Jayandra Himali
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Jayandra J. Himali, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 638-5139
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Jayandra Jung Himali, PhD, serves as an adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Biostatistics at Boston University Schools of Medicine and of Public Health, and a Center Faculty Member of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS). He has been engaged in collaborative public health research and teaching for over a decade. As a senior Biostatistician at the Neurology core of FHS, his research efforts are focused on the interrelated areas of: (1) the epidemiology of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and relating traditional and novel biomarkers to the risk of dementia and AD; (2) the epidemiology of stroke and vascular cognitive impairment; (3) understanding vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia including AD; and (4) investigating the role of modifiable lifestyle factors: sleep, diet and physical activity on the incidence of dementia, cognitive decline and MRI-defined brain aging. His research is also focused on outcome assessment in Epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and neuropathology. He has received the Nepal Bidhya Bhusan Class ‘A’ Medal from the government of Nepal for highest academic achievement in doctoral studies.

Other Positions

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Neurology - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Field of Study: Biostatistics
  • Tribhuvan University, MSc Field of Study: Statistics
  • Tribhuvan University, BSc Field of Study: Statistics

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Publications

  • Published on 10/17/2022

    Baril AA, Pinheiro AA, Himali JJ, Beiser A, Sanchez E, Pase MP, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Lighter sleep is associated with higher enlarged perivascular spaces burden in middle-aged and elderly individuals. Sleep Med. 2022 Dec; 100:558-564. PMID: 36308914.

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  • Published on 10/10/2022

    Baril AA, Beiser AS, DeCarli C, Himali D, Sanchez E, Cavuoto M, Redline S, Gottlieb DJ, Seshadri S, Pase MP, Himali JJ. Self-reported sleepiness associates with greater brain and cortical volume and lower prevalence of ischemic covert brain infarcts in a community sample. Sleep. 2022 Oct 10; 45(10). PMID: 35917199.

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  • Published on 10/5/2022

    Satizabal CL, Himali JJ, Beiser AS, Ramachandran V, Melo van Lent D, Himali D, Aparicio HJ, Maillard P, DeCarli CS, Harris W, Seshadri S. Association of Red Blood Cell Omega-3 Fatty Acids With MRI Markers and Cognitive Function in Midlife: The Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2022 Oct 05. PMID: 36198518.

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  • Published on 9/3/2022

    Gonzales MM, Wiedner C, Wang CP, Liu Q, Bis JC, Li Z, Himali JJ, Ghosh S, Thomas EA, Parent DM, Kautz TF, Pase MP, Aparicio HJ, Djoussé L, Mukamal KJ, Psaty BM, Longstreth WT, Mosley TH, Gudnason V, Mbangdadji D, Lopez OL, Yaffe K, Sidney S, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM, DeCarli CS, Beiser AS, Launer LJ, Fornage M, Tracy RP, Seshadri S, Satizabal CL. A population-based meta-analysis of circulating GFAP for cognition and dementia risk. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 Oct; 9(10):1574-1585. PMID: 36056631.

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  • Published on 7/15/2022

    Lara FR, Scruton AL, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Parva P, Charidimou A, Francis M, Himali JJ, DeCarli C, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Romero JR. Aging, prevalence and risk factors of MRI-visible enlarged perivascular spaces. Aging (Albany NY). 2022 Jul 15; 14(17):6844-6858. PMID: 35852852.

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  • Published on 5/18/2022

    McGrath ER, Beiser AS, O'Donnell A, Himali JJ, Pase MP, Satizabal CL, Seshadri S. Determining Vascular Risk Factors for Dementia and Dementia Risk Prediction Across Mid- to Later-Life: The Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2022 May 18. PMID: 35584926.

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  • Published on 5/6/2022

    Melo Van Lent D, Gokingco H, Short MI, Yuan C, Jacques PF, Romero JR, DeCarli CS, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Himali JJ, Jacob ME. Higher Dietary Inflammatory Index scores are associated with brain MRI markers of brain aging: Results from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 May 06. PMID: 35522830.

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  • Published on 4/30/2022

    Lin H, Himali JJ, Satizabal CL, Beiser AS, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Gonzales MM, Ghosh S, Vasan RS, Seshadri S, McGrath ER. Identifying Blood Biomarkers for Dementia Using Machine Learning Methods in the Framingham Heart Study. Cells. 2022 Apr 30; 11(9). PMID: 35563811.

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  • Published on 3/1/2022

    Angoff R, Himali JJ, Maillard P, Aparicio HJ, Vasan RS, Seshadri S, Beiser AS, Tsao CW. Relations of Metabolic Health and Obesity to Brain Aging in Young to Middle-Aged Adults. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 03 15; 11(6):e022107. PMID: 35229662.

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  • Published on 1/1/2022

    McGrath ER, Beiser AS, O'Donnell A, Yang Q, Ghosh S, Gonzales MM, Himali JJ, Satizabal CL, Johnson KA, Tracy RP, Seshadri S. Blood Phosphorylated Tau 181 as a Biomarker for Amyloid Burden on Brain PET in Cognitively Healthy Adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 87(4):1517-1526. PMID: 35491781.

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