Publication Ecosystem

Publications

Highlighted Peer-Reviewed Publications
Figure from BRACE-ing for the future: Establishing iPad-based norms for cognitive function in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (Preprint)
2025 article highlighted

BRACE-ing for the future: Establishing iPad-based norms for cognitive function in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (Preprint)

Leah Rubin, Pauline Maki, Joan Severson, Adam Lieberman, Eran Shorer, Sabina Haberlen, Deborah Gustafson, Michelle Floris-Moore, Valentina Stosor, Matthew Mimiaga, Jamie Peven, Deborah Jones, Anandi Sheth, Kathleen Weber, Amanda Spence, Anjali Sharma, David Vance, Raha Dastgheyb

JMIR mental health

Establishes regression-based iPad cognitive norms for BRACE in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study.

Publication preview for Identifying and distinguishing cognitive profiles among virally suppressed people with HIV.
2024 article highlighted

Identifying and distinguishing cognitive profiles among virally suppressed people with HIV.

Erin E. Sundermann, Raha Dastgheyb, David J. Moore, Alison S. Buchholz, Mark W. Bondi, Ronald J. Ellis, Scott L. Letendre, Robert K. Heaton, Leah H. Rubin

Neuropsychology

Identifies six cognitive profiles among virally suppressed people with HIV and the factors that distinguish them.

Figure from Machine learning approaches to understand cognitive phenotypes in people with HIV
2023 article highlighted

Machine learning approaches to understand cognitive phenotypes in people with HIV

Shibani S. Mukerji, Kalen J. Petersen, Kilian M. Pohl, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Howard S. Fox, Robert M. Bilder, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Alden L. Gross, Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon, Robert H. Paul, Dana Gabuzda

The Journal of infectious diseases

Frames machine learning as a tool for discovering cognitive biotypes in people with HIV.

Figure from MEAnalyzer-a spike train analysis tool for multi electrode arrays
2020 article highlighted

MEAnalyzer-a spike train analysis tool for multi electrode arrays

Raha M. Dastgheyb, Seung-Wan Yoo, Norman J. Haughey

Neuroinformatics

Introduces MEAnalyzer as reproducible software for spike train analysis in multi-electrode array experiments.

Figure from Blood-Brain barrier disruption in long COVID and cognitive correlates: A cross-sectional MRI study
2025 article highlighted

Blood-Brain barrier disruption in long COVID and cognitive correlates: A cross-sectional MRI study

Leah H. Rubin, Wen Shi, Alba Azola, Aparna Bhattacharyya, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Jiani Wu, Christina Della Penna, Hannah Parker, Isabel Santiuste, Ana Ehrenspeck, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Tracy D. Vannorsdall, Hanzhang Lu, Rebecca Veenhuis

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Uses non-contrast MRI to study blood-brain barrier permeability and cognition in Long COVID.

Figure from The Baltimore declaration toward the exploration of organoid intelligence
2023 article highlighted

The Baltimore declaration toward the exploration of organoid intelligence

Thomas Hartung, Lena Smirnova, Itzy E. Morales Pantoja, Akwasi Akwaboah, Dowlette-Mary Alam El Din, Cynthia A. Berlinicke, J. Lomax Boyd, Brian S. Caffo, Ben Cappiello, Tzahi Cohen-Karni, J. Lowry Curley, Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Raha Dastgheyb, David H. Gracias, Frederic Gilbert, Christa Whelan Habela, Fang Han, Timothy D. Harris, Kathrin Herrmann, Eric J. Hill, Qi Huang, Rabih E. Jabbour, Erik C. Johnson, Brett J. Kagan, Caroline Krall, Andre Levchenko, Paul Locke, Alexandra Maertens, Monica Metea, Alysson R. Muotri, Rheinallt Parri, Barton L. Paulhamus, Jesse D. Plotkin, Paul Roach, July Carolina Romero, Jens C. Schwamborn, Fenna Sillé, Alexander S. Szalay, Katya Tsaioun, Daniel Tornero, Joshua T. Vogelstein, Karl J. Wahlin, Donald J. Zack

Frontiers in Science

Defines organoid intelligence as an emerging discipline requiring technical, ethical, and community infrastructure.

