After receiving her BA from Brandeis University, Rebecca worked as a clinical trials data analyst at Dana-Faber Cancer Institute/Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center. She returned to school at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she received her MPH. After graduating, she completed a Cancer Research Training Award fellowship at the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Research Program. Currently, Rebecca is a 3rd year PhD student in epidemiology and trainee at the joint Carnegie-Mellon University – University of Pittsburgh Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, under the advisement of Dr. Caterina Rosano. Her research within population neuroscience focuses on vitality in older age, brain aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Select publications

• Rebecca Ehrenkranz, Andrea L. Rosso, Briana N. Sprague, et al. Functional correlates of self-reported energy levels in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Aging Clin Exp Res 33, 2787–2795 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01788-0

• Rebecca Ehrenkranz, MPH, Qu Tian, PhD, Andrea L Rosso, PhD, Nancy W Glynn, PhD, Lana M Chahine, MD, James Hengenius, PhD, Xiaonan Zhu, PhD, Caterina Rosano, MD, Mild Parkinsonian Signs, Energy Decline, and Striatal Volume in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2021;, glab150, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab150

Select presentations 

• Rebecca Ehrenkranz, Xiaonan Zhu, Caterina Rosano. Perceived Energy Compensates for Fatigue During Rapid Gait: Results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, November 2021 

• Rebecca Ehrenkranz, Qu Tian, Andrea L. Rosso, Nancy W. Glynn, Lana M. Chahine, James Hengenius, Xiaonan Zhu, Caterina Rosano. Energy Decline May Predict Mild Parkinsonian Signs in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, November 2021