Kimberly Sullivan
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Kimberly A Sullivan, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2598
tty@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Sullivan is a Research Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health department of Environmental Health and the former Associate Scientific Director for the Congressionally-directed Research Advisory Committee (RAC) on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. She is a behavioral neuroscientist and the Principal Investigator (PI) on the large multi-site Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) that includes 9 study sites and is designed to determine the pathobiology of Gulf War Illness (GWI). She is also the PI of the large, multi-site Gulf War Illness Biorepository Network (BBRAIN) designed to share biospecimens and foster collaboration with other GWI researchers. She is also site PI for multiple treatment trials including Co-enzyme Q10 and D-cycloserine to treat cognitive and fatigue problems in veterans with GWI and multiple phase I/II trials of the multi-site GWI Clinical Trials Consortium (GWICTIC). Dr. Sullivan has worked in the field of aging and behavioral neurotoxicology since 1992. She has also coordinated field studies in neurotoxicology (i.e., pesticides, methylmercury), neurobehavioral outcomes and the effects of physical stressors and genetic predisposition to disease on cognitive functioning in Alzheimer's disease, stroke and Parkinson disease.

Other Positions

  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students) - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • Boston University, PhD Field of Study: Neuroscience/Neurology
  • Curry College, BA Field of Study: Psychology

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Publications

  • Published on 10/6/2026

    Johnson JA, Tsoggerel A, Fischer K, Movila A, Hinton A, Sullivan K. Tissue-specific inflammatory responses to systemic LPS in mice with LysM-lineage Hmgb1 deletion. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2026 Dec; 58:101382. PMID: 42894883.

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  • Published on 9/26/2026

    Rusiecki JA, McAdam J, Purdue MP, Schneiderman A, Byrne C, Heitz ER, Rull RP, Smith MR, Stahlman SL, Sullivan K. Environmental Epidemiology in Military Populations: Summary and Conclusions of the First Military Environmental Epidemiology Symposium. Mil Med. 2026 Sep 26. PMID: 42799869.

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  • Published on 9/24/2026

    Zhang W, Rice B, Ivkovic A, Mahle R, Sun C, Schoener K, Sullivan K, Hsu K, Ufere N, Shah SA, Bhan I, Schaefer E, Luther J, Chung RT, Bethea E, Yeh H. A multidisciplinary clinic model for alcohol use disorder after liver transplantation: Implementation and early outcomes of the LIFT Clinic. Liver Transpl. 2026 Sep 24. PMID: 42784802.

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  • Published on 9/2/2026

    Mohammadian M, Efthimiou N, Gabriel K, Brusaferri L, Cooper-Hohn J, Kim M, Murphy JP, Alshelh Z, Grmek G, Schnieders JH, Chane CA, Carmichael TG, Yang D, Schubert JJ, Turkheimer FE, Cazuza RA, Grace PM, Catana C, Stufflebeam SM, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Sullivan K, Nahrendorf M, Price TJ, Gilman JM, Loggia ML. Elevated translocator protein in skull bone marrow is linked to human chronic pain. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Sep 02; 18(865):eaed8729. PMID: 42685155.

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  • Published on 4/10/2026

    Trivedi A, Roy S, More M, Bose D, Saha P, Kumar R, Sarkar S, Skupsky J, Tuteja A, Sullivan K, Klimas N, Chatterjee S. Spermidine Attenuates Neuroimmune Dysfunction in Gulf War Illness via Modulation of the Gut- Brain Axis. Mol Neurobiol. 2026 Apr 10; 63(1). PMID: 41961384.

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  • Published on 1/9/2026

    Abdullah L, Keegan AP, Hoffmann M, Baraniuk J, Mack W, Sullivan K, Luis C, Rindfleisch C, Huguenard CJC, Cseresznye A, Aldrich GJ, Evans JE, Paris D, Helgager D, Crawford F, Mullan M. Oleoylethanolamide supplementation improves mood and reduces fatigue in veterans with GWI in a 15-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled exploratory clinical trial. Sci Rep. 2026 Jan 09; 16(1):4933. PMID: 41513981.

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  • Published on 7/21/2025

    Mohammadian M, Efthimiou N, Brusaferri L, Cooper-Hohn J, Kim M, Murphy JP, Alshelh Z, Grmek G, Schnieders JH, Chane CA, Carmichael TG, Yang D, Catana C, Stufflebeam SM, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Sullivan K, Nahrendorf M, Gilman JM, Loggia ML. Evidence for a role of skull bone marrow in human chronic pain as revealed by TSPO PET imaging. medRxiv. 2025 Jul 21. PMID: 41551382.

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  • Published on 7/7/2025

    Lee JT, Basak SK, Yang HH, Sullivan KA, Maxim T, Shin DS, Klimas N, Srivatsan ES. Synergistic Cytotoxicity of Permethrin and N,N-Diethyl-Meta-Toluamide on Sinonasal Epithelial Cells. OTO Open. 2025; 9(3):e70145. PMID: 40630723.

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  • Published on 6/20/2025

    Shetty AK, Sullivan K, Qiang L. Editorial: Brain dysfunction in Gulf War illness: pathophysiology and treatment. Front Neurosci. 2025; 19:1642052. PMID: 40620354.

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  • Published on 2/7/2025

    Jivianne T. Lee, Nancy Klimas, Bhavani Shankara Gowda, Saroj B. Basak, Eri Srivatsan, Monica Cappelletti, Kimberly Sullivan. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. Analysis of Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Sinonasal Secretions of Gulf War Veterans with and without Gulf War Illness. 2025; S1-S576(86(S 01): ).

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