Faculty

Walter A Kukull

Professor, Epidemiology

206-543-4560

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1983
MS Psychology, Western Washington University, 1974

Contact

206-543-4560

Box 357236
Dept. of Epidemiology
1959 NE Pacific Street
Health Sciences, F-261G
Seattle, WA 98195
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
Box 354983
4311 11th Avenue NE #300
Seattle, WA 98105
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Research Interests

Dr Kukull's research is principally in the neurodegenerative, vascular and other conditions causing dementia and cognitive impairment. These conditions include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's/Lewy body disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and cerebrovascular disease. Since 1999, as Director and PI of the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center [U01AG016976], he is closely tied to the ~30 Alzheimer's Disease Centers nationwide, funded by National Institute on Aging. In addition to NACC work, he is an investigator with a number of other NIH grants.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

X-chromosome-wide association study for Alzheimer's disease.
(2024 Dec 4)
Mol Psychiatry
Le Borgne J, Gomez L, Heikkinen S, Amin N, Ahmad S, Choi SH, Bis J, Grenier-Boley B, Rodriguez OG, Kleineidam L, Young J, Tripathi KP, Wang L, Varma A, Campos-Martin R, van der Lee S, Damotte V, de Rojas I, Palmal S, EADB, GR@ACE, DEGESCO, EADI, GERAD, DemGene, FinnGen, ADGC, CHARGE, Lipton R, Reiman E, McKee A, De Jager P, Bush W, Small S, Levey A, Saykin A, Foroud T, Albert M, Hyman B, Petersen R, Younkin S, Sano M, Wisniewski T, Vassar R, Schneider J, Henderson V, Roberson E, DeCarli C, LaFerla F, Brewer J, Swerdlow R, Van Eldik L, Hamilton-Nelson K, Paulson H, Naj A, Lopez O, Chui H, Crane P, Grabowski T, Kukull W, Asthana S, Craft S, Strittmatter S, Cruchaga C, Leverenz J, Goate A, Kamboh MI, George-Hyslop PS, Valladares O, Kuzma A, Cantwell L, Riemenschneider M, Morris J, Slifer S, Dalmasso C, Castillo A, Küçükali F, Peters O, Schneider A, Dichgans M, Rujescu D, Scherbaum N, Deckert J, Riedel-Heller S, Hausner L, Molina-Porcel L, Düzel E, Grimmer T, Wiltfang J, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Moebus S, Tegos T, Scarmeas N, Dols-Icardo O, Moreno F, Pérez-Tur J, Bullido MJ, Pastor P, Sánchez-Valle R, Álvarez V, Boada M, García-González P, Puerta R, Mir P, Real LM, Piñol-Ripoll G, García-Alberca JM, Royo JL, Rodriguez-Rodriguez E, Soininen H, de Mendonça A, Mehrabian S, Traykov L, Hort J, Vyhnalek M, Thomassen JQ, Pijnenburg YAL, Holstege H, van Swieten J, Ramakers I, Verhey F, Scheltens P, Graff C, Papenberg G, Giedraitis V, Boland A, Deleuze JF, Nicolas G, Dufouil C, Pasquier F, Hanon O, Debette S, Grünblatt E, Popp J, Ghidoni R, Galimberti D, Arosio B, Mecocci P, Solfrizzi V, Parnetti L, Squassina A, Tremolizzo L, Borroni B, Nacmias B, Spallazzi M, Seripa D, Rainero I, Daniele A, Bossù P, Masullo C, Rossi G, Jessen F, Fernandez V, Kehoe PG, Frikke-Schmidt R, Tsolaki M, Sánchez-Juan P, Sleegers K, Ingelsson M, Haines J, Farrer L, Mayeux R, Wang LS, Sims R, DeStefano A, Schellenberg GD, Seshadri S, Amouyel P, Williams J, van der Flier W, Ramirez A, Pericak-Vance M, Andreassen OA, Van Duijn C, Hiltunen M, Ruiz A, Dupuis J, Martin E, Lambert JC, Kunkle B, Bellenguez C

The Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI).
(2024 Nov 26)
Alzheimers Dement
Mormino EC, Biber SA, Rahman-Filipiak A, Arfanakis K, Clark L, Dage JL, Detre JA, Dickerson BC, Donohue MC, Kecskemeti S, Hohman TJ, Jagust WJ, Keene DC, Kukull W, Levendovszky SR, Rosen H, Thompson PM, Villemagne VL, Wolk DA, Okonkwo OC, Rabinvovici GD, Rivera-Mindt M, Foroud T, Johnson SC

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy impacts neurofibrillary tangle burden and cognition.
(2024)
Brain Commun 6(6): fcae369
Godrich D, Pasteris J, Martin ER, Rundek T, Schellenberg G, Foroud T, Vance JM, Pericak-Vance MA, Cuccaro ML, Scott WK, Kukull W, Montine TJ, Beecham GW

GWAS of multiple neuropathology endophenotypes identifies new risk loci and provides insights into the genetic risk of dementia.
(2024 Nov)
Nat Genet 56(11): 2407-2421
Shade LMP, Katsumata Y, Abner EL, Aung KZ, Claas SA, Qiao Q, Heberle BA, Brandon JA, Page ML, Hohman TJ, Mukherjee S, Mayeux RP, Farrer LA, Schellenberg GD, Haines JL, Kukull WA, Nho K, Saykin AJ, Bennett DA, Schneider JA, National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center, Ebbert MTW, Nelson PT, Fardo DW

Fazekas scale magnetic resonance imaging assessment in Alzheimer's disease and primary age-related tauopathy.
(2024 Dec)
Neuroradiology 66(12): 2185-2193
Quintas-Neves M, Almeida FC, Gauthreaux K, Teylan MA, Mock CN, Kukull WA, Crary JF, Oliveira TG

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