I lead the Brain, Environment, Aging, and Mobility (BEAM) lab. My research aims to improve function of older adults, reducing disability and helping individuals stay independent in their communities. I use an inter-disciplinary approach to understand how aging, and particularly brain aging, affects an individual's ability to navigate the complex community environments that we experience every day and to understand how community environments shape brain aging. My research combines advanced methodologies in neuroimaging, gait analysis, neighborhood assessment, and longitudinal epidemiology to determine mechanisms of functional decline, both physical and cognitive, and inform future intervention research.
Learn more: https://www.ebrain.pitt.edu/
2012 | Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA | PhD, Epidemiology
2007 | Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA | MPH, Epidemiology
2001 | Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA | BS, Biology
EPIDEM2017: Population Neuroscience Seminar
EPIDEM2183: Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting the Public Health and Medical Literature
- Rosso AL, Moored KD, Harding AB, Studenski S, Bear T, Acharya G, Rosano C. What characteristics modify the relation of neighborhood walkability and walking behavior in older adults? Innovation in Aging. 2024, in press.
- Rosano C, Gay EL, Coen PM, Rosso AL, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Glyn NW. Higher striatal dopamine is related with lower physical performance fatigability in community-dwelling older adults. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2024, in press.
- Fulay AP, Farsijani S, Freeland K, Roberts J, Rosso AL, Houston DK, Strotmeyer ES. Development of an Older Adult Nutrition Equity Index (NEI) and Association with the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) in Older Black and White U.S. Adults. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 2024, in press.
- Liu X, Baumann SE, Rosso AL, Venditti EM, Yao Y, Albert SM. Incidence and Dynamics of Mobility Device Use among Community-dwelling Older Adults in the United States. J Elder Policy. 2024, in press.
- Troxel WM, Dubowitz T, Haas A, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Butters MA, Gary-Webb TL, Weinstein A, Ibeanu A, Wagner L, Gildengers A, Rosso AL. A Preliminary Analysis of Stress Burden and Cognitive Function and Clinically-Adjudicated Cognitive Outcomes in Black American Adults. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2024, in press.
- Runk A, Butters MA, Rosso AL, Dubowitz T, Troxel W, Rodakowski J, Gary-Webb TL, Haas An, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Weinstein AM. Everyday Functioning as a Predictor of Cognitive Status in a Group of Community-Dwelling, Predominantly Black Adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 2024, in press.
- Crane BM, Moored KD, Donahue PT, Corrigan AE, Curriero FC, Shields TM, Desjardin MR, Richards EA, Rosso AL, Lovasi GS, Odden MC, Lopez OL, Biggs ML, Hurvitz PM, Newman AB, Andrews RM, Carlson MC. Associations Between Toxicity-Weighted Concentrations and Dementia Risk: Results from the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study. Science of the Total Environment. 2024, in press.
- Moored KD, Crane BM, Carlson MC, Dunlap PM, Brach JS, Rosso AL. Neighborhood Walkability is Associated with Global Positioning System (GPS)-derived Community Mobility of Older Adults. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2024, 79(7):glae132.
- Schumacher BT, Moored KD, Y Qiao, Brach JS, Rosso AL, Glynn NW. Association between Performance Fatigability and GPS Measured Community Mobility. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024, in press.
- Klatt BN, Perera S, Dunlap PM, Rosso AL, Brach JS. Activity and Participation Are Associated with Future Falls, Hospitalizations, and Emergency Visits in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal. 2024, 104(10):pzae087.
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