Figure from Patterns and predictors of cognitive function among virally suppressed women with HIV
2021 article highlighted

Patterns and predictors of cognitive function among virally suppressed women with HIV

Raha M. Dastgheyb, Alison S. Buchholz, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Yanxun Xu, Dionna W. Williams, Gayle Springer, Kathryn Anastos, Deborah R. Gustafson, Amanda B. Spence, Adaora A. Adimora, Drenna Waldrop, David E. Vance, Joel Milam, Hector Bolivar, Kathleen M. Weber, Norman J. Haughey, Pauline M. Maki, Leah H. Rubin

Frontiers in neurology

Uses self-organizing maps and random forests to characterize cognitive profiles in virally suppressed women with HIV.

Figure from Metabolomic levels mediate the link between socioeconomic factors and changes in declarative memory in women with and without HIV
2026 article highlighted

Metabolomic levels mediate the link between socioeconomic factors and changes in declarative memory in women with and without HIV

César Higgins Tejera, Raha Dastgheyb, Eran F. Shorer, Susie Lee, Deborah Gustafson, Anjali Sharma, Gypsyamber D'Souza, Kathleen M. Weber, Qibin Qi, Leah H. Rubin, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity-Health

Links socioeconomic conditions, metabolomic profiles, and longitudinal declarative memory change in women with and without HIV.

Figure from Longitudinal effects of polypharmacy on cognitive function in people with HIV
2026 article highlighted

Longitudinal effects of polypharmacy on cognitive function in people with HIV

Eero Korpela, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Scott L. Letendre, Donald R. Franklin Jr, Qing Ma, Leah H. Rubin, Yanxun Xu

AIDS

Examines how polypharmacy relates to cognitive function over time in people with HIV.

Figure from Tryptophan-Kynurenine Pathway Activation and Cognition in Virally Suppressed Women With HIV
2024 article highlighted

Tryptophan-Kynurenine Pathway Activation and Cognition in Virally Suppressed Women With HIV

Eran Frank Shorer, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Audrey L. French, Elizabeth Daubert, Ralph Morack, Tsion Yohannes, Clary Clish, Deborah Gustafson, Anjali Sharma, Andre Rogando, Qibin Qi, Helen Burgess, Leah H. Rubin, Kathleen M. Weber

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Studies whether tryptophan-kynurenine pathway activation is associated with cognition in virally suppressed women with HIV.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Figure from Plasma neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein as biomarkers of cognitive decline in people with human immunodeficiency virus
2025 article selected

Plasma neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein as biomarkers of cognitive decline in people with human immunodeficiency virus

Shibani S. Mukerji, Petra Bachanová, Hemi Park, Linzy V. Rosen, Rommi Kashlan, Pia Kivisäkk, Albert M. Anderson, Felicia C. Chow, Kunling Wu, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Leah H. Rubin, Katherine Tassiopoulos, Robert A. Parker, Emily P. Hyle

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

This paper helps define a research thread in translational brain health research, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Figure from Mental health phenotypes of well-controlled HIV in Uganda
2025 article selected

Mental health phenotypes of well-controlled HIV in Uganda

Leah H. Rubin, Kyu Cho, Jacob Bolzenius, Julie Mannarino, Rebecca E. Easter, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Aggrey Anok, Stephen Tomusange, Deanna Saylor, Maria J. Wawer, Noeline Nakasujja, Gertrude Nakigozi, Robert Paul

Frontiers in Public Health

This paper helps define a research thread in computational phenotyping and cognitive subgroup discovery, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Figure from International application of an optimized harmonization approach for longitudinal cognitive data in people with HIV
2025 article selected

International application of an optimized harmonization approach for longitudinal cognitive data in people with HIV

Lang Lang, Leah H. Rubin, Beau M. Ances, Aggrey Anok, Sarah Cooley, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Rebecca E. Easter, Donald R. Franklin, Robert K. Heaton, Scott L. Letendre, Gertrude Nakijozi, Thomas Marcotte, Robert Paul, Eran F. Shorer, Stephan Tomusange, David E. Vance, Yanxun Xu

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

This paper helps define a research thread in translational brain health research, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Publication preview for Development of a refined harmonization approach for longitudinal cognitive data in people with HIV
2025 article selected

Development of a refined harmonization approach for longitudinal cognitive data in people with HIV

Lang Lang, Leah H. Rubin, Raha M. Dastgheyb, David E. Vance, Scott L. Letendre, Donald R. Franklin Jr, Yanxun Xu

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

This paper helps define a research thread in translational brain health research, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Figure from Cognitive predictors of everyday functioning in women with HIV: findings from the women’s interagency HIV study
2025 article selected

