HNRP at INS 2021
Several HNRP investigators contributed to the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Annual Meeting in San Diego (virtual event) on February 2-5, 2021. This year's theme was: From Autism to Alzheimer's: New Perspectives in Neuropsychology. HNRP researchers presented on topics such as cognition, HIV, substance use, medical measures and behavior.
Posters/Presentations:
Breton J, Kamalyan L, Paredes AM, Guarena LA, Watson WM, Cherner M, Moore RC, Marquine MJ. Psychological acculturation and cognition among older Latinos living with and without HIV. (poster)
Campbell LM, Parrish E, Heaton A, Swendsen J, Depp CA, Moore RC. The Relationship Between Contextual Factors, Performance, and Validity of Smartphone-Based Mobile Cognitive Tests of Executive Function and Learning. (poster)
Fisher A, Campbell LM, Sun-Suslow N, Kohli M, Tang B, Lee EE, Heaton A, Moore RC. Intra-individual variability in objectively-measured sleep quality is associated with worse cognition in middle-aged and older adults with and without HIV. (poster)
Guarena LA, Kamalyan L, Morgan EE, Watson WM, Umlauf A, Heaton RK, Marquine MJ. Impact of emotional health on cognition amongst Hispanic and Non-Hispanic white people living with HIV. (poster)
HNRP at CROI 2021
CROI 2021 was held from March 6 to March 10, 2021. The meeting took place virtually. The HNRP had a strong showing with research on various aspects of HIV infection.
Listing of posters and presentations:
Ellis R, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Letendre S, Moore DJ, Heaton RK. Higher Comorbidity Burden Predicts Worsening Neurocognition in People with HIV.
Letendre S, Ellis RJ, Tang B, Franklin D, Sacktor N, Rubin L, Morgello S, McCutchan JA, Marra C, Gelman BB, Collier A, Clifford D, Heaton RK. 12-Year Cognitive Decline is Associated with Lung Disease, Diabetes, and Depression.
Caitlin Wei-Ming Watson & CMCR colleagues found that cannabis exposure is linked to a lower odds of neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV
Caitlin Wei-Ming Watson and CMCR colleagues were featured in a San Francisco AIDS Foundation news article on their paper "Cannabis exposure is associated with a lower likelihood of neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV".
Emily Paolillo & colleagues found high cumulative burden of depression is associated with worsening neurocognition among PWH
Emily Paolillo and colleagues were featured in a NAM-AIDSMap news article on their paper "Cumulative burden of depression and neurocognitive decline among persons with HIV: A longitudinal study".
HNRP at CROI 2020
CROI 2020 is held from March 8 to March 11, 2020. The meeting took place virtually. The HNRP had a strong showing with research on various aspects of HIV infection.
Listing of posters and presentations:
Anderson AM, Tang B, Vaida F, Okwuegbuna O, McClernon D, Deutsch R, Kundu S, Cherner M, Cookson D, Crescini M, Grant I, Ellis RJ, Letendre SL. CSF CXCL10 is associated with the presence of low-level CNS HIV during ART. Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 03-09-2020.
Ellis RJ, Moore DJ, Sundermann E, Heaton RK, Hulgan T, Samuels DC, Mehta SR, Letendre SL. Biomarkers of nucleic acid oxidation and neurodegeneration in CSF in PWH. Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 03-09-2020.
Okwuegbuna O, Anderson A, Iudicello J, Perez-Santiago J, Vaida F, Schrier R, McCutchan A, Ellis RJ, Letendre SL. HIV RNA in cerebrospinal fluid off ART predicts more depressive symptoms on ART. Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 03-09-2020.