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Notable Awards and Recognition in 2020

Outcomes.” Poster Presentation. International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Gardener H, Sacco RL, Rundek T, Mora-McLaughlin C, Cheung YK, Elkind MS. “Race, Ethnic, and Sex Disparities in Stroke Incidence in the Northern Manhattan Study.” Oral Presentation International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Khasiyev F, Rundek T, Marquez C, Wright CB, Sacco RL, Elkind M, Gutierrez J. “Cervical

Internal Carotid Artery Tortuosity as a Marker of Non-Atherosclerotic Aging: Results From the Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS).” Moderated Poster International Stroke

Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Krementz NA, Landman A, Gardener HE, Rodriguez AD, Sur NB, Marulanda-Londoño E,

Lee Lau H, Cannon H, Yavagal DR, Nagel S, Sacco RL, Yan B, Demchuk AM, Khatri P,

Romano JG, Asdaghi N. “Factors Associated With Imaging and Endovascular Therapy

Decisions for Mild Ischemic Stroke: An International Survey.” Poster Presentation at

International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Levine DA et al. Gross AL, Briceño EM, Tilton N, Kabeto MU, Hingtgen SM, Giordani BJ,

Sussman JB, Hayward RA, Burke JF, Elkind MS, Manly JJ, Tom SE, Sacco RL, Wright CB,

Gottesman RF, Gaskin DJ, Sidney S, Yaffe K, Galecki AT. “Sex Differences in Cognitive

Decline: A Pooled Cohort Analysis of ARIC, CARDIA, CHS, FOS, NOMAS.”

Poster International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Liu Y et al, Hancock BL, Hoang T, Etherton MR, Mocking SJ, McIntosh EC, Irie RE, Bouts MJ,

Broderick JP, Cole JW, Donahue KL, Giese AK, Giralt-Steinhauer E, Jimenez-Conde J, Jern

C, Kittner SJ, Kleindorfer D, Lemmens R, McArdle PF, Meschia JF, Lindgren AG, Rosand

J, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Schirmer MD, Schmidt R, Sharma P, Slowik A, Wasselius J, Worrall

BB, Rost NS, Wu O. “Automatic Classification of Clinical MRI Stroke Datasets With a

Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network.” International Stroke Conference 2020, Los

Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Marulanda-Londono ET, Bustillo A, Sand C, Landreth MD, Gutierrez C, Fenelon K, Asdaghi N, Dong C, Hanel RA, Mehta B, Mokim M, Mueller-Kronast N, Wang K, Rundek T, Romano JG, Sacco RL. “Variation In Acute Ischemic Stroke Metrics for Nationally Certified Versus Self-Attested Comprehensive Stroke Centers In The Florida Stroke Registry.” Oral Presentation International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Sacco RL. “Stroke Disparities: From Observation to Actions.” Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture,

International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Sur NB, Koch S, Wang K, Di Tullio MR, Gutierrez C, Dong C, Gardener H, Garcia-Rivera NJ,

Zevallos JC, Burgin WS, Rose DZ, Goldberger J, Romano JG, Sacco RL, Rundek T. “Factors

Associated with Oral Anticoagulant Non-Use for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation-Related

Stroke: The Florida Puerto Rico Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Study.” Poster Presentation

International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• Sur NB, Wang K, Krementz N, Gardener H, Dong C, Yavagal DR, Saini V, Gutierrez C,

Rundek T, Sacco RL, Romano JG, Asdaghi N. “The Safety and Outcomes of Endovascular

Thrombectomy in Stroke Patients on Oral Anticoagulation: The Florida Stroke Registry.”

Poster Presentation International Stroke Conference 2020, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 2020.

• McIntosh, R. “Can you feel the beat? Neurovisceral Integration in Health and Chronic Disease.” Florida Atlantic University Seminar Series, Boca Raton, FL, February 18, 2020.

• Jiang H, Chen Q, Alba DA,Hernandez J, Delgado S, Porciatti V,Wang J. “Pattern

Electroretinogram in patients with multiple sclerosis: 2-Year Follow-up.” NANOS March, 2020, poster.

