Deborah  Blacker, MD, ScD

Title: Director, Massachusetts Gerontology Research Unit & Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health & Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Telephone: (617) 726-5571
Biography:

Dr. Blacker is a geriatric psychiatrist and epidemiologist who works on genetics and early recognition strategies for alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

Interests:

Genetics, epidemiology, assessment methods, study design, evidence-based medicine

Publications:

Dickerson BC, Sperling RA, Hyman BT, Albert MS, Blacker D. Clinical Prediction of Alzheimer Disease Dementia Across the Spectrum of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007; 64:  1443-1450. [PMCID:  2581771].

 

McQueen MB, Bertram L, Lange C, Becker KD, Albert MS, Tanzi RE, Blacker E. Exploring Candidate Gene Associations with Neuropsychological Performance.  Am J Med Genet Part B 2007;  144:  987-991.

 

More publications may be found at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed