Neelum T. Aggarwal

Area of research

Psychiatry and Mental health · Physiology

Research interest

include identifying how social determinants of health, cardiovascular disease and other novel risk factors for cognitive impairment — including sex and gender differences — may lead to strategies to prevent cognitive decline and dementia in women, minorities and older adults. Aggarwal is co-investigator and neurologist for the MIND Study (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay - http://mind-diet-trial.org ) and Co-Principal Investigator for the Chicago-based Community Engagement for Early Recognition and Immediate Action in Stroke ( CEERIAS ) grant, a study that addresses the socioeconomic, race/ethnicity and sex and gender disparities in stroke awareness, barriers to health care access in Chicago's minority communities. Aggarwal was appointed as the first Chief Divers

Recent publications

MIND Diet and Hippocampal Sclerosis Among Community-Based Older Adults

JAMA Network Open 2025cited by 8position: middledoi

Effect modifiers of the MIND diet for cognition in older adults: The MIND diet trial

Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025cited by 4position: middledoi

Healthy Lifestyle and Cognition in Older Adults With Common Neuropathologies of Dementia

JAMA Neurology 2024cited by 53position: middledoi

The POINTER Imaging baseline cohort: Associations between multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers, cardiovascular health, and cognition

Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024cited by 12position: middledoi

Growing empathy through art therapy, life story, and relationships: experiential learning in adult day services

Frontiers in Psychology 2024cited by 2position: middledoi

Trial of the MIND Diet for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Older Persons

New England Journal of Medicine 2023cited by 302position: middledoi

Sex and gender considerations in dementia: a call for global research

Nature Aging 2023cited by 19position: middledoi

Consideration of sex and gender in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders from a global perspective

Alzheimer s & Dementia 2022cited by 170position: middledoi

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients 75 Years and Older

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2022cited by 105position: middledoi

A Qualitative Examination of Knowledge, Experiences, and Considerations of PET Brain Scan Participation Among Older Black and Latino Adults

Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2022cited by 6position: middledoi

Longitudinal Association of Total Tau Concentrations and Physical Activity With Cognitive Decline in a Population Sample

JAMA Network Open 2021cited by 44position: middledoi

Feasibility study for detection of retinal amyloid in clinical trials: The Anti‐Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease (A4) trial

Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2021cited by 40position: middledoi

Cerebral small vessel disease genomics and its implications across the lifespan

Nature Communications 2020cited by 207position: middledoi

Remote Blood Biomarkers of Longitudinal Cognitive Outcomes in a Population Study

Annals of Neurology 2020cited by 155position: middledoi

DASH and Mediterranean-Dash Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diets Are Associated With Fewer Depressive Symptoms Over Time

The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2020cited by 82position: middledoi

Representation of Older Latinxs in Cohort Studies at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Neuroepidemiology 2020cited by 54position: middledoi

Advance Care Planning for African American Caregivers of Relatives With Dementias: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 2020cited by 34position: middledoi

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease and Cognitive Impairment: Another Health Disparity for Women?

Journal of the American Heart Association 2019cited by 78position: middledoi

Understanding the impact of sex and gender in Alzheimer's disease: A call to action

Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018cited by 838position: middledoi

Heart Centers for Women

Circulation 2018cited by 53position: middledoi

Cognitive Aging in Black and White Americans

Epidemiology 2017cited by 326position: middledoi

Identifying Key Words in 9-1-1 Calls for Stroke: A Mixed Methods Approach

Prehospital Emergency Care 2017cited by 26position: middledoi

MIND diet associated with reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer s & Dementia 2015cited by 1,106position: lastdoi

MIND diet slows cognitive decline with aging

Alzheimer s & Dementia 2015cited by 1,052position: lastdoi

Multiethnic Genome-Wide Association Study of Cerebral White Matter Hyperintensities on MRI

Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics 2015cited by 177position: middledoi

Psychosocial Distress and Stroke Risk in Older Adults

Stroke 2012cited by 136position: middledoi

Grants

Preventing Medication Mismanagement in People Living with Dementia through Automated Medication Dispensing with Facial Recognition and Video Observation

NIH2R44AG077737-02$1,243,6182022–2026PIRePORTER

Preventing Medication Mismanagement in People Living with Dementia through Automated Medication Dispensing with Facial Recognition and Video Observation

NIH5R44AG077737-03$1,232,9572022–2027PIRePORTER

Impact of COVID-19 on AD Occurrence: A Biracial Intergenerational Population Study

NIH1R01AG073627-01$3,190,5192021–2026PIRePORTER

Impact of COVID-19 on AD Occurrence: A Biracial Intergenerational Population Study

NIH5R01AG073627-02$3,073,4012021–2026PIRePORTER

Impact of COVID-19 on AD Occurrence: A Biracial Intergenerational Population Study

NIH5R01AG073627-03$2,639,8542021–2027PIRePORTER

Impact of Neuroinflammation on AD Occurrence: A Bi-Generational Population Study

NIH5R01AG073627-04$2,514,9012021–2027PIRePORTER