the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test is Associated with Markers of Brain Pathology in Preclinical Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1st\u20144th, 2017<\/p>\n Quiroz, Y.T., Pulsifer M., Chen, K., Ramirez, D., Londono, N., Arboleda-Velasquez, J.F., Martinez, J.<\/strong>, Chen, Y., Guzman-Velez, E., Norton, D., Langbaum, J.B., Tariot, P.N., Reiman, E.M., Lopera, F. Cognitive Vulnerabilities in Children Carrying an Autosomal-Dominant Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Causative Mutation in Presenilin 1. Oral presentation at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association International Conference Annual Meeting, London, UK. 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