Jamie Fong, MS
Certified Genetic Counselor
Neurology
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Education & Training

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• MS Genetic Counseling Sarah Lawrence College
• BA Molecular & Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley

Websites

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• National Society of Genetic Counselors (nsgc.org)
• Memory and Aging Center (memory.ucsf.edu)
• Guest blog post - Watershed DNA (watersheddna.com)

Publications (43)

Top publication keywords:
Organometallic CompoundsGenetic TestingNeuropsychological TestsAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisC9orf72 ProteinPrion ProteinsRutheniumPrion DiseasesNeoplasms, ExperimentalCodon, NonsensePhotosensitizing AgentsDNA Repeat ExpansionFrontotemporal DementiaFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationAtrophy

• Basal parasympathetic deficits in C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion carriers relate to smaller frontoinsula and thalamus volume and lower empathy.
  NeuroImage. Clinical 2024 R K Roy A, Noohi F, Morris NA, Ljubenkov P, Heuer H, Fong J, Hall M, Lario Lago A, Rankin KP, Miller BL, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Seeley WW, Perry DC, Yokoyama JS, Lee SE, Sturm VE
• Response to "assessment of risk of ALS conferred by the GGGGCC hexanucleotide expansion in C9orf72 among first-degree relatives of patients with ALS carrying the repeat expansion".
  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration 2024 Dratch L, Kinnamon DD, Harrington EA, Goldman J, Fong JC, Jones T, Uhlmann WR, Roggenbuck J
• Research Participants' Perspectives on Precision Diagnostics for Alzheimer's Disease.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Smith HS, Robinson JO, Levchenko A, Pereira S, Pascual B, Bradbury K, Arbones V, Fong J, Shulman JM, McGuire AL, Masdeu J
• Sensitivity of the Social Behavior Observer Checklist to Early Symptoms of Patients With Frontotemporal Dementia.
  Neurology 2022 Toller G, Cobigo Y, Ljubenkov PA, Appleby BS, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Fong JC, Forsberg LK, Gavrilova RH, Ghoshal N, Heuer HW, Knopman DS, Kornak J, Lapid MI, Litvan I, Lucente DE, Mackenzie IR…
• Genome Sequencing in the Parkinson Disease Clinic.
  Neurology. Genetics 2022 Hill EJ, Robak LA, Al-Ouran R, Deger J, Fong JC, Vandeventer PJ, Schulman E, Rao S, Saade H, Savitt JM, von Coelln R, Desai N, Doddapaneni H, Salvi S, Dugan-Perez S, Muzny DM, McGuire AL, Liu Z, Gibbs…

