Clinical Researchers
Vincent Mysliwiec, MD, FAASM
Vincent Mysliwiec, MD, FAASM, is a leading expert in sleep and sleep disorders in military personnel and veterans. Dr. Mysliwiec has over 15 years of experience conducting research in military populations and has authored over 70 scientific manuscripts. His research has led to insights into the clinical sleep disorders military personnel and veterans have, to include comorbid insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea and the proposed parasomnia, trauma associated sleep disorder. His current research includes the largest study to date, evaluating gender differences in sleep disorders in military men and women, further development of trauma associated sleep disorder and the first questionnaire to evaluate sleep disorders in military personnel.
Research Areas
Clinical Research
Tiffany Kautz, PhD
Research focuses upon identifying biomarkers for earlier identification of Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases. Actively involved in coordinating research collaborations to further these research interests, including the Markers for Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (MarkVCID) and Cognitively Healthy Nonagenarians in the Cross Cohort Collaboration (CCC). Also serves as the creator and coordinator of the Biggs Biobank, a comprehensive repository of biofluids and tissues from a variety of neurodegenerative disorders as well as cognitively healthy controls.
Research Areas
Clinical Research
Mini E. Jacob, MD, PhD
Research focuses on the process of disablement among older adults, particularly on the intertwining pathways to mobility disability and dementia. Previous studies evaluated whether behavioral factors like diet and physical activity in early old age can continue to influence health and affect the length of terminal morbidity and disability. Ongoing projects examine patterns and burden of multi-morbidity as a risk factor for disablement, the role of cognitive impairment in the pathway to disability and how a combination of physical and cognitive impairment can influence disablement. Current objectives also include evaluating how physical function measures correlate with markers of Alzheimer’s disease in asymptomatic individuals and identifying mobility measures that reflect brain vascular pathology.
Research Areas
Clinical Research, Population Neuroscience