Rhoda Au
Profiles

Rhoda Au, PhD

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-0089
rhodaau@bu.edu
Talbot
View Full Profile at BUMC

Biography

Dr. Au’s research interests are focused on aging and dementia, and include relating cardiovascular risk factors, brain MRI measures, and neuropathology to cognitive performance. She is also interested in merging research and technology as the path toward innovative science.

Other Positions

  • Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University
  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students) - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
  • Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • University of California, Riverside, PhD Field of Study: Psychology
  • Boston University, MBA Field of Study: Policy Analysis and Management
  • Pomona College, BA Field of Study: Psychology

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 5/1/2026

    Tao Q, Han J, Ang TFA, Hou L, Liu C, Murabito JM, Lunetta KL, Mez J, Alosco ML, Stein TD, Zhang X, Au R, Farrer L, Palmisano JN, Hamburg NM, Qiu WQ. Peripheral vascular function, including endothelium-dependent measures, and dementia risk: The Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71396. PMID: 42050369.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 4/30/2026

    Jain SS, Ang TFA, Sunderaraman P, Au R, Chen J. Gender differences in informal caregiving costs and burden in Alzheimer disease: a multinational cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health. 2026 Apr 30. PMID: 42063002.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 4/14/2026

    Frank B, Gurnani A, Hurley L, Guan C, Andersen SL, Devine SA, O'Connor MK, Budson A, Liu C, Lin H, Auerbach S, Liu Y, Libon DJ, Price CC, Farrer L, Mez J, Ang A, Au R. Psychometric modeling of Boston process approach data for dementia prediction in the Framingham Heart Study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2026 Apr 14; 1-12. PMID: 41975557.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 4/8/2026

    Marino FR, Ganglberger W, Sun H, Liu Y, Ding H, Thomas RJ, Au R, Westover B. Better Sleep Now, Better Cognition Later? Predicting Cognitive Function Using A Machine Learning-Based Sleep EEG Brain Health Score. Sleep. 2026 Apr 08. PMID: 41964500.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 3/23/2026

    Kowshik SS, Jasodanand VH, Bellitti M, Puducheri S, Xu L, Liu Y, Saichandran KS, Dwyer BC, Gabelle A, Hao H, Kedar S, Murman DL, O'Shea SA, Saint-Hilaire MH, Samudra NP, Sartor EA, Swaminathan A, Taraschenko O, Yuan J, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Domain-adapted language model using reinforcement learning for various dementias. medRxiv. 2026 Mar 23. PMID: 41929317.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 3/16/2026

    Salvi Cruz S, Toghranegar J, Malin B, Mehra T, MacDonald B, Speights M, Noufi C, Fossat Y, Fagherrazi G, Cummins N, Elbeji A, Blatter A, Gelbard A, Arienzo A, Baur S, Wetstone K, Peller J, Au R, Botha H, Lahav A, Hemmerling D, Catania F, Anibal J, Saha S, Coleman O, Gallois H, Avila Martinez S, Mahapatra N, Singh Sara JD, Mathur A, Patel R, Zielinski K, Kourtis L, Lerner-Ellis J, Cong Y, Ngo H, Talkar T, Hale G, Comito K, Ghosh S, Watts S, Bedrick S, Powell M, Bélisle-Pipon JC, Krussel A, Mahapatra I, Bahr R, Hanna K, Kostelnik C, Dorsey K, John M, Curp K, Rameau A, Bensoussan Y. Translating AI research into reality: summary of the 2025 voice AI Symposium and Hackathon. Front Digit Health. 2026; 8:1754426. PMID: 41918982.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 3/16/2026

    Pinheiro A, Karjadi C, Tripodis Y, Kolachalama VB, Lunetta K, Demissie S, Liu C, Au R, Mohammed S. Predicting cognitive impairment using novel functional features of spatial proximity and circularity in the digital clock drawing test. medRxiv. 2026 Mar 16. PMID: 41891039.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 3/16/2026

    Huang J, Rehman H, Doan C, Stein TD, Mez J, Ang TFA, Tao Q, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. Corrigendum to 'Circulating C-reactive protein influences polygenic risk of inflammatory genes expressed in brain endothelia for Alzheimer's disease' Neurobiology of Disease 219 (2026) Article Number 107257. Neurobiol Dis. 2026 May; 222:107348. PMID: 41846151.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 3/7/2026

    Yang J, Ding H, Amini S, Hao B, Karjadi C, Au R, Paschalidis IC. Resource-stratified machine learning framework for cognitive status classification and mild cognitive impairment to dementia progression prediction. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2026 Mar 07; 18(1). PMID: 41794745.

     Read At: PubMed
  • Published on 2/22/2026

    Tao Q, Ang TFA, Huang J, Itchapurapu IS, Mez J, Alosco M, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. Blood PCSK9 Impacts Alzheimer's Disease Risk in an APOE Genotype-Dependent Manner: A Prospective Cohort Study. Health Sci Rep. 2026 Feb; 9(2):e71810. PMID: 41737429.

     Read At: PubMed

View 333 more publications:View Full Profile at BUMC

News & In the Media

View all profiles