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• Plasma Neurofilament Light for Prediction of Disease Progression in Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.
  Neurology 2021 Rojas JC, Wang P, Staffaroni AM, Heller C, Cobigo Y, Wolf A, Goh SM, Ljubenkov PA, Heuer HW, Fong JC, Taylor JB, Veras E, Song L, Jeromin A, Hanlon D, Yu L, Khinikar A, Sivasankaran R, Kieloch A, …
• Brain volumetric deficits in MAPT mutation carriers: a multisite study.
  Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2020 Chu SA, Flagan TM, Staffaroni AM, Jiskoot LC, Deng J, Spina S, Zhang L, Sturm VE, Yokoyama JS, Seeley WW, Papma JM, Geschwind DH, Rosen HJ, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Brushaber DE, …
• Quality of life and caregiver burden in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration: Analyses of symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals within the LEFFTDS cohort.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Gentry MT, Lapid MI, Syrjanen J, Calvert K, Hughes S, Brushaber D, Kremers W, Bove J, Brannelly P, Coppola G, Dheel C, Dickerson B, Dickinson S, Faber K, Fields J, Fong J, Foroud T, Forsberg L, …
• Genetic Testing for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia: Impact on Clinical Management.
  Clinics in laboratory medicine 2020 Roggenbuck J, Fong JC
• Revised Self-Monitoring Scale: A potential endpoint for frontotemporal dementia clinical trials.
  Neurology 2020 Toller G, Ranasinghe K, Cobigo Y, Staffaroni A, Appleby B, Brushaber D, Coppola G, Dickerson B, Domoto-Reilly K, Fields J, Fong J, Forsberg L, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford N, Grossman M, Heuer H, Hsiung …
• Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Features Between Adults With Tuberous Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia.
  JAMA neurology 2020 Liu AJ, Staffaroni AM, Rojas-Martinez JC, Olney NT, Alquezar-Burillo C, Ljubenkov PA, La Joie R, Fong JC, Taylor J, Karydas A, Ramos EM, Coppola G, Boxer AL, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Kao AW
• Clinical and volumetric changes with increasing functional impairment in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Olney NT, Ong E, Goh SM, Bajorek L, Dever R, Staffaroni AM, Cobigo Y, Bock M, Chiang K, Ljubenkov P, Kornak J, Heuer HW, Wang P, Rascovsky K, Wolf A, Appleby B, Bove J, Bordelon Y, Brannelly P, …
• Individualized atrophy scores predict dementia onset in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Staffaroni AM, Cobigo Y, Goh SM, Kornak J, Bajorek L, Chiang K, Appleby B, Bove J, Bordelon Y, Brannelly P, Brushaber D, Caso C, Coppola G, Dever R, Dheel C, Dickerson BC, Dickinson S, Dominguez S, …
• The longitudinal evaluation of familial frontotemporal dementia subjects protocol: Framework and methodology.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Boeve B, Bove J, Brannelly P, Brushaber D, Coppola G, Dever R, Dheel C, Dickerson B, Dickinson S, Faber K, Fields J, Fong J, Foroud T, Forsberg L, Gavrilova R, Gearhart D, Ghoshal N, Goldman J, Graff-…
• Assessment of executive function declines in presymptomatic and mildly symptomatic familial frontotemporal dementia: NIH-EXAMINER as a potential clinical trial endpoint.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Staffaroni AM, Bajorek L, Casaletto KB, Cobigo Y, Goh SM, Wolf A, Heuer HW, Elahi FM, Ljubenkov PA, Dever R, Kornak J, Appleby B, Bove J, Bordelon Y, Brannelly P, Brushaber D, Caso C, Coppola G, Dheel…
• Genetic screening of a large series of North American sporadic and familial frontotemporal dementia cases.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Ramos EM, Dokuru DR, Van Berlo V, Wojta K, Wang Q, Huang AY, Deverasetty S, Qin Y, van Blitterswijk M, Jackson J, Appleby B, Bordelon Y, Brannelly P, Brushaber DE, Dickerson B, Dickinson S, Domoto-…