Cognitive predictors of everyday functioning in women with HIV: findings from the women’s interagency HIV study

David E. Vance, Lang Lang, Pauline M. Maki, Danyang Yu, Raha Dastgheyb, Yuezhe Wang, Gayle Springer, Kathryn Anastos, Deborah R. Gustafson, Kathleen M. Weber, Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Joel Milam, Monica M. Diaz, Seble G. Kassaye, Drenna Waldrop, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

BMC neurology

This paper helps define a research thread in translational brain health research, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Publication preview for Cognitive Predictors of Everyday Functioning in Older Virally Suppressed Women with HIV in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study
2025 article selected

Cognitive Predictors of Everyday Functioning in Older Virally Suppressed Women with HIV in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study

David E. Vance, Lang Lang, Pauline M. Maki, Danyang Yu, Raha Dastgheyb, Yuezhe Wang, Gayle Springer, Kathryn Anastos, Deborah R. Gustafson, Kathleen M. Weber, Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Joel Milam, Monica M. Diaz, Seble G. Kassaye, Drenna Waldrop, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

Research square

This paper helps define a research thread in translational brain health research, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Figure from Biopsychosocial phenotypes in people with HIV in the CHARTER cohort
2024 article selected

Biopsychosocial phenotypes in people with HIV in the CHARTER cohort

Bin Tang, Ronald J. Ellis, Florin Vaida, Anya Umlauf, Donald R. Franklin, Raha Dastgheyb, Leah H. Rubin, Patricia K. Riggs, Jennifer E. Iudicello, David B. Clifford, David J. Moore, Robert K. Heaton, Scott L. Letendre

Brain Communications

This paper helps define a research thread in computational phenotyping and cognitive subgroup discovery, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Figure from Sex differences in the patterns and predictors of cognitive function in HIV
2020 article selected

Sex differences in the patterns and predictors of cognitive function in HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Erin E. Sundermann, Raha Dastgheyb, Alison S. Buchholz, Elizabeth Pasipanodya, Robert K. Heaton, Igor Grant, Ronald Ellis, David J. Moore

Frontiers in Neurology

This paper helps define a research thread in translational brain health research, providing context for how computational and translational evidence can be organized into reusable scientific systems.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2026 Stability of the translocator protein 18 kDa density within cognitive circuits in brains of virally-suppressed people with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Pauline M. Maki, Yong Du, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Hwanhee Nam, Steven P. Rowe, Wojciech G. Lesniak, Il Minn, Andrew W. Hall, William B. Mathews, Michael Kassiou, Robert F. Dannals, Seble G. Kassaye, Todd T. Brown, Martin G. Pomper, Jennifer M. Coughlin

AIDS
2026 RxMap: an LLM-assisted tool for medication normalization.

Eero Korpela, Leah H. Rubin, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Yanxun Xu

JAMIA open
2026 Parkinsonism in people with virally suppressed HIV

Eran F. Shorer, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Leah H. Rubin, Aleksandra Safonova, Mary C. Masters, Thomas D. Zaikos, Suzaan Marais, Jessica Robinson-Papp

The Lancet HIV
2026 N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate connects neuroinflammatory signatures to attention and working memory in people with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Atiksh Chandra, Jesse Alt, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Hayley Romero, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Rana Rais, Rebecca T. Veenhuis, Barbara S. Slusher

AIDS
2026 Identification of distinct HIV reservoir phenotypes and associated immune landscapes.

Ruoyu Wang, Aparna B. Bhattacharyya, Lily Pohlenz, Erin N. Shirk, Hayley S. Romero, Katherine Haas, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Leah H. Rubin, Rebecca T. Veenhuis

JCI insight
2026 Cognitive sequala of loneliness in long COVID: Differential associations by loneliness subtypes

Leah H. Rubin, Alba Azola, Moka Yoo-Jeong, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Rebecca Easter, Ana Ehrenspeck, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Tracy D. Vannorsdall, Rebecca Veenhuis, Tracey Wilson

Journal of Affective Disorders
2026 BrainBaseline Assessment of Cognition and Everyday Functioning ("BRACE"-ing for the Future): Establishing iPad-Based Norms for Cognitive Function in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and Women's Interagency HIV Study Combined Cohort Study.

