Shireen Javandel
GBHI Research Manager
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 (13)

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Neurocognitive DisordersMultiple Chronic ConditionsCognitive DysfunctionVeteransMindfulnessInflammation MediatorsHIV InfectionsAIDS Dementia ComplexNeuropsychological TestsCerebrovascular DisordersLipopolysaccharide ReceptorsCorpus CallosumAlzheimer DiseaseWhite MatterBrain

• 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

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• 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