Publications

  1. Singh RK, Bekena S, Walker AIB, Zhu Y, Trani JF, Babulal GM. Associations among cognitive performance, VCAM-1, and GFAP in black adults: The ARCHES study. Neurobiol Aging. 2026 Dec; 168:14-22 Epub 2026 July 10
    View PubMed
  2. Zhu Y, Walker AIB, Bekena S, Singh RK, Strain JF, Phuah CL, Millar PR, Canfield P, Hill CV, Hudson DL, Williams MM, Mohamed EA, Williams JP, Harrison K, Laurido-Soto OJ, Lee JM, Ances BM, Trani JF, Babulal GM. Structural and social determinants of health shape the impact of neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular pathology on cognitive functioning in black adults. Soc Sci Med. 2026 Oct; 406:119636 Epub 2026 Aug 04
    View PubMed
  3. Singh RK, Bekena S, Walker AIB, Taylor K, Zhu Y, Pal S, Mohamed EA, Trani JF, Kaplan I, Babulal GM. Exploratory factor and network analysis of 43 inflammatory plasma biomarkers and cognitive performance in Black adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Sep 2; 13872877261481701 Epub 2026 Sept 02
    View PubMed
  4. Bekena S, Singh RK, Pal S, Zhu Y, Trani JF, McClannahan KS, Babulal GM. Hearing in noise and cognitive status in older adults: Biomarker associations and bidirectional survival analyses. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Sep; 113 (2):769-780 Epub 2026 July 28
    View PubMed
  5. Zhu Y, Wisch JK, Jiao Z, Brown DC, Hammadi NA, Benzinger TLS, Morris JC, Ances BM, Babulal GM. Driving Navigation in Older Adults Across the Alzheimer's Disease Continuum. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Aug 26 [Epub ahead of print]
    View PubMed
  6. Zhu Y, Brown DC, Chen C, Singh RK, Bekena S, Ances BM, Lenze EJ, Carr DB, Trani JF, Babulal GM. Tau pathology and depression interact to accelerate driving decline in cognitively normal older adults. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Jul 18 Epub 2026 July 18
    View PubMed
  7. Zhu Y, Trani JF, Walker AIB, Bekena S, Singh RK, Babulal GM. Differential associations of core and non-core plasma biomarkers with cognitive performance in Black adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Jul; 112 (1):380-388 Epub 2026 May 27
    View PubMed
  8. Bekena S, Singh RK, Zhu Y, Harrison K, Williams JP, Laurido-Soto OJ, Al-Hammadi N, Dickerson A, Carr DB, Babulal GM. Naturalistic Driving Outcomes and Sensorimotor Function in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 May; 74 (5):1358-1368 Epub 2026 Mar 26
    View PubMed
  9. Li K, Shacham E, Zhu Y, Trani JF, Babulal GM. Driving the neural exposome: Latent mobility states from naturalistic GPS data in older adults. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22 (5):e71425
    View PubMed
  10. Bekena S, Singh RK, Zhu Y, Trani JF, Ances BM, Babulal GM. Grip strength modifies the association between blood-based alzheimer's biomarkers and cognitive function. Geroscience. 2026 Apr 11 [Epub ahead of print]
    View PubMed
  11. Nissim NR, Fudge MR, Lachner C, Babulal GM, Allyse MA, Graff-Radford NR, Lucas JA, Day GS. Age-Specific Barriers and Facilitators to Research Participation Amongst African Americans in Observational Studies of Memory and Aging. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Oct; 11 (5):2796-2805 Epub 2023 Aug 09
    View PubMed