Bryan D. James, PhD
Epidemiologist, @rushalzheimers.bsky.social
Host, Epi Counts podcast serepidemiologycounts.blubrry.net
Social media editor, American Journal of Epidemiology @amjepi.bsky.social
#EpiSky #Geronsky #ADRD #scicomm
Proud papa of three crazy kids
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDToday's @nytimes.com dialogue with Ross Douthat & Jay Bhattacharya is tough sledding. I wrote a book on how silent transmission made COVID harder to stop and drove misleading narratives. The interview continues to mislead as a means to seize more power. a 🧵 www.amazon.com/Asymptomatic...
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDTrust in science was destroyed not by scientists, but by the right and rightwing billionaires. I wrote a rebuttal to Douthat’s bad article on Tue w/out even seeing it. Bhattacharya did this. Putting an arsonist in charge of putting their fire out is insanity. 1/
- Incredibly important points made here about our current reality. It seems so dissonant to go to work and raise our families while people are being murdered by the state in the streets. And that is actually the point. #DualState www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDVan Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDA First: Gauging Alzheimer’s Prevalence from Blood Test www.alzforum.org/news/researc... #Alzheimers #dementia #biomarkers #science #neuroscience #epidemiology #NeuroSkyence
- Check out our LEGENNDS consortium paper showing an association of autism and other ND conditions with dementia using All of Us data: “Association of neurodevelopmental conditions with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and Parkinson’s disease” academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...
- Main results from this case-control study of over 600,000 participants in All of Us study shows increased odds ADRD and Parkinson's disease for neurodevelopmental conditions
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDBREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
- There is no bottom--not only is this sick, vile, and lacking of any human empathy, but it is a not subtly veiled threat that anyone who opposes him can be murdered (and a green light to his extremist base to carry it out). The only derangement is our president's, and anyone who can condone this
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhD📣 @bryandjames.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc at @rushalzheimers.bsky.social. This work examines predictors and consequences of a timely #dementia diagnosis using CMS claims linked to cohort data. Could be great for an #hpss #statssky #episky #hspr #geronsky PhD student finishing up this year.
- The highlight of #GSA2025 was watching my friend and colleague @beyoung40.bsky.social give her speech for the James Jackson Mentorship Award , about her path from being mentored to becoming an exemplary mentor. Dr. Barnes has inspired SO many people. Lisa, you’re the best! @geronsociety.bsky.social
- I had a blast participating in the @geronsociety.bsky.social #GSA2025 Epi of Aging IG debate on the “Biggest Baddest Bias in Aging Research” as “The Confounder 😎” I got SMOKED in the final vote (3%!) as @sfackley.bsky.social ran away with it at 85% but still fun! 😆 @mariaglymour.bsky.social
- Not on Bluesky: Alden Gross, Emma Nichols, Lindsay Kobayashi
- Fun with friends and AI at #GSA2025: Drinks and oysters at Rochambeau ➡️ our imagined selves at a 1940s speakeasy 🍸🦪 @ekgraham22.bsky.social @gabriellepfund.bsky.social @chops310.bsky.social
- Had the pleasure of serving as discussant for this great session on Blood-based Biomarkers of Aging and Neurodegeneration yesterday at @geronsociety.bsky.social #GSA2025 #geronsky Speakers: Natascha Mertens, Joe Coresh, James Pike, Jason Smith 📸: Priya Palta
- *Merten
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDWhile the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDFor those of you attending #GSA2025 in Boston, consider this panel of #NIH awardees, Drs. Alden Gross, @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @sfackley.bsky.social , and @bryandjames.bsky.social. Please remember to tag #geronsky and @geronsociety.bsky.social in your posts.
- Everyone on this site knows this so this is posting to an echo chamber but it really is shocking on a daily (hourly) basis how we seem to be powerless to letting this man assume absolute power. I just can’t believe how many Americans support this
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDToday my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDMichigan Avenue right now.
- I know a lot of neuropsychologists—all of you should be voting for @drmlamar.bsky.social as the head of INS! Any professional society would be lucky to have her as president.
- 1st week of International Neuropsychological Society voting! I am honored to be a candidate for President. My focus: global engagement across regions and interests. For details see my platform, and those of all candidates, at the-ins.org/ins-election... Thank you for your consideration!
- Please see this story of my program officer @tyk314.net’s father and what cuts to funding mean to people like him and all of us
- Truly disgusting. I don’t know how anyone can support this. The “It’s just a meme” claim falls short when it’s the president posting it and it will literally lead to deaths, pain, and sadness in an American city. Sadistic fascism.
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDOur new paper in JG:PS is out! In a sample of over 3100 older adults assessed each year for 12 years, loneliness & sense of purpose were unique predictors of cognitive decline, though past research has underestimated the reciprocal nature of this relationship. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDSeptember Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ Next up is Sunni Mumford (@sunnimum.bsky.social) ✨, Associate Editor at AJE & Professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This month, we chatted with her about her work with AJE.