• Utility of the global CDR® plus NACC FTLD rating and development of scoring rules: Data from the ARTFL/LEFFTDS Consortium.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Miyagawa T, Brushaber D, Syrjanen J, Kremers W, Fields J, Forsberg LK, Heuer HW, Knopman D, Kornak J, Boxer A, Rosen HJ, Boeve BF, Appleby B, Bordelon Y, Bove J, Brannelly P, Caso C, Coppola G, Dever …
• Nonlinear Z-score modeling for improved detection of cognitive abnormality.
  Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2019 Kornak J, Fields J, Kremers W, Farmer S, Heuer HW, Forsberg L, Brushaber D, Rindels A, Dodge H, Weintraub S, Besser L, Appleby B, Bordelon Y, Bove J, Brannelly P, Caso C, Coppola G, Dever R, Dheel C, …
• Tracking white matter degeneration in asymptomatic and symptomatic MAPT mutation carriers.
  Neurobiology of aging 2019 Chen Q, Boeve BF, Schwarz CG, Reid R, Tosakulwong N, Lesnick TG, Bove J, Brannelly P, Brushaber D, Coppola G, Dheel C, Dickerson BC, Dickinson S, Faber K, Fields J, Fong J, Foroud T, Forsberg L, …
• Age at onset in genetic prion disease and the design of preventive clinical trials.
  Neurology 2019 Minikel EV, Vallabh SM, Orseth MC, Brandel JP, Haïk S, Laplanche JL, Zerr I, Parchi P, Capellari S, Safar J, Kenny J, Fong JC, Takada LT, Ponto C, Hermann P, Knipper T, Stehmann C, Kitamoto T, Ae R, …
• Frequency of frontotemporal dementia gene variants in C9ORF72, MAPT, and GRN in academic versus commercial laboratory cohorts.
  Advances in genomics and genetics 2018 Steele NZ, Bright AR, Lee SE, Fong JC, Bonham LW, Karydas A, Karbassi ID, Pribadi M, Meservey MA, Gallen MC, Ramos EM, Liaquat K, Hoffman CC, Krasner MR, Dodge W, L Miller B, Coppola G, Rankin KP, …
• Linking tuberous sclerosis complex, excessive mTOR signaling, and age-related neurodegeneration: a new association between TSC1 mutation and frontotemporal dementia.
  Acta neuropathologica 2017 Olney NT, Alquezar C, Ramos EM, Nana AL, Fong JC, Karydas AM, Taylor JB, Stephens ML, Argouarch AR, Van Berlo VA, Dokuru DR, Sherr EH, Jicha GA, Dillon WP, Desikan RS, De May M, Seeley WW, Coppola G, …
• Genetic Prion Disease Caused by PRNP Q160X Mutation Presenting with an Orbitofrontal Syndrome, Cyclic Diarrhea, and Peripheral Neuropathy.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2017 Fong JC, Rojas JC, Bang J, Legati A, Rankin KP, Forner S, Miller ZA, Karydas AM, Coppola G, Grouse CK, Ralph J, Miller BL, Geschwind MD
• Genetic prion disease: Experience of a rapidly progressive dementia center in the United States and a review of the literature.
  American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 2017 Takada LT, Kim MO, Cleveland RW, Wong K, Forner SA, Gala II, Fong JC, Geschwind MD
• Young-onset frontotemporal dementia in a homozygous tau R406W mutation carrier.
  Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2015 Ng AS, Sias AC, Pressman PS, Fong JC, Karydas AM, Zanto TP, De May M, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Miller BL, Lee SE
• A novel class of ruthenium-based photosensitizers effectively kills in vitro cancer cells and in vivo tumors.
  Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology 2015 Fong J, Kasimova K, Arenas Y, Kaspler P, Lazic S, Mandel A, Lilge L
• Frontotemporal Dementia and Psychiatric Illness: Emerging Clinical and Biological Links in Gene Carriers.
  The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2015 Block NR, Sha SJ, Karydas AM, Fong JC, De May MG, Miller BL, Rosen HJ
• Amyloid in dementia associated with familial FTLD: not an innocent bystander.
  Neurocase 2015 Naasan G, Rabinovici GD, Ghosh P, Elofson JD, Miller BL, Coppola G, Karydas A, Fong J, Perry D, Lee SE, Yokoyama JS, Seeley WW, Kramer JH, Weiner MW, Schuff N, Jagust WJ, Grinberg LT, Pribadi M, Yang …
• A novel mutation P112H in the TARDBP gene associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration without motor neuron disease and abundant neuritic amyloid plaques.
