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Serkalem Demissie, PhD

Research Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2545
demissie@bu.edu
Crosstown Center - 315
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Biography

Serkalem Demissie, Ph.D., is Research Professor in the Department of Biostatistics. Serkalem has over 20 years of statistical and computing experience. Professor Demissie’s expertise is in the development, evaluation, and application of statistical methods, with emphasis on statistical genetics and estimation and evaluation of exposure-outcome associations. A major part of her scholarly work is linked to long-standing collaborations in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) in the fields of cardiovascular disease, lipids, musculoskeletal phenotypes, and neurological disorders. Her work in statistical methodologies includes missing data, residual phenotype modeling in genetic and epidemiologic studies, multiple testing, temporal gene expression data clustering, and measuring biological age.

Other Positions

  • Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Genome Science Institute - Boston University

Education

  • Boston University, PhD Field of Study: Biostatistics
  • Boston University, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Addis Ababa University, BSc Field of Study: Statistics

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 11/15/2024

    Pinheiro A, Aparicio H, Lioutas V, Beiser A, Ekenze O, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Higher burden of cerebral small vessel disease is associated with risk of incident stroke in community dwelling individuals. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 15. PMID: 39606408.

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  • Published on 10/30/2024

    Kelly DM, Pinheiro AA, Koini M, Anderson CD, Aparicio H, Hofer E, Kern D, Blacker D, DeCarli C, Hwang SJ, Viswanathan A, Gonzales MM, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Schmidt R, Demissie S, Romero JR. Impaired kidney function, cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive disorders: the Framingham Heart Study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2024 Oct 30; 39(11):1911-1922. PMID: 38565317.

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  • Published on 10/19/2023

    Petrea RE, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Ekenze O, Aparicio HJ, Satizabal CL, Maillard P, DeCarli C, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Lioutas VA, Rafael Romero J. Hypertension Trends and White Matter Brain Injury in the Offspring Framingham Heart Study Cohort. Hypertension. 2024 Jan; 81(1):87-95. PMID: 37855140.

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  • Published on 9/14/2023

    Rodriguez Lara F, Toro AR, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Ekenze O, Martinez O, Parva P, Charidimou A, Ghosh S, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Habes M, Maillard P, Romero JR. Relation of MRI-Visible Perivascular Spaces and Other MRI Markers of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 14; 13(9). PMID: 37759924.

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  • Published on 3/6/2023

    Ekenze O, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Charidimou A, Beiser AS, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Romero JR. Inflammatory biomarkers and MRI visible perivascular spaces: The Framingham Heart Study. Neurobiol Aging. 2023 Jul; 127:12-22. PMID: 37018882.

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  • Published on 1/23/2023

    Hussein AI, Carroll D, Bui M, Wolff A, Matheny H, Hogue B, Lybrand K, Cooke M, Bragdon B, Morgan E, Demissie S, Gerstenfeld L. Oxidative metabolism is impaired by phosphate deficiency during fracture healing and is mechanistically related to BMP induced chondrocyte differentiation. Bone Rep. 2023 Jun; 18:101657. PMID: 37425193.

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  • Published on 1/1/2023

    Ekenze O, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Aparicio HJ, Charidimou A, Beiser AS, Satizabal CL, Kautz T, DeCarli C, Greenberg S, Seshadri S, Romero JR. Association of MRI Visible Perivascular Spaces and Neurofilament Light Chain: The Framingham Heart Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023; 95(3):1133-1145. PMID: 37661877.

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  • Published on 1/1/2023

    Pase MP, Pinheiro A, Rowsthorn E, Demissie S, Hurmez S, Aparicio HJ, Rodriguez-Lara F, Gonzales MM, Beiser A, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Romero JR. MRI Visible Perivascular Spaces and the Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Community Sample. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023; 96(1):103-112. PMID: 37742645.

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  • Published on 12/14/2022

    Joseph J, Liu C, Hui Q, Aragam K, Wang Z, Charest B, Huffman JE, Keaton JM, Edwards TL, Demissie S, Djousse L, Casas JP, Gaziano JM, Cho K, Wilson PWF, Phillips LS, O'Donnell CJ, Sun YV. Genetic architecture of heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction. Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 14; 13(1):7753. PMID: 36517512.

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  • Published on 12/5/2022

    Romero JR, Pinheiro A, Aparicio HJ, DeCarli CS, Demissie S, Seshadri S. MRI-Visible Perivascular Spaces and Risk of Incident Dementia: The Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2022 Dec 05; 99(23):e2561-e2571. PMID: 36175148.

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