Sarah Kolibash Royse

PhD Student in Epidemiology

sak225@pitt.edu

The ultimate goal of Sarah’s research is to reduce racial disparities of Alzheimer’s disease. Under the mentorship of Beth Snitz and Caterina Rosano, she examines how race and race-related factors affect Alzheimer’s disease pathology and symptomatology. She does this through a combined lens of epidemiology, neuroscience, medical imaging, and psychosocial science. Upon graduating, she intends to continue this work in an academic setting; I hope to conduct research that informs Alzheimer’s disease interventions and treatments that are effective for all older adults, regardless of race or ethnicity. 

Select publications 

  • Royse, S.K., Cohen, A.D., Snitz, B.E., & Rosano, C. (2021). Differences in Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias pathology among African American and Hispanic women: A qualitative literature review of biomarker studies. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 15, 69. 

  • Royse, S.K., Minhas, D.S., Lopresti, B.J., Murphy, A., Ward, T., Koeppe, R.A., Bullich, S., DeSanti, S., Jagust, W.J., & Landau, S.M. (2021). Validation of amyloid PET positivity thresholds in centiloids: A multisite PET study approach. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 13, 99. 
  • Laymon, C.M., Minhas, D.S., Royse, S.K., Aizenstein, H.J., Cohen, A.D., Tudorascu, D.L., & Klunk, W.E. (2021). Characterization of Point Spread Function Specification Error on Geometric Transfer Matrix Partial Volume Correction in [11C]PiB Amyloid Imaging. EJNMMI Physics, 8, 54. 

Research Area(s) of Emphasis 

Population Neuroscience 

Education

MPH in Epidemiology,
University of Pittsburgh 

BS in Neuroscience,
The Ohio State University