Collaborative Projects

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2024
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COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Van Asbroeck S, Kohler S, van Boxtel MPJ,… Ganguli M, Hughes T, Jacobsen E,… Sachdev P, Deckers K, for Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC). Lifestyle and incident dementia: a COSMIC individual participant data meta-analysis. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, in press. PMC in process.
2023
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AbstractCOSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Gong, J., Harris, K., Lipnicki, D. M., Castro-Costa, E., Lima-Costa, M. F., Diniz, B. S., Xiao, S., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M. J., Wang, C., Preux, P. M., Guerchet, M., Gbessemehlan, A., Ritchie, K., Ancelin, M. L., Skoog, I., Najar, J., Sterner, T. R., Scarmeas, N., Yannakoulia, M., … Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC) (2023). Sex differences in dementia risk and risk factors: Individual-participant data analysis using 21 cohorts across six continents from the COSMIC consortium. Alzheimer's & dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 19(8), 3365–3378. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12962; PMID 36790027
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Sex differences in risk factors for dementia and cognitive decline

2022
LinkInstitution; Citation
Abstract
UNSW Sydney

Wu, W., Ding, D., Zhao, Q., Xiao, Z., Luo, J., Ganguli, M., Hughes, T. F., Jacobsen, E., Haan, M. N., van Dang, K., Lima-Costa, M. F., Blay, S. L., de Castro-Costa, E., Ng, T. P., Gwee, X., Gao, Q., Gureje, O., Ojagbemi, A., Bello, T., Shahar, S., … for Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC) (2022). Dose-response relationship between late-life physical activity and incident dementia: A pooled analysis of 10 cohort studies of memory in an international consortium. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 10.1002/alz.12628. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12628
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Untangling the mechanistic links between heart and brain health in older populations: An AI assisted toolkit for assessing dementia risk
AbstractCOSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Mewton, L., Visontay, R., Hoy, N., Lipnicki, D. M., Sunderland, M., Lipton, R. B., Guerchet, M., Ritchie, K., Najar, J., Scarmeas, N., Kim, K. W., Riedel Heller, S., van Boxtel, M., Jacobsen, E., Brodaty, H., Anstey, K. J., Haan, M., Scazufca, M., Lobo, E., Sachdev, P. S., and Collaborators from the Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC) (2022). The relationship between alcohol use and dementia in adults aged more than 60 years: a combined analysis of prospective, individual-participant data from 15 international studies. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 10.1111/add.16035. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16035; PMID35993434
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Sex-specific risk and associated factors for transitions to MCI and dementia
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Cardiometabolic multimorbidity
2021
LinkInstitution; Citation
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: The Global burden of dementia: A descriptive analysis of the COSMIC studies in collaboration with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study
2020
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Abstract

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Imperial College, London

Peters R, Beers JC, Ganguli M, Anstey KJ. Investigation of antihypertensive class, dementia and cognitive decline. A meta-analysis. Neurology. 2020;94(3):e267-281. PMCID: 7108807; PMID: 31827004; doi: 0.1212/WNL.0000000000008732
AbstractCOSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Carles S, Carrière I, Reppermund S, et al. A cross-national study of depression in preclinical dementia: A COSMIC collaboration study. Alzheimers Dement. 2020;16(11):1544-1552. PMID: 32881298; doi:10.1002/alz.12149. PMC in process
Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide

Project Name: Variability in blood pressure and brain health: The Variable Brain consortium
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COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Samtani S, Mahalingam G, Lam BCP, Lipnicki DM, Lima-Costa MF, Blay SL, Castro-Costa E, Shifu X, Guerchet M, Preux PM, Gbessemehlan A, Skoog I, Najar J, Rydberg Sterner T, Scarmeas N, Kim KW, Riedel-Heller S, Röhr S, Pabst A, Shahar S, Numbers K, Ganguli M, Jacobsen E, Hughes TF, Crowe M, Ng TP, Maddock J, Marseglia A, Mélis R, Szcześniak D, Wiegelmann H, Vernooij-Dassen M, Jeon YH, Sachdev PS, Brodaty H; SHARED consortium for the Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC). Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2022 Nov;3(11):e740-e753. doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00199-4. Epub 2022 Oct 20. PMID: 36273484; PMCID: PMC9750173.
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Mahalingam G, Samtani S… Ganguli M, Hughes TF, Chang C-C H… Perminder S Sachdev, Henry Brodaty on behalf of the SHARED consortium for the Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC). Social connections and risk of incident mild cognitive impairment, dementia and mortality in 13 longitudinal cohort studies of ageing Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2023, ePub https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13072.
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Differential effect of family history on the risk for dementia by sex
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: The prevalence of poor mobility in older adults
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Maximizing dementia risk reduction: the impact of demographic/diversity factors on a modifiable dementia risk score
City, University of London