  Acta neuropathologica communications 2015 Moreno F, Rabinovici GD, Karydas A, Miller Z, Hsu SC, Legati A, Fong J, Schonhaut D, Esselmann H, Watson C, Stephens ML, Kramer J, Wiltfang J, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Coppola G, Grinberg LT
• Ascertainment bias causes false signal of anticipation in genetic prion disease.
  American journal of human genetics 2014 Minikel EV, Zerr I, Collins SJ, Ponto C, Boyd A, Klug G, Karch A, Kenny J, Collinge J, Takada LT, Forner S, Fong JC, Mead S, Geschwind MD
• Altered network connectivity in frontotemporal dementia with C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2014 Lee SE, Khazenzon AM, Trujillo AJ, Guo CC, Yokoyama JS, Sha SJ, Takada LT, Karydas AM, Block NR, Coppola G, Pribadi M, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Fong JC, Weiner MW, Boxer AL, Kramer JH, Rosen HJ, …
• Over-expression of the Sirt3 sirtuin Protects neuronally differentiated PC12 Cells from degeneration induced by oxidative stress and trophic withdrawal.
  Brain research 2014 Shulyakova N, Sidorova-Darmos E, Fong J, Zhang G, Mills LR, Eubanks JH
• Genetic CJD with a novel E200G mutation in the prion protein gene and comparison with E200K mutation cases.
  Acta neuropathologica communications 2013 Kim MO, Cali I, Oehler A, Fong JC, Wong K, See T, Katz JS, Gambetti P, Bettcher BM, Dearmond SJ, Geschwind MD
• Downregulation of microRNA-9 in iPSC-derived neurons of FTD/ALS patients with TDP-43 mutations.
  PloS one 2013 Zhang Z, Almeida S, Lu Y, Nishimura AL, Peng L, Sun D, Wu B, Karydas AM, Tartaglia MC, Fong JC, Miller BL, Farese RV, Moore MJ, Shaw CE, Gao FB
• Frontotemporal dementia in a Brazilian kindred with the c9orf72 mutation.
  Archives of neurology 2012 Takada LT, Pimentel ML, Dejesus-Hernandez M, Fong JC, Yokoyama JS, Karydas A, Thibodeau MP, Rutherford NJ, Baker MC, Lomen-Hoerth C, Rademakers R, Miller BL
• Frontotemporal dementia due to C9ORF72 mutations: clinical and imaging features.
  Neurology 2012 Sha SJ, Takada LT, Rankin KP, Yokoyama JS, Rutherford NJ, Fong JC, Khan B, Karydas A, Baker MC, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Pribadi M, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Lee SE, Seeley W, Miller BL, …
• Genetic counseling for FTD/ALS caused by the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion.
  Alzheimer's research & therapy 2012 Fong JC, Karydas AM, Goldman JS
• Atypical, slowly progressive behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia associated with C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion.
  Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2012 Khan BK, Yokoyama JS, Takada LT, Sha SJ, Rutherford NJ, Fong JC, Karydas AM, Wu T, Ketelle RS, Baker MC, Hernandez MD, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Lee SE, Rosen HJ, Rabinovici GD, Seeley WW…
• Chronic exposure to sub-lethal beta-amyloid (Abeta) inhibits the import of nuclear-encoded proteins to mitochondria in differentiated PC12 cells.
  Journal of neurochemistry 2007 Sirk D, Zhu Z, Wadia JS, Shulyakova N, Phan N, Fong J, Mills LR
• Ligand-induced down-regulation of the cannabinoid 1 receptor is mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor-associated sorting protein GASP1.
  FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2006 Martini L, Waldhoer M, Pusch M, Kharazia V, Fong J, Lee JH, Freissmuth C, Whistler JL
• A heterodimer-selective agonist shows in vivo relevance of G protein-coupled receptor dimers.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005 Waldhoer M, Fong J, Jones RM, Lunzer MM, Sharma SK, Kostenis E, Portoghese PS, Whistler JL
• Modulation of postendocytic sorting of G protein-coupled receptors.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2002 Whistler JL, Enquist J, Marley A, Fong J, Gladher F, Tsuruda P, Murray SR, Von Zastrow M
• Regulation of opioid receptor trafficking and morphine tolerance by receptor oligomerization.
  Cell 2002 He L, Fong J, von Zastrow M, Whistler JL