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- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDI miss the old brand #CDC
- Another insane day in America
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDFull resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
- Our latest @rushalzheimers.bsky.social study on the #MINDdiet and brain health led by Puja Agarwal: MIND diet associated with lower likelihood of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and more neurons in the hippocampus. The MIND diet association with reduced dementia was partially mediated by HS #neurosky
- The Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay #diet was associated with a reduced likelihood of hippocampal sclerosis, age-related neuronal loss, and lower risk of #dementia. ja.ma/3Hi5Vz6
- The GAO just confirmed what we all knew: this administration illegally withheld congressionally approved funds to research by canceling grants and slowing new awards. This destruction of US scientific research has to stop.
- Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDEvery reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDJust Diagnosed With Mild Cognitive Impairment? What To Look For And What It Means beingpatient.com/what-to-do-a... #Alzheimers #dementia #health #wellness
- Honored to be the first @amjepi.bsky.social Editor Spotlight! If you ever have any questions about the journal or the peer review process, or using social media for research, please feel free to hit me up!
- Introducing... 🥁 our new series: Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ First up is Bryan James (@bryandjames.bsky.social)✨, Associate Editor for Social Media at AJE & Associate Professor at Rush University Medical Center! This month, we chatted with him about his work with AJE.
- Got to finally meet Xian Wu in person instead of zoom! Have enjoyed working with her on these two projects that she presented as posters today at #AAIC2025
- @bucklr01.bsky.social killing it on the big stage, unveiling the X chromosome’s role in Alzheimer’s disease! #AAIC2025
- Come check out #AAIC2025 Poster 807! Work from my R01 with Melinda Power, led by Yi Chen on the association of different neuropathologies with a timely diagnosis of dementia in healthcare settings. Medicare claims linked to @rushalzheimers.bsky.social cohort data
- @rushalzheimers.bsky.social colleagues showed up to support!
- Love my Alzheimer’s research peeps!
- Check out @lamhine.bsky.social’s poster 749 showing multiracial Americans are the racial group with the SECOND highest prevalence of subjective cognitive decline 🤯 Much more research needed in this understudied population (that Tracy and I happen to be a part of) #AAIC2025
- US POINTER study showed a significant improvement in global cognition for a structured intervention (physical, social, and cognitive activities, MIND diet, health monitoring) compared to self-guided intervention equivalent to 1-2 years of aging #AAIC2025. Evidence that behavior change can work
- Takeaways from U.S. POINTER top line results: ➡️ Both a structured & a self-guided intervention improved cognition, with the structured group improving even more. ➡️ Cognitive benefits were consistent across age, sex, ethnicity, heart health status and APOE e4 genotype. bit.ly/USPointerRel... #AAIC25
- It could be argued these results are not huge but it is comparing a structured intervention to a self-guided intervention (not an inactive control group) and both groups improved. Were ethical reasons not to, but if trial had compared to inactive controls, effect would likely be massive!
- Hearing from trial participants and how much the lifestyle changes have changed their lives is incredible: “a new lease on life” We always need to hear from the participants! “I did lose something. I lost the title of prediabetic. And 11 inches off my waistline.” 👏👏
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDBREAKING from #AAIC25: U.S. POINTER, a large-scale, randomized controlled clinical trial, shows a healthy lifestyle program targeting multiple risk factors can protect cognitive function in diverse populations in communities across the United States. bit.ly/USPointerRel...
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDTakeaways from U.S. POINTER top line results: ➡️ Both a structured & a self-guided intervention improved cognition, with the structured group improving even more. ➡️ Cognitive benefits were consistent across age, sex, ethnicity, heart health status and APOE e4 genotype. bit.ly/USPointerRel... #AAIC25
- For #AAIC2025 attendees: #ADRD researcher starter pack! Thanks @tyk314.net for promoting me to share this again go.bsky.app/22DpUEyat://did:plc:nthhl4qewfhxigeaq44do7vm/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3layxzumm7u2l
- Really appreciate the #AAIC2025 plenary starting with @alzassociation.bsky.social CEO Joanne Pike saying about the US government’s dramatic cutting of research funds: “We share your outrage”.
- Excited to be in Toronto for #AAIC2025! Tough days for scientific research lately but we soldier on to make advancements in preventing and treating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias #endalz
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDIn light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%.
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDThis cannot be overstated. The scientists at NWS did their jobs. The officials running government operations in Texas did not. www.wired.com/story/meteor...
- Thank you to all who checked in—Cora was at another camp on a hill above the Guadalupe that was spared the horrible flood. All the girls are safe. But the camp has damage and no power and had to evacuate. My girl is safe with family and we are going down to TX soon ♥️ My heart breaks for Camp Mystic
- Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDThanks to The Harvard Gazette for featuring our work on cognition and financial decision making in older age presented at the recent The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School conference. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
- @societyforepi.bsky.social members: A call for involvement! Please sign up to serve on an SER committee: epiresearch.org/call-for-inv... Ends June 30! Being on the Awards Committee has made me feel so connected to SER's mission and community. We need YOU, now more than ever! #episky #SER2025
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDDid you know that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase the risk of developing dementia? Read more at www.rush.edu/news/where-y... #AlzheimersandBrainAwarenessMonth
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDExtensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDAn NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling: "I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhD📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL” As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
- Reposted by Bryan D. James, PhDSpitting FIRE holy shit 🔥
- Let’s go!! 💪 Congrats @britshmit.bsky.social @juliamarcus.bsky.social @albeccia.bsky.social! Justice is served—now I guess we see if this administration actually follows a judge’s orders for once www.axios.com/local/boston...