• McIntosh R. “Alexithymia and Cardiac Interoceptive Awareness in Women Living with

HIV.” at the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 13, 2020.

• Vontell RT, Davis DA, Barreda A, Blennow K. Zetterberg H. Gultekin SH, DeKosky S, Scott

WK, Sun X (poster). “Reduction of neurogranin immunostaining in the hippocampus of post-mortem brain of Alzheimer’s disease.” AAIC. Poster/abstract 40707. July 28, 2020.

• Sun X, Wang Q, Blennow K, Zetterberg K, McCathy M, Loewenstein D, Yue Z, and Zhang

B. “Selective association of neurogranin gene expression with amyloid and tau pathology in the parahippocampal gyrus in Alzheimer’s disease.” Poster, AAIC July 27-30.

• Ramos AR. “Platform Presentation. Sleep Apnea Phenotypes in Latinos.” September.

Association of Professional Sleep Societies meeting (virtual SLEEP) August 2020.

• Raval AP. “Sexual dimorphism in neuroinflammation in aged rats.” At the Transformative Research in Metabolism seminar series at the University of Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska. (Virtual) August 15, 2020.

• Agudelo C, Tarraf W, Wu B, Wallace DM, Pate SR, Redline S, Daviglus M, Zee PC, Simonelli

G, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Sotres-Alvarez D, Zeng D, González HM, Ramos AR. “Actigraphydefined Sleep and Neurocognitive Decline in Middle-age Hispanic/Latino Adults.” Poster presented and abstracted accepted at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional

Sleep Societies Virtual Meeting August 2020.

• Gei E, Agudelo C, Ascher K, Sun X, Velez-Ruiz N, Ramos AR. “An unusual presentation of narcolepsy in an elderly man.” Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; Philadelphia, PA;

Virtual Meeting; August 2020 (Refereed abstract).

• McIntosh R. “Keeping your Monocytes in Mind: Endothelial & Peripheral Blood

Mononuclear Cells in Chronic Disease.” University of Iowa, Department of Psychology,

November 10, 2020.

• Cabral DLF, Koch S, Sacco R, Rundek T, Fried P, Gomes-Osman J. “Exploring the behavioral relevance of neuroplasticity assessment with iTBS in individuals post-stroke.” 64th Annual

Meeting of the DGKN, 7th International Conference on Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and 4th European Conference of Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry. Poster November 10-14th ,

Virtual.

• Cabral DLF, Rice J, Nunez C, Abel D, Van Deusen K, Moustafi B, Kitaigorodsky M,

Loewenstein D, Cahalin L, Rundek T, Pascual-Leone A, Gomes-Osman J. “Effects of 8-weeks of Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Fitness and Neuroplasticity in Aging Adults: Preliminary

Results of an Ongoing Trial.” 64th Annual Meeting of the DGKN, 7th International

Conference on Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and 4th European Conference of Brain

Stimulation in Psychiatry. Poster November 10-14th, Virtual.

• Bailey M, Saporta A, Baumrucker C, Yen J, Rehman R, Lopez MR. “Are Psychogenic

Nonepileptic Seizures in the Hispanic Population Different from Other Populations?”

American Epilepsy Society 74th Annual meeting, December, 2020. Virtual.

• Lombardo M, Bellia C, Moletto C, Aulisa G, Padua E, Della-Morte D, Caprio M, Bellia A.

“Diet rich in plant protein may prevent type 2 diabetes.” The 1st International Electronic

Conference on Plant Science, Dec. 2020.

• Lombardo M, Alfonso Perrone M, Guseva E, Aulisa G, Padua E, Bellia C, Della-Morte D,

Iellamo F, Caprio M, Bellia A. “Losing weight after menopause with minimal aerobic training and Mediterranean diet.” The 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant

Science, Dec. 2020.

