Vijay Varma, Ph.D.
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Affiliation(s):
NIH; Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest:
physical activity, metabolomics, health inequality
Biography & Research:
My interdisciplinary research program is focused on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) among older adults who are at highest risk of impairment. I am highly involved in research at the intersection of two main areas: 1) predictive biology of aging, and 2) health disparities and vulnerable populations.
I am interested in the use of accelerometers as biometrics of AD and have published extensively on the association between objectively measured human movement and biomarkers of AD. I additionally use data-driven approaches to explore the potential of blood-biomarkers of AD, particularly metabolite data.
Finally, I am interested in non-pharmaceutical interventions (e.g., physical activity) targeting Black and minority populations.
I received my BA in English and African-American Studies from Duke University, PhD in psychiatric epidemiology and cognitive aging from the Johns Hopkins University and a post-doc in behavioral neuroscience from the NIH. I am additionally an instructor at the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
