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Areas of interest
Clinical
Research Interests
Supporting informal caregivers of people living with dementia; neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease; dementia care in underserved communities; increasing inclusivity and representation in dementia research
Selected Publications
Polsinelli, A.J. (2024). Care partner burden and support services in dementia. CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 30(6), 1845-1862. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001502
Polsinelli, A.J., Johnson, S., Crouch, A., Lane, K.A., Pena Garcia, A., Hammers, D., Wang, S., Gao, S., & Apostolova, L.G (2024). Neuropsychiatric symptom burden in early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease as a function of age. Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
Eliacin, J., Polsinelli, A., Cameron, K. A., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2024). Black Americans' perceptions of Alzheimer's disease, a healthy brain, and strategies for brain health promotion. PEC Innovation, 100282.
Pena-Garcia, A., Richards, R., Richards, M., Campbell, C., Mosley, H., Asper, J., Eliacin, J., Polsinelli, A.J., … Wang, S., & IADRC CAB. (2023). Accelerating diversity in Alzheimer's disease research by partnering with a community advisory board. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 9(2), e12400.
Polsinelli, A.J., Wonderlin, R., Hammers, D.B., Pena Garcia, A., Eloyan, A., Taurone, A., … Apostolova, L.G., & LEADS Consortium. (2023). Baseline neuropsychiatric symptoms and psychotropic medication use midway through data collection of the Longitudinal Early- Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Study (LEADS) cohort. Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
Eliacin, E., Polsinelli, A.J., Epperson, F., Gao, S., Van Heiden, S., Westmoreland, G., …, & Wang, S. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to participation in Alzheimer’s disease biomarker research among Black and White older adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Intervention, 9(2), e12399.
Polsinelli, A.J. & Apostolova, L.G. (2022). Atypical Alzheimer’s disease variants. CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 28(3), 676-701.
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