• Dueker ND, Zhao H, Dong C, Kaur S, Gardener H, Gutierrez C, De Fonseca Ferreira A, Della-

Morte D, Cabral D, Sacco RL, Blanton SH, Wang L. The 2020 American Society of Human

Genetics meeting, Dec. 2020.

• Coppola A, Pacifici F, Pastore D, Arriga R, Rea S, Andreadi A, Bellia A, Della Morte D, Lauro

D. “Il trattamento con Dapagliflozin migliora la funzionalità adipocitaria nelle 3T3-L1 murine.” 28th National Congress of the Italian Society of Diabetologia (SID) Rimini, Dec 25, 2020.

• Rea S, Pacifici F, Capuani B, Pastore D, Coppola A, Arriga R, Andreadi A, Bellia A, Della-

Morte D, Lauro D. L’Insulina e l’Exendina riducono l’accumulo di Huntingtina mutata a livello neuronale. 28th National Congress of the Italian Society of Diabetologia (SID)

Rimini, Dec 2-5, 2020.

• McIntosh R. “Health Neuroscience Data Hack: Exploring National Datasets. Pursuing

Health Equity in the Context of COVID-19.” American Psychosomatic Society, December 3, 2020.

• Kanner A, Dong Hee K, Seixas A, Barry J, Hamid AH, Omotola H, O’Brian T, Winawer M, Sperling M, Nadkarni S, French J. “Which of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders are the

Strongest Predictors of Suicidality in Newly Diagnosed Non-Lesional Focal Epilepsy?” American Epilepsy Society 74th Annual Meeting – December 4-8, 2020.

2. Professional Meetings and Invited Lectures

• Jiang H. “Anti-MOG antibody syndrome.” Neurology Update & Stroke Intensive Review 2020, Miami, FL, Jan16, 2020.

• Vontell RT. "Pathological evidence of neuroinflammation in neuropsychiatric disorders" at MBI Research Seminar. Miami FL, (virtual) April 29, 2020.

• Dave K. Invited presenter “Recurrent hypoglycemia in diabetics and cerebral ischemia” at the Barrow Neurological Institute Neuroscience Conference Series, Phoenix, Arizona,

March, 2020.

• Sacco RL. Brooke Army Medical Center, Grand Rounds, Stroke Prevention in 2020, San

Antonio, TX, March 6, 2020.

• Vontell RT. “Guidelines for the Neuropathologic Assessment of Alzheimer's Disease" at

MBI Research Meeting. Miami FL, April 29, 2020.

• Raval AP. “Interventions to improve post-stroke cognition in females.” Grand Rounds,

Department of Neurology, University of Miami. Virtual. May 15, 2020.

• Gomes-Osman J. “An Exercise Study during and (hopefully!) after the COVID-19 Pandemic” at MBI Research Seminar, Miami, FL. Virtual, July 8, 2020.

• Sun X, Wang Q, Blennow K, Zetterberg K, McCathy M, Loewenstein D, Yue Z, and Zhang

B. “Selective association of neurogranin gene expression with amyloid and tau pathology in the parahippocampal gyrus in Alzheimer’s disease.” Poster, AAIC July 27-30, 2020.

• Agudelo, C. “Diffusion MRI: A biomarker of grey matter microstructure integrity in neurocognitive aging.” McKnight Research Seminar. August 26, 2020.

• Wang J. “Age-related alterations in retinal tissue perfusion and volumetric vessel density.” McKnight Research Seminar. Sept. 2, 2020.

• Lobo J, Hidalgo M, Andrade M, Reed M, Uddin LQ, Szeto A, Hong S, Antoni M, McIntosh

RC. “Inflammation, Intrinsic Brain Connectivity and Depression in Post-Menopausal

Women Living with HIV.” International Workshop on HIV & Aging, Virtual Conference 30,

September 2020- 2 October 2020.

• Gomes-Osman J. “Neuroplasticity: understanding the mechanisms behind cognitive benefits after exercise.” 4th Annual Neural Engineering Symposium. Virtual, October 27, 2020.

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