Rowan Saloner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine
Education & Training
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- Ph.D. Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology) SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology 06/2022
- Internship Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology) UC San Francisco 06/2022
- M.S. Clinical Psychology San Diego State University 12/2019
- B.S. Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior UC Davis 06/2013
Grants and Projects
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- Large-scale biofluid proteomics to identify disease progression biomarkers in C9orf72 frontotemporal dementia, Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology, 2024-2026
- Multi-tissue biomarker discovery in genetic and sporadic frontotemporal lobar degeneration, New Vision Research, 2024-2026
- Synaptic Proteome in Genetic Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Alzheimer's Association, 2023-2025
- SuperAging in HIV-infected Adults: Biopsychosocial Predictors of Neurocognitive Aging Trajectories, NIH, 2019-2022
Publications (59)
Top publication keywords:
Catechol O-MethyltransferaseCognitive DysfunctionMethamphetamineGray MatterCognitive ReserveCognitive AgingExecutive FunctionNeopterinCognitionHIV InfectionsAmphetamine-Related DisordersNeurocognitive DisordersNeuropsychological TestsAlzheimer DiseaseAlcohol Dehydrogenase
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Detection of Alzheimer Neuropathology in Alzheimer and Non-Alzheimer Clinical Syndromes With Blood-Based Biomarkers.
JAMA neurology 2025 VandeVrede L, Cho H, Sanderson-Cimino M, Wekselman F, Cobigo Y, Gorno-Tempini ML, Heuer HW, Kramer JH, Lario Lago A, Leichter D, Ljubenkov P, Miller BL, Perry DC, Rabinovici GD, Rojas JC, Rosen HJ, … -
Vitamin B12 Levels Association with Functional and Structural Biomarkers of Central Nervous System Injury in Older Adults.
Annals of neurology 2025 Beaudry-Richard A, Abdelhak A, Saloner R, Sacco S, Montes SC, Oertel FC, Cordano C, Jabassini N, Ananth K, Gomez A, Keihani A, Chapman M, Javvadi S, Saha S, Staffaroni A, Songster C, Warren M, … -
Brain aging rejuvenation factors in adults with genetic and sporadic neurodegenerative disease.
Brain communications 2025 Casaletto KB, Saloner R, Kornak J, Staffaroni AM, Villeda S, Paolillo E, VandeBunte AM, Cadwallader CJ, Lario Lago A, Webb J, Chen C, Rascovsky K, Miyagawa T, Ramos EM, Masdeu JC, Pantelyat A, … -
Better cardiovascular health is associated with slowed clinical progression in autosomal dominant frontotemporal lobar degeneration variant carriers.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024 VandeBunte AM, Lee H, Paolillo EW, Hsiung GR, Staffaroni AM, Saloner R, Tartaglia C, Yaffe K, Knopman DS, Ramos EM, Rascovsky K, Bozoki AC, Wong B, Domoto-Reilly K, Snyder A, Pressman P, Mendez MF, … -
Predicting brain atrophy and cognitive aging trajectories with baseline subjective cognitive concerns in cognitively normal older adults.
Neurobiology of aging 2024 You M, Lindbergh CA, La Joie R, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Diaz V, Cotter DL, Walters S, Altendahl M, Staffaroni AM, Kramer JH, Gaynor LS, Casaletto KB
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Examining Associations Between Smartphone Use and Clinical Severity in Frontotemporal Dementia: Proof-of-Concept Study.
JMIR aging 2024 Paolillo EW, Casaletto KB, Clark AL, Taylor JC, Heuer HW, Wise AB, Dhanam S, Sanderson-Cimino M, Saloner R, Kramer JH, Kornak J, Kremers W, Forsberg L, Appleby B, Bayram E, Bozoki A, Brushaber D, … -
Associations of cerebrovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease pathology with cognitive decline: Analysis of the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Uniform Data Set.
Neurobiology of aging 2024 Chatterjee A, Lee S, Diaz V, Saloner R, Sanderson-Cimino M, deCarli C, Maillard P, Hinman J, Vossel K, Casaletto KB, Staffaroni AM, Paolillo EW, Kramer JH -
Unveiling the proteome-wide autoreactome enables enhanced evaluation of emerging CAR T cell therapies in autoimmunity.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2024 Bodansky A, Yu DJ, Rallistan A, Kalaycioglu M, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Green DJ, Gauthier J, Turtle CJ, Zorn K, O'Donovan B, Mandel-Brehm C, Asaki J, Kortbawi H, Kung AF, Rackaityte E, Wang CY, Saxena … -
Large-scale network analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid proteome identifies molecular signatures of frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
Research square 2024 Saloner R, Staffaroni A, Dammer E, Johnson ECB, Paolillo E, Wise A, Heuer H, Forsberg L, Lago AL, Webb J, Vogel J, Santillo A, Hansson O, Kramer J, Miller B, Li J, Loureiro J, Sivasankaran R, … -
Neuropsychiatric Profiles and Cerebral Amyloid Burden in Adults without Dementia.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2024 Gontrum EQ, Paolillo EW, Lee S, Diaz V, Ehrenberg A, Saloner R, Mundada NS, La Joie R, Rabinovici G, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB -
KIBRA repairs synaptic plasticity and promotes resilience to tauopathy-related memory loss.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2024 Kauwe G, Pareja-Navarro KA, Yao L, Chen JH, Wong I, Saloner R, Cifuentes H, Nana AL, Shah S, Li Y, Le D, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Kramer JH, Sacktor TC, Schilling B, Gan L, Casaletto KB, Tracy… -
Latent Profile Analysis of Cognitive Performance and Depressive Symptoms Among People with HIV.
AIDS patient care and STDs 2024 Kohli M, Ham L, Saloner R, Dung D, Iudicello J, Ellis RJ, Moore DJ -
Multimodal lifestyle engagement patterns support cognitive stability beyond neuropathological burden.
Alzheimer's research & therapy 2023 Paolillo EW, Saloner R, VandeBunte A, Lee S, Bennett DA, Casaletto KB -
The clinical utility of three frailty measures in identifying HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.
AIDS (London, England) 2023 Moore DJ, Sun-Suslow N, Nichol AA, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Letendre SL, Iudicello J, Morgan EE -
Plasma phosphorylated tau-217 exhibits sex-specific prognostication of cognitive decline and brain atrophy in cognitively unimpaired adults.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023 Saloner R, VandeVrede L, Asken BM, Paolillo EW, Gontrum EQ, Wolf A, Lario-Lago A, Milà-Alomà M, Triana-Baltzer G, Kolb HC, Dubal DB, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Boxer AL, Casaletto KB, Kramer JH -
Moderating role of physical activity on hippocampal iron deposition and memory outcomes in typically aging older adults.
Neurobiology of aging 2023 Lee SY, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Cobigo Y, Diaz VE, Gontrum EQ, VandeBunte A, Chatterjee A, Tucker M, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB -
KIBRA repairs synaptic plasticity and promotes resilience to tauopathy-related memory loss.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Kauwe G, Pareja-Navarro KA, Yao L, Chen JH, Wong I, Saloner R, Cifuentes H, Nana AL, Shah S, Li Y, Le D, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Kramer JH, Sacktor TC, Schilling B, Gan L, Casaletto KB, Tracy… -
Data-driven physical actigraphy patterns relate to cognitive and vascular health in older adults.
Experimental gerontology 2023 Paolillo EW, Lee SY, VandeBunte A, Saloner R, Gaynor LS, Djukic N, Tsuei T, Cobigo Y, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB -
Sex-specific effects of SNAP-25 genotype on verbal memory and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in clinically normal older adults.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023 Saloner R, Paolillo EW, Wojta KJ, Fonseca C, Gontrum EQ, Lario-Lago A, Rabinovici GD, Yokoyama JS, Rexach JE, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB -
Sex Differences in the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Cognitive Trajectories.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2022 Paolillo EW, You M, Gontrum E, Saloner R, Gaynor LS, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB -
Combined Effects of Synaptic and Axonal Integrity on Longitudinal Gray Matter Atrophy in Cognitively Unimpaired Adults.
Neurology 2022 Saloner R, Fonseca C, Paolillo EW, Asken BM, Djukic NA, Lee S, Nilsson J, Brinkmalm A, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Kramer JH, Casaletto KB -
Plasma biomarkers of vascular dysfunction uniquely relate to a vascular-risk profile of neurocognitive deficits in virally-suppressed adults with HIV.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health 2022 Saloner R, Sun-Suslow N, Morgan EE, Lobo J, Cherner M, Ellis RJ, Heaton RK, Grant I, Letendre SL, Iudicello JE, TMARC Group -
Cognitive and Physiologic Reserve Independently Relate to Superior Neurocognitive Abilities in Adults Aging With HIV.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2022 Saloner R, Lobo JD, Paolillo EW, Campbell LM, Letendre SL, Cherner M, Grant I, Heaton RK, Ellis RJ, Moore DJ, CHARTER Study Group -
Higher Comorbidity Burden Predicts Worsening Neurocognitive Trajectories in People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Ellis RJ, Paolillo E, Saloner R, Heaton RK -
The association between benzodiazepine use and greater risk of neurocognitive impairment is moderated by medical burden in people with HIV.
Journal of neurovirology 2022 Sundermann EE, Saloner R, Rubtsova A, Nguyen AL, Letendre S, Moore RC, Cherner M, Ma Q, Marquine MJ -
Neopterin Relates to Lifetime Depression in Older Adults With HIV on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2022 Saloner R, Savini N, Letendre SL, Moore DJ, Montoya JL -
Relationship of the balloon analog risk task to neurocognitive impairment differs by HIV serostatus and history of major depressive disorder.
Journal of neurovirology 2022 Saloner R, Morgan EE, Hussain MA, Moore DJ, Heaton RK, Cherner M, Grant I, Iudicello JE, TMARC Group -
Frailty Syndrome Is Associated with Poorer Self-Reported Sleep Quality Among Older Persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
AIDS research and human retroviruses 2021 Sun-Suslow N, Balon E, Montoya JL, Saloner R, Campbell LM, Serrano V, Ellis RJ, Moore DJ -
Identification of Youthful Neurocognitive Trajectories in Adults Aging with HIV: A Latent Growth Mixture Model.
AIDS and behavior 2021 Saloner R, Lobo JD, Paolillo EW, Campbell LM, Letendre SL, Cherner M, Grant I, Heaton RK, Ellis RJ, Roesch SC, Moore DJ, CHARTER Study Group -
Binge Drinking Relates to Worse Neurocognitive Functioning Among Adults Aging with HIV.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2021 Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Kohli M, Watson CW, Moore RC, Heaton RK, Moore DJ -
A Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate the Effects of Age and Duration of HIV Infection on Anxiety and Depression in Cisgender Men.
AIDS and behavior 2021 Gianella S, Saloner R, Curtin G, Little SJ, Heaton A, Montoya JL, Letendre SL, Marquine MJ, Jeste DV, Moore DJ -
The utility of olfactory function in distinguishing early-stage Alzheimer's disease from HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.
AIDS (London, England) 2021 Sundermann EE, Fields A, Saloner R, Gouaux B, Bharti A, Murphy C, Moore DJ -
Telomere length is associated with HIV infection, methamphetamine use, inflammation, and comorbid disease risk.
Drug and alcohol dependence 2021 Mehta SR, Iudicello JE, Lin J, Ellis RJ, Morgan E, Okwuegbuna O, Cookson D, Karris M, Saloner R, Heaton R, Grant I, Letendre S, TMARC Group -
Metabolic Risk Factors as Differential Predictors of Profiles of Neurocognitive Impairment Among Older HIV+ and HIV- Adults: An Observational Study.
Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2021 Pasipanodya EC, Montoya JL, Campbell LM, Hussain MA, Saloner R, Paolillo EM, Jeste DV, Letendre SL, McCutchan JA, Heaton RK, Moore DJ -
Chronically elevated depressive symptoms interact with acute increases in inflammation to predict worse neurocognition among people with HIV.
Journal of neurovirology 2021 Saloner R, Paolillo EW, Heaton RK, Grelotti DJ, Stein MB, Miller AH, Atkinson JH, Letendre SL, Ellis RJ, Grant I, Iudicello JE, Moore DJ -
Lifetime Methamphetamine Use Disorder and Reported Sleep Quality in Adults Living with HIV.
AIDS and behavior 2020 Sun-Suslow N, Saloner R, Serrano V, Umlauf A, Morgan EE, Ellis RJ, Letendre S, Grant I, Heaton RK -
Cerebrospinal Fluid Norepinephrine and Neurocognition in HIV and Methamphetamine Dependence.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020 Saloner R, Cherner M, Iudicello JE, Heaton RK, Letendre SL, Ellis RJ -
Lower CSF homovanillic acid relates to higher burden of neuroinflammation and depression in people with HIV disease.
Brain, behavior, and immunity 2020 Saloner R, Cherner M, Grelotti DJ, Paolillo EW, Moore DJ, Heaton RK, Letendre SL, Kumar A, Grant I, Ellis RJ -
Methamphetamine and Cannabis: A Tale of Two Drugs and their Effects on HIV, Brain, and Behavior.
Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology 2020 Saloner R, Fields JA, Marcondes MCG, Iudicello JE, von Känel S, Cherner M, Letendre SL, Kaul M, Grant I, Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center (TMARC) Group -
REM sleep is associated with white matter integrity in cognitively healthy, older adults.
PloS one 2020 Altendahl M, Cotter DL, Staffaroni AM, Wolf A, Mumford P, Cobigo Y, Casaletto K, Elahi F, Ruoff L, Javed S, Bettcher BM, Fox E, You M, Saloner R, Neylan TC, Kramer JH, Walsh CM -
COMT val158met genotype alters the effects of methamphetamine dependence on dopamine and dopamine-related executive function: preliminary findings.
Psychiatry research 2020 Saloner R, Cherner M, Sundermann EE, Watson CW, Iudicello JE, Letendre SL, Kumar A, Ellis RJ -
The Effects of Low-Risk Drinking on Neurocognition Among Older Persons Living With HIV as Compared to Those Without HIV.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2020 Kohli M, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Umlauf A, Ellis R, Moore DJ -
Genetic variation in alcohol dehydrogenase is associated with neurocognition in men with HIV and history of alcohol use disorder: preliminary findings.
Journal of neurovirology 2020 Saloner R, Paolillo EW, Kohli M, Murray SS, Moore DJ, Grant I, Cherner M -
Benzodiazepine Use Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Neurocognitive Impairment in People Living With HIV.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Saloner R, Grelotti DJ, Tyree G, Sundermann EE, Ma Q, Letendre S, Heaton RK, Cherner M -
Use of Neuroimaging to Inform Optimal Neurocognitive Criteria for Detecting HIV-Associated Brain Abnormalities.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2019 Campbell LM, Fennema-Notestine C, Saloner R, Hussain M, Chen A, Franklin D, Umlauf A, Ellis RJ, Collier AC, Marra CM, Clifford DB, Gelman BB, Sacktor N, Morgello S, McCutchan JA, Letendre S, Grant I, … -
COMT Val158Met Polymorphism, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Nadir CD4 Synergistically Increase Risk of Neurocognitive Impairment in Men Living With HIV.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Saloner R, Marquine MJ, Sundermann EE, Hong S, McCutchan JA, Ellis RJ, Heaton RK, Grant I, Cherner M -
Frailty in Comorbid HIV and Lifetime Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Associations with Neurocognitive and Everyday Functioning.