Leah H. Rubin, Pauline M. Maki, Joan Severson, Adam Lieberman, Eran F. Shorer, Sabina A. Haberlen, Deborah R. Gustafson, Michelle Floris-Moore, Valentina Stosor, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Jamie Peven, Deborah L. Jones, Anandi N. Sheth, Kathleen M. Weber, Amanda B. Spence, Anjali Sharma, David E. Vance, Raha M. Dastgheyb

JMIR mental health
2026 Beyond accuracy: facial emotion perception bias in people with HIV in Uganda

K. Ridgeway, Rebecca E. Easter, Aggrey Anok, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Scott A. Langenecker, Julie Mannarino, Noeline Nakasujja, Deanna Saylor, Eran F. Shorer, Stephen Tomusange, Gertrude Nakigozi, Robert Paul, Leah H. Rubin

Journal of neurovirology
2025 The cerebrospinal fluid virome in people with HIV: links to neuroinflammation and cognition

Mattia Trunfio, Rossana Scutari, Valeria Fox, Elisa Vuaran, Raha Maryam Dastgheyb, Vanessa Fini, Annarita Granaglia, Francesca Balbo, Dora Tortarolo, Stefano Bonora, Carlo Federico Perno, Giovanni Di Perri, Claudia Alteri, Andrea Calcagno

Frontiers in Microbiology
2025 Putting the PASC Score to the Test: Clinical vs. Statistical Accuracy in Long COVID Diagnosis: Azola et al.

Alba Azola, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Rebecca Easter, Hannah Parker, Christina Della Penna, Isabel Santiuste, Holly Schultz, Ana Ehrenspeck, Rebecca Veenhuis, Leah H. Rubin

Journal of general internal medicine
2025 Neuropathologic findings in a community-based autopsy cohort of older, virally suppressed, people with HIV

Thomas D. Zaikos, Haidan Guo, Alex Barrett, Raha Dastgheyb, Leah H. Rubin, Juan Troncoso, Meaghan Morris

Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
2025 Multiplexing Proteomic and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis of Attention/Working Memory in Virally Suppressed Women with HIV: A Feasibility Study

Wei Li, Leah H. Rubin, Yanxun Xu, Yuezhe Wang, Raha Dastgheyb, Travis Ptacek, Ge Wang, Mirjam-Colette Kempf, Jodie A. Dionne, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Daniel Y. Li, Anandi Sheth, Igho Ofotokun, David E. Vance

Diagnostics
2025 Metabolic changes mediate the link between social determinants and declarative memory in women with and without HIV

Cesar Higgins Tejera, Raha Dastgheyb, Eran Shorer, Qibin Qi, Robbie Burk, Susie Lee, Deborah R. Gustafson, Anjali Sharma, Amber D'Souza, Kathleen Weber, Leah H. Rubin, Kathryn Fitzgerald

Alzheimer's & Dementia
2025 Loneliness is related to facial emotion perception in people with HIV

Moka Yoo-Jeong, Rebecca E. Easter, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Scott A. Langenecker, Gabriela Molestina, Juhi Patel, Skylar Rucci, Eran F. Shorer, Isabelle Thompson, Alejandra Woolsey, Tracey E. Wilson, Leah H. Rubin

Scientific reports
2025 Intact HIV reservoir in monocytes is associated with cognitive function in virally suppressed women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Erin N. Shirk, Lily Pohlenz, Hayley Romero, Elizabeth Roti, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Isabel Santiuste, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Todd T. Brown, Janice E. Clements, Rebecca T. Veenhuis

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
2025 Imaging the translocator protein 18 KDa within cognitive control and declarative memory circuits in virally suppressed people with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Pauline M. Maki, Yong Du, Shannon Eileen Sweeney, Riley O.’Toole, Hwanhee Nam, Hannah Lee, Ana R. Soule, Steven P. Rowe, Wojciech G. Lesniak, Il Minn, Raha Dastgheyb, Eran F. Shorer, Katrina A. Wugalter, Joan Severson, Yunkou Wu, Andrew W. Hall, William B. Mathews, Michael Kassiou, Robert F. Dannals, Seble G. Kassaye, Todd T. Brown, Arnold Bakker, Martin G. Pomper, Jennifer M. Coughlin

AIDS
2025 Associations Between Specific IADLs And Objective Cognitive Performance In Older Women With HIV

David Vance, Lang Lang, Raha Dastgheyb, Yanxun Xu, Leah Rubin

Innovation in Aging
2025 Association Between Loneliness Subtypes and Brain Volume in Older Adults With HIV

Moka Yoo-Jeong, Eran Shorer, Raha Dastgheyb, Gregory Wade, Kylie Alm, Arnold Bakker, Tracey Wilson, Leah Rubin