Project Name: Systemic review of the relationship between sugar intake and cognition in individuals without diabetes
UT Health San Antonio; Boston University

Project Name: CHARGE: identification of genetic variants related to all-cause and vascular dementia
Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam

Project Name: The influence of Toxoplasma gondii infection on cognitive function in otherwise healthy people
UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Systemic review on gender differences in dementia prevalence and incidence
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Rates of conversion to dementia in diverse ageing populations
2019
LinkInstitution; Citation
AbstractCity University of New York, Brooklyn College

Asperholm M, Högman N, Rafi J, Herlitz A. What did you do yesterday? A meta-analysis of sex differences in episodic memory. Psychol Bull. 2019;145(8):785-821. PMID: 31180695; doi:10.1037/bul0000197
AbstractCOSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Hyun J, Hall CB, Katz MJ, Derby CA, Lipnicki DM, Crawford JD, Guaita A, Vaccaro R, Davin A, Kim KW, Han JW, Bae JB, Rohr S, Riedl-Heller S, Ganguli M, Jacobsen E, Hughes TF, Brodaty H, Kochan NA, Trollor J, Lobo A, Santabarbara J, Lopez-Anton R, Sachdev PS, Lipton RB. Education, Occupational Complexity, and Incident Dementia: A COSMIC Collaborative Cohort Study. Journal of Alzheimer's disease 2021, ePub DOI: 10.3233/JJournal of Alzheimer's Disease. PMID: 34776437; PMC in process.
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: The relationship between blood pressure and risk of cognitive decline
COSMIC: Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium; UNSW Sydney

Project Name: Interactive effects of diabetes and APOE4 on cognitive decline
2018
LinkInstitution; Citation
AbstractHarvard University

Darweesh SKL, Wolters FJ, Ikram MA, de Wolf F, Bos D, Hofman A. Inflammatory markers and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis. Alzheimers Dement. 2018;14(11):1450-1459. PMID: 29605221; doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2018.02.014
2017
LinkInstitution; Citation
AbstractSunnybrook Health Science Centre

Au B, Dale-McGrath S, Tierney MC. Sex differences in the prevalence and incidence of mild cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis. Ageing Res Rev. 2017;35:176-199. PMID: 27771474; doi:10.1016/j.arr.2016.09.005
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City University of New York, Brooklyn College

Molinuevo JL, Rabin LA, Amariglio R, et al. Implementation of subjective cognitive decline criteria in research studies. Alzheimers Dement. 2017;13(3):296-311. PMID: 27825022; PMCID: 5344703; doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2016.09.012
2015
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City University of New York, Brooklyn College

Rabin LA, Smart CM, Crane PK, et al. Subjective Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An Overview of Self-Report Measures Used Across 19 International Research Studies. J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;48 Suppl 1(0 1):S63-S86. PMID: 26402085; PMCID: 4617342; doi:10.3233/JAD-150154
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Sachdev PS….Ganguli M, Dodge H, Hughes TF...et al. The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in diverse geographical and ethnocultural regions: the COSMIC collaboration. PLoS One 2015, 10: e0142388, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.014238. PMID 26539987. PMCID 4634954
2014
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Karolinska Institutet

Project Name: A novel approach to assessing memory at the population level: vulnerability to semantic interference
2013
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INNDI LinkJohns Hopkins Medicine

Project Name: International Neuropsychological Normative Database Initiative (INNDI)