AIDS research and human retroviruses 2019 Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Montoya JL, Campbell LM, Pasipanodya EC, Iudicello JE, Moore RC, Letendre SL, Jeste DV, Moore DJ -
Adverse effect of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met met/met genotype in methamphetamine-related executive dysfunction.
Addictive behaviors 2019 Cherner M, Watson CW, Saloner R, Halpin LE, Minassian A, Murray SS, Vaida F, Bousman C, Everall I, TMARC Group -
Conditional Effects of Lifetime Alcohol Consumption on Methamphetamine-Associated Neurocognitive Performance.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2019 Saloner R, Paolillo EW, Umlauf A, Moore DJ, Heaton RK, Grant I, Cherner M, TMARC Group -
Effects of comorbidity burden and age on brain integrity in HIV.
AIDS (London, England) 2019 Saloner R, Heaton RK, Campbell LM, Chen A, Franklin D, Ellis RJ, Collier AC, Marra C, Clifford DB, Gelman B, Sacktor N, Morgello S, McCutchan JA, Letendre S, Grant I, Fennema-Notestine C, CHARTER … -
Neurocognitive SuperAging in Older Adults Living With HIV: Demographic, Neuromedical and Everyday Functioning Correlates.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2019 Saloner R, Campbell LM, Serrano V, Montoya JL, Pasipanodya E, Paolillo EW, Franklin D, Ellis RJ, Letendre SL, Collier AC, Clifford DB, Gelman BB, Marra CM, McCutchan JA, Morgello S, Sacktor N, Jeste … -
Age of Last Alcohol Use Disorder Relates to Processing Speed Among Older Adults Living with HIV.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 2019 Paolillo EW, Inkelis SM, Heaton A, Saloner R, Moore RC, Moore DJ -
Increases in a Pro-inflammatory Chemokine, MCP-1, Are Related to Decreases in Memory Over Time.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2019 Bettcher BM, Neuhaus J, Wynn MJ, Elahi FM, Casaletto KB, Saloner R, Fitch R, Karydas A, Kramer JH -
Neurocognitive impairment with hepatitis C and HIV co-infection in Southern Brazil.
Journal of neurovirology 2018 de Almeida SM, de Pereira AP, Pedroso MLA, Ribeiro CE, Rotta I, Tang B, Umlauf A, Franklin D, Saloner RG, Batista MGR, Letendre S, Heaton RK, Ellis RJ, Cherner M, HNRC Group -
The Longitudinal Trajectory of Default Mode Network Connectivity in Healthy Older Adults Varies As a Function of Age and Is Associated with Changes in Episodic Memory and Processing Speed.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2018 Staffaroni AM, Brown JA, Casaletto KB, Elahi FM, Deng J, Neuhaus J, Cobigo Y, Mumford PS, Walters S, Saloner R, Karydas A, Coppola G, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Kramer JH -
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders: A Global Perspective.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2017 Saloner R, Cysique LA -
Performance on a 1-week delayed recall task is associated with medial temporal lobe structures in neurologically normal older adults.
The Clinical neuropsychologist 2017 Saloner R, Casaletto KB, Marx G, Dutt S, Vanden Bussche AB, You M, Fox E, Stiver J, Kramer JH -
Is "Learning" episodic memory? Distinct cognitive and neuroanatomic correlates of immediate recall during learning trials in neurologically normal aging and neurodegenerative cohorts.
Neuropsychologia 2017 Casaletto KB, Marx G, Dutt S, Neuhaus J, Saloner R, Kritikos L, Miller B, Kramer JH -
Long-term test-retest reliability of the California Verbal Learning Test - second edition.
The Clinical neuropsychologist 2017 Alioto AG, Kramer JH, Borish S, Neuhaus J, Saloner R, Wynn M, Foley JM