Innovation in Aging
2025 Alzheimer's Imaging Consortium

Cesar Higgins Tejera, Raha Dastgheyb, Eran Shorer, Robbie Burk, Susie Lee, Deborah R. Gustafson, Anjali Sharma, Amber D'Souza, Kathleen Weber, Qibin Qi, Leah H. Rubin, Kathryn Fitzgerald

Alzheimer's & dementia: the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
2025 Altered development and network connectivity in a human neuronal model of 15q11. 2 deletion-related neurodevelopmental disorders

Christa W. Habela, Shiyu Liu, Arens Taga, Sean Oddoye, Raha Dastgheyb, Norman Haughey, Dwight E. Bergles, Hongjun Song, Guo-Li Ming, Nicholas J. Maragakis

Translational psychiatry
2024 Tryptophan-kynurenine metabolic pathway and daytime dysfunction in women with HIV

Eran Frank Shorer, Leah H. Rubin, Audrey L. French, Kathleen M. Weber, Elizabeth Daubert, Tsion Yohannes, Ralph Morack, Clary Clish, Kevin Bullock, Deborah Gustafson, Anjali Sharma, Andrea C. Rogando, Qibin Qi, Helen J. Burgess, Raha M. Dastgheyb

Journal of neurovirology
2024 Phase-amplitude coupling detection and analysis of human 2-dimensional neural cultures in multi-well microelectrode array in vitro

Yousef Salimpour, William S. Anderson, Raha Dastgheyb, Shiyu Liu, Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song, Nicholas J. Maragakis, Christa W. Habela

Journal of neuroscience methods
2024 Emotional Loneliness Is Related to Objective Cognitive Function in Older People With HIV in the Washington-Baltimore Area: A Cross-sectional Study

Moka Yoo-Jeong, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Eran F. Shorer, Cornelia Demsky, Olivia Fox, Divya Inaganti, Sarah Kanner, Ava G. Neijna, Alison Buchholz, Tracey E. Wilson, Leah H. Rubin

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
2024 Does cognitive intra-individual variability predict change in everyday functioning performance in women with and without HIV in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study?

David E. Vance, Yanxun Xu, Raha Dastgheyb, Pauline M. Maki, Jiayue Zhang, Gayle Springer, Kathryn Anastos, Deborah R. Gustafson, Kathleen M. Weber, Derek M. Dykxhoorn, Joel Milam, Monica M. Diaz, Seble G. Kassaye, Drenna Waldrop, Junghee Lee, Mirjam‑Colette Kempf, Deborah Konkle‑Parker, Karl Goodkin, Andrew J. Leviner, Matthew Wright, Deborah Jones, Leah H. Rubin

Applied Neuropsychology: Adult
2024 Common antiretroviral combinations are associated with somatic depressive symptoms in women with HIV

Luis Parra-Rodriguez, Jane O.’Halloran, Yuezhe Wang, Wei Jin, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Amanda B. Spence, Anjali Sharma, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Kathleen M. Weber, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Pauline M. Maki, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

AIDS
2024 Brain N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate is associated with cognitive function in older virally suppressed people with HIV

Robyn L. Wiseman, Kristin L. Bigos, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Peter B. Barker, Leah H. Rubin, Barbara S. Slusher

Aids
2023 Trauma across the life span and multisystem morbidity in women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Pauline M. Maki, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Pamela J. Steigman, Jane Burke-Miller, Yanxun Xu, Wei Jin, Oluwakemi Sosanya, Deborah Gustafson, Daniel Merenstein, Joel Milam, Kathleen M. Weber, Gayle Springer, Judith A. Cook

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
2023 Pilot imaging of the colony stimulating factor 1 receptor in the brains of virally-suppressed individuals with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Yong Du, Shannon Eileen Sweeney, Riley O.’Toole, Courtney K. Harrington, Katelyn Jenkins, Wojciech G. Lesniak, Rebecca T. Veenhuis, Raha Dastgheyb, Joan Severson, Hong Fan, Daniel P. Holt, Andrew W. Hall, Robert F. Dannals, Andrew G. Horti, Martin G. Pomper, Jennifer M. Coughlin

Aids
2023 Integrase inhibitors are associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Jane A. O.’Halloran, Dionna W. Williams, Yuliang Li, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Raha Dastgheyb, Alexandra L. Damron, Pauline M. Maki, Amanda B. Spence, Anjali Sharma, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Kathleen M. Weber, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Yanxun Xu

