Jennifer Weuve

Associate Professor, Epidemiology, BU School of Public Health

Education
MPH, ScD
Office
Talbot
Phone
(617) 358-3646

Biography

Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology of the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). In her research, she pursues answers to questions in two major realms of human health: (1) the forces that accelerate the aging of the brain and body, and (2) the health effects of being exposed to environmental toxicants. Underlying all of her research is a foundation in epidemiologic methods. Dr. Weuve is PI or co-investigator of several projects that encompass both of these realms. For example, she led a NIH-funded nationwide investigation, the first of its kind, of exposure to particulate matter air pollution and its relation to cognitive decline. In a second NIH-funded study, she evaluated exposure to local traffic-related air pollution among older residents in Chicago in relation to diminishing physical abilities. Currently, Dr. Weuve and co-PIs are validating a portable XRF instrument for quantifying lead in bone and mercury and manganese in toe nail (NIEHS). Such an instrument potentially could be used in large-scale investigations into the health effects of cumulative exposures to these metals. Dr. Weuve serves as Member-at-Large on the Society for Epidemiologic Research’s executive board, and is a member of the editorial board of EPIDEMIOLOGY. She is also active in the international initiative, MEthods in LOngitudinal research on DEMentia (MELODEM), and is Co-Director of The AlzRisk Project (www.alzrisk.org), a web-based collection of epidemiologic findings on non-genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease. Dr. Weuve earned degrees in epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (MPH) and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health (ScD), and held a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental health at the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining BUSPH, she was on the faculty of the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging in Chicago.

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD
  • University of Minnesota, MPH
  • Luther College, BA

Classes Taught

  • SPHEP770
  • SPHEP912

Publications

  • Published on 9/6/2018Rajan KB, Weuve J, Barnes LL, Wilson RS, Evans DA. Prevalence and incidence of clinically diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease dementia from 1994 to 2012 in a population study. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 Sep 06. PMID: 30195482.

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  • Published on 9/1/2018Weuve J, Sagiv SK, Fox MP. Quantitative Bias Analysis for Collaborative Science. Epidemiology. 2018 Sep; 29(5):627-630. PMID: 29923865.

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  • Published on 8/31/2018Specht AJ, Kponee K, Nkpaa KW, Balcom PH, Weuve J, Nie LH, Weisskopf MG. Validation of x-ray fluorescence measurements of metals in toenail clippings against inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in a Nigerian population. Physiol Meas. 2018 Aug 31; 39(8):085007. PMID: 30091720.

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  • Published on 8/22/2018Wesselink AK, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Weuve JL, Aschengrau A, Song RJ, Wise LA. Perceived Stress and Fecundability: A Preconception Cohort Study of North American Couples. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Aug 22. PMID: 30137198.

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  • Published on 7/26/2018Wilson RS, Barnes LL, Rajan KB, Boyle PA, Sytsma J, Weuve J, Evans DA. Antecedents and consequences of unawareness of memory impairment in dementia. Neuropsychology. 2018 Jul 26. PMID: 30047756.

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  • Published on 7/3/2018Ali T, Nilsson CJ, Weuve J, Rajan KB, Mendes de Leon CF. Effects of social network diversity on mortality, cognition and physical function in the elderly: a longitudinal analysis of the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP). J Epidemiol Community Health. 2018 Jul 03. PMID: 29970598.

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  • Published on 7/1/2018Blacker D, Weuve J. Brain Exercise and Brain Outcomes: Does Cognitive Activity Really Work to Maintain Your Brain? JAMA Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 01; 75(7):703-704. PMID: 29847611.

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  • Published on 5/11/2018Rajan KB, Barnes LL, Wilson RS, Weuve J, McAninch EA, Evans DA. Blood pressure and risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease dementia by antihypertensive medications and APOE e4 allele. Ann Neurol. 2018 May; 83(5):935-944. PMID: 29637601.

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  • Published on 4/16/2018Weuve J, Rajan KB, Barnes LL, Wilson RS, Evans DA. Secular Trends in Cognitive Performance in Older Black and White U.S. Adults, 1993-2012: Findings From the Chicago Health and Aging Project. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2018 Apr 16; 73(suppl_1):S73-S81. PMID: 29669103.

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  • Published on 1/1/2018Weuve J, Barnes LL, Mendes de Leon CF, Rajan KB, Beck T, Aggarwal NT, Hebert LE, Bennett DA, Wilson RS, Evans DA. Cognitive Aging in Black and White Americans: Cognition, Cognitive Decline, and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease Dementia. Epidemiology. 2018 Jan; 29(1):151-159. PMID: 28863046.

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