Adult Changes in Thought Study

ACT P&P Approved Projects 2024

Once receiving approval by the ACT P&P Committee, information about scholarly works (manuscripts, abstracts, etc.) and data requests leading to scholarly works is shared to facilitate collaboration on active ongoing projects and to reduce potential duplication of research on the ACT cohort. Approved projects are catalogued in searchable tables by year.

Approved data requests and manuscript proposals initiate the formation of writing groups of co-authors. Interested researchers may nominate themselves or a qualified colleague to participate in a writing group by contacting the lead directly. Writing group nominations should occur within the one month following P&P approval.

Approved final draft manuscripts and abstracts are shared for informational purposes. Researchers who are interested in working with ACT data can locate research in the process of being submitted for publication. Once published, manuscripts and abstracts may be found in the ACT Publication Database.

Information on Projects Approved during 2024
Submission TypeLead Investigator First NameLead Investigator Last NameContact EmailInstitutional AffiliationSubmission TitleKey WordsProject #Affiliated ACT Project/Core or Other Related GrantDate of Approval
ManuscriptMagali Blancomagali@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonTraffic-related air pollution and dementia incidence in the Adult Changes in Thought Study diversity, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, representativeness, cohort 210AIR ACT1/8/2024
ManuscriptMagali Blancomagali@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonImpact of Stationary Mobile Monitoring Design on Epidemiologic Inference – A Case Study of Ultrafine Particles and Cognitive Function  210AIR ACT1/9/2024
ManuscriptSarahTomst3144@cumc.columbia.eduColumbia UniversityNumber of children and risk of dementiaDementia, Cognitive aging, Risk factors in epidemiology, Sex, Gender, Parity220 1/12/2024
AbstractCeciliaLeeleecs2@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonEye Adult Changes in Thought (Eye ACT) study: Settings and report on the inaugural cohort 299EYE ACT 1/5/2024
AbstractSarahTomst3144@cumc.columbia.eduColumbia UniversityAdverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Risk of Clinical Dementia in Women in the ACT Study 267Life Course Core1/5/2024
ManuscriptPaulCranepcrane@uw.eduUniversity of Washington Implications of choice of timescale in analyses of cognitive decline 277 1/9/2024
ManuscriptEd Leinedl@alleninstitute.orgAllen Institute for Brain ScienceIntegrated multimodal cell atlas of Alzheimer’s disease 245 1/23/2024
AbstractShellyGray slgray@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonAssociation Between Cumulative Anticholinergic Use and White Matter Hyperintensity BurdenMRI, risk factor, vascular disease280 1/30/2024
Data RequestNormaCoenbcor@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaIncremental Utilization and Costs of Dementia: Variation by Typedementia, Alzheimer’s disease, health care utilization, Medicare, aging317ACT P21/30/2024
ManuscriptCeciliaLeeleesc2@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonEye Adult Changes in Thought (Eye ACT) study – setting and report on the inaugural cohortAlzheimer’s disease, Adult Changes in Thought (ACT), Eye Adult Changes in Thought (Eye ACT), Ophthalmology, Prospective study, Visual acuity, Contrast sensitivity, Age-related macular degeneration, Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) score, Optical coherence measurement299EYE ACT1/30/2024
ManuscriptMikael AnneGreenwood-HickmanRod.L.Walker@kp.orgKPWHRICurrent and historic patterns of chronic disease burden are associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior in older adults: an observational studymultimorbidity, Charlson Comorbidity Index, accelerometer, sedentary behavior, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)318ACT P11/30/2024
AbstractNormaCoenbcor@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaHealth care utilization and cost differences across cognitively-defined Alzheimer’s disease subgroups 317ACT P21/30/2024
AbstractJanelleTaylor janelle.taylor@utoronto.caUniversity of TorontoHousing Concerns and Trajectories of Kinless Older Adults with Dementia 140ACT P21/30/2024
Data RequestMikael AnneGreenwood-Hickmansmccurry@uw.eduKPWHRIIndependent Associations between Historical Objective Physical Function and Self-Reported Activities of Daily Living over 10-years and 24-hour Activity Behaviors physical activity, sleep, physical function 319ACT P13/7/2024
Data RequestHelenSuhHelen.suh@tufts.eduTufts UniversityAirborne metals, neurodegeneration, and dementia in the Adult Changes in Thought studyairborne metals and dementia incidence316 3/7/2024
AbstractLilyShapiroLily.X.Shapiro@kp.orgKPWHRI Using Natural Language Processing to identify text for qualitative research into the lived experience of people with dementia 320ACT P22/26/2024
Data RequestNolanColenolan.x.cole@kp.orgKPWHRI/University of WashingtonA SIMEX Approach to Address Misclassification in Compositional Dataphysical activity, compositional data, measurement error321ACT P13/7/2024
ManuscriptRebeccaHubbardrhubb@upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaIntegrating Misclassified EHR Outcomes with Validated Outcomes from a Non-probability SampleElectronic health records, Data integration, Measurement Error, Selection bias, Alzheimer’s disease233a2333/7/2024
AbstractDoriRosenbergDori.E.Rosenberg@kp.orgKPWHRI Physical behavior and social determinants research in the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) cohort study: analytic examples and opportunities for collaboration 322ACT P13/7/2024
AbstractLoetCoenencoenen@bprc.nlBiomedical Primate Research CentreMultiomic Analyses of Plasma Proteomic Biomarkers of Dementia Suggests a Divergent Brain Aging Trajectory 257 2/22/2024
Data RequestCeciliaLeeleesc2@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonSystemic risk factors of glaucomaGlaucoma, frailty323EYE ACT3/26/2024
AbstractLilyShapirolily.x.shapiro@kp.orgKPWHRI Imagining Care: Provider reflections on ideal care for people with dementia 324ACT P23/26/2024
AbstractDoriRosenbergdori.e.rosenberg@kp.orgKPWHRI Associations between trajectories of cognitive function and physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep in older adultscognition, trajectories, physical activity294ACT P13/29/2024
ManuscriptErikCarlsonesc1@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonMorphological and Synaptic Integrity of the Cerebellum Correlates with Cognitive Function and Is Affected in Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease, Cerebellum, Cognition, Dementia, Atrophy, Posterior Fossa Contents, Inferior Olive, Cerebellar Cortex, Pontine Nuclei, Neuropathology, Granule Cells, Cerebellar Glomerulus, Synapse Loss, Neurodegeneration325ACT Neuropath Core4/8/2024
Data RequestLindsayWhitelindsay.white@pennmedicine.upenn.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe effect of retirement on cognition and risk of dementiadementia, cognitive functioning, retirement 326ACT Life Course Core4/15/2024
ManuscriptCeciliaLeeleecs2@uw.eduUniversity of WashingtonAssociations between Dementia and Exposure to Topical Glaucoma Medications Alzheimer’s disease, Adult Changes in Thought (ACT), Eye Adult Changes in Thought (Eye ACT), Ophthalmology, Prospective study, Visual acuity, Contrast sensitivity, glaucoma, Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) score, Optical coherence measurement298EYE ACT4/15/2024
ManuscriptLincoln Shadelincoln.shade@uky.eduUniversity of KentuckyGenome-wide association study of multiple neuropathology endophenotypes identifies novel risk loci and provides insights into genetic risk of dementia 235 4/26/2024
Data RequestSarahTomst3144@cumc.columbia.eduColumbia UniversityUnderstanding Functional and Quality Aspects of Social Connection in the Relationship between Living Arrangement and Cognition Living arrangement, social connection, cognition 328ACT Life Course Core4/24/2024