Shireen Javandel
Asst. Dir. for Ops and Impact
Neurology
School of Medicine

Shireen coordinates the HIV research program at the Memory and Aging Center, including a number of domestic and international protocols focused on studying the impact of HIV infection on cognition. She also supports the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health and faculty within the Global Brain Health Institute to facilitate research studies aiming to understand neurodegeneration and test strategies to reduce the global impact of dementia.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 12/2020
• Interdepartmental Medical Sciences Drexel University 05/2012
• BA Molecular and Cell Biology, Neurobiology University of California 05/2010

Publications (20)

Top publication keywords:
Neurocognitive DisordersMultiple Chronic ConditionsCognitive DysfunctionMindfulnessHIV InfectionsAIDS Dementia ComplexFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationNeuropsychological TestsCerebrovascular DisordersEducational StatusLipopolysaccharide ReceptorsPruritusCorpus CallosumAlzheimer DiseaseBrain

• Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Link to Worse Cognition Among Africans With HIV.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2025 Milicic A, Wilson S, Javandel S, Allen IE, Tsoy E, Ndhlovu LC, Kibuuka H, Semwogerere M, Langat R, Daud I, Bahemana E, David G, Rehema W, Ouma I, Ogari C, Anyebe V, Parker Z, Streeck H, Polyak CS, …
• Genetic Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia in Admixed Latin American Populations.
  Research square 2025 Acosta-Uribe J, Escudero SDP, Cochran JN, Taylor JW, Castruita PA, Jonson C, Barinaga EA, Roberts K, Levine AR, George DS, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Brusco LI, Custodio N, Duran-Aniotz C, …
• Amyloid-β PET Positivity Among Cognitively Impaired People with HIV Over Age 60.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2025 Wilson S, Milicic A, Javandel S, Yballa C, Milanini B, Pohl K, Paul R, Valcour V
• Structural inequality linked to brain volume and network dynamics in aging and dementia across the Americas.
  Nature aging 2024 Legaz A, Altschuler F, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Hernández H, Baez S, Migeot J, Fittipaldi S, Medel V, Maito MA, Godoy ME, Moguilner S, Cruzat J, Coronel-Oliveros C, Tagliazuchi E, Santamaria Garcia H, Farina…
• Genetic Contributions to Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia in Admixed Latin American Populations.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024 Acosta-Uribe J, Piña Escudero SD, Cochran JN, Taylor JW, Castruita PA, Jonson C, Barinaga EA, Roberts K, Levine AR, George DS, ÁvilaFunes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Brusco LI, Custodio N, Duran-Aniotz …

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• Itching Frequency and Neuroanatomic Correlates in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.
  JAMA neurology 2024 Hadad R, Mandelli ML, Rankin KP, Toohey C, Sturm VE, Javandel S, Milicic A, Knudtson M, Allen IE, Hoffmann N, Friedberg A, Possin K, Valcour V, Miller BL
• Educational disparities in brain health and dementia across Latin America and the United States.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024 Gonzalez-Gomez R, Legaz A, Moguilner S, Cruzat J, Hernández H, Baez S, Cocchi R, Coronel-Olivero C, Medel V, Tagliazuchi E, Migeot J, Ochoa-Rosales C, Maito MA, Reyes P, Santamaria Garcia H, Godoy ME,…
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Symptom Management in Older Individuals with HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder.
  AIDS and behavior 2024 Moskowitz JT, Sharma B, Javandel S, Moran P, Paul R, De Gruttola V, Tomov D, Azmy H, Sandoval R, Hillis M, Chen KP, Tsuei T, Addington EL, Cummings PD, Hellmuth J, Allen IE, Ances BM, Valcour V, …
• Classification of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia using routine clinical and cognitive measures across multicentric underrepresented samples: A cross sectional observational study.
  Lancet regional health. Americas 2022 Maito MA, Santamaría-García H, Moguilner S, Possin KL, Godoy ME, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Brusco IL, Bruno MA, Cardona JF, Custodio N, García AM, Javandel S, Lopera F, Matallana DL, Miller B, de …
• Validity of Digital Assessments in Screening for HIV-Related Cognitive Impairment: a Review.
  Current HIV/AIDS reports 2021 Wilson S, Milanini B, Javandel S, Nyamayaro P, Valcour V
• Cerebrovascular Disease Correlates With Longitudinal Brain Atrophy in Virally Suppressed Older People Living With HIV.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2021 Samboju V, Cobigo Y, Paul R, Naasan G, Hillis M, Tsuei T, Javandel S, Valcour V, Milanini B
• Caregiving for Patients With Frontotemporal Dementia in Latin America.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 Piña-Escudero SD, Aguirre GA, Javandel S, Longoria-Ibarrola EM
• Ensemble machine learning classification of daily living abilities among older people with HIV.
  EClinicalMedicine 2021 Paul R, Tsuei T, Cho K, Belden A, Milanini B, Bolzenius J, Javandel S, McBride J, Cysique L, Lesinski S, Valcour V
• The Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America (ReDLat): Driving Multicentric Research and Implementation Science.
  Frontiers in neurology 2021 Ibanez A, Yokoyama JS, Possin KL, Matallana D, Lopera F, Nitrini R, Takada LT, Custodio N, Sosa Ortiz AL, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Slachevsky A, Myers RM, Cochran JN, Brusco LI, Bruno MA, Brucki …
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: Rationale and protocol for a randomized controlled trial in older adults.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2020 Addington EL, Javandel S, De Gruttola V, Paul R, Milanini B, Ances BM, Moskowitz JT, Valcour V
• Associations Between Plasma Immunomodulatory and Inflammatory Mediators With VACS Index Scores Among Older HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy.
  Frontiers in immunology 2020 Premeaux TA, Javandel S, Hosaka KRJ, Greene M, Therrien N, Allen IE, Corley MJ, Valcour VG, Ndhlovu LC
• Plasma inflammatory biomarkers link to diffusion tensor imaging metrics in virally suppressed HIV-infected individuals.
  AIDS (London, England) 2020 Chang K, Premeaux TA, Cobigo Y, Milanini B, Hellmuth J, Rubin LH, Javandel S, Allen I, Ndhlovu LC, Paul R, Valcour V
• Longitudinal brain atrophy patterns and neuropsychological performance in older adults with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder compared with early Alzheimer's disease.
  Neurobiology of aging 2019 Milanini B, Samboju V, Cobigo Y, Paul R, Javandel S, Hellmuth J, Allen I, Miller B, Valcour V
• Geriatric Syndromes in Older Adults Living with HIV and Cognitive Impairment.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019 Hosaka KRJ, Greene M, Premeaux TA, Javandel S, Allen IE, Ndhlovu LC, Valcour V
• A neuropathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in an older adult with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder.
  Neurocase 2018 Hellmuth J, Milanini B, Masliah E, Tartaglia MC, Dunlop MB, Moore DJ, Javandel S, DeVaughn S, Valcour V