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 (13)

Top publication keywords:
Neurocognitive DisordersMultiple Chronic ConditionsCognitive DysfunctionNeurofilament ProteinsInflammation MediatorsHIV InfectionsAIDS Dementia ComplexFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationEducational Statustau ProteinsLipopolysaccharide ReceptorsLatin AmericaCorpus CallosumAlzheimer DiseaseBrain

• The feasibility and factor structure of a multi-domain cognitive test battery in older Kenyan adults.
  NPJ dementia 2026 Maina RW, Kipkoech K, Karanja W, Smith C, Shah J, Kamau LW, Kaba M, Javandel S, Tsoy E, Udeh-Momoh CT, Blackmon K
• Blood-based AT(N) biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Latin America.
  Nature aging 2026 Caviedes A, Cabral-Miranda F, Orellana P, Hernández H, Henríquez F, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Pizarro M, Migeot J, Ochoa-Rosales C, Gonzalez-Silva C, Marin-Diaz N, Coronel-Oliveros C, Santamaría-García H, …
• Genetic contributions to Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia in admixed Latin American populations.
  NPJ dementia 2026 Acosta-Uribe J, Piña-Escudero SD, Cochran JN, Taylor JW, Castruita PA, Jonson C, Barinaga EA, Roberts K, Levine AR, George DS, Ávila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Brusco LI, Custodio N, Durán-Aniotz…
• 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, …

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• 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…
• 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,…
• 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