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
2023 First Organoid Intelligence (OI) workshop to form an OI community

Itzy E. Morales Pantoja, Lena Smirnova, Alysson R. Muotri, Karl J. Wahlin, Jeffrey Kahn, J. Lomax Boyd, David H. Gracias, Timothy D. Harris, Tzahi Cohen-Karni, Brian S. Caffo, Alexander S. Szalay, Fang Han, Donald J. Zack, Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Akwasi Akwaboah, July Carolina Romero, Dowlette-Mary Alam El Din, Jesse D. Plotkin, Barton L. Paulhamus, Erik C. Johnson, Frederic Gilbert, J. Lowry Curley, Ben Cappiello, Jens C. Schwamborn, Eric J. Hill, Paul Roach, Daniel Tornero, Caroline Krall, Rheinallt Parri, Fenna Sillé, Andre Levchenko, Rabih E. Jabbour, Brett J. Kagan, Cynthia A. Berlinicke, Qi Huang, Alexandra Maertens, Kathrin Herrmann, Katya Tsaioun, Raha Dastgheyb, Christa Whelan Habela, Joshua T. Vogelstein, Thomas Hartung

Frontiers in artificial intelligence
2022 Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles modulate innate immune responses to affect tumor progression

Siqi Wang, Jiaxin Sun, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Zhigang Li

Frontiers in immunology
2022 T-cell activation state differentially contributes to neuropsychiatric complications in women with HIV

Dionna W. Williams, Bianca R. Flores, Yanxun Xu, Yuezhe Wang, Danyang Yu, Brandilyn A. Peters, Adebola Adedimeji, Tracey E. Wilson, Daniel Merenstein, Phyllis C. Tien, Mardge H. Cohen, Kathleen M. Weber, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret Fischl, Janet Turan, Bülent Turan, Geoffroy Laumet, Alan L. Landay, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Stephen J. Gange, Sheri D. Weiser, Leah H. Rubin

Brain, behavior, & immunity-health
2022 Cx43 hemichannels contribute to astrocyte-mediated toxicity in sporadic and familial ALS

Akshata A. Almad, Arens Taga, Jessica Joseph, Sarah K. Gross, Connor Welsh, Aneesh Patankar, Jean-Philippe Richard, Khalil Rust, Aayush Pokharel, Caroline Plott, Mauricio Lillo, Raha Dastgheyb, Kevin Eggan, Norman Haughey, Jorge E. Contreras, Nicholas J. Maragakis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022 Associations between cerebrospinal fluid N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAAG) and cognitive function in people with HIV

Atiksh Chandra, Jesse Alt, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Rebecca T. Veenhuis, Rana Rais, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Barbara S. Slusher, Leah H. Rubin

AIDS
2021 Starting or switching to an integrase inhibitor-based regimen affects PTSD symptoms in women with HIV

Asante R. Kamkwalala, Kunbo Wang, Jane O.’Halloran, Dionna W. Williams, Raha Dastgheyb, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Amanda B. Spence, Pauline M. Maki, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Anjali Sharma, Kathleen M. Weber, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Anandi N. Sheth, Cecile D. Lahiri, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

AIDS and Behavior
2021 Plasma microRNAs are associated with domain-specific cognitive function in people with HIV

Julissa Massanett Aparicio, Yanxun Xu, Yuliang Li, Carlo Colantuoni, Raha Dastgheyb, Dionna W. Williams, Eugene L. Asahchop, Jacqueline M. McMillian, Christopher Power, Esther Fujiwara, M. John Gill, Leah H. Rubin

AIDS
2021 Integrase strand transfer inhibitor start or switch impacts learning in women with HIV

Jane A. O.'Halloran, Kunbo Wang, Amanda B. Spence, Dionna W. Williams, Raha Dastgheyb, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Asante R. Kamkwalala, Pauline M. Maki, Anjali Sharma, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Kathleen M. Weber, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Cecile D. Lahiri, Anandi N. Sheth, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
2021 Dietary intake is associated with neuropsychological impairment in women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Deborah R. Gustafson, Lakshmi Warrior, Lila Sheira, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Raha Dastgheyb, Kathleen M. Weber, Phyllis C. Tien, Audrey French, Amanda B. Spence, Anjali Sharma, Dionna W. Williams, Cory J. White, Eric C. Seaberg, Edward A. Frongillo, Sheri D. Weiser

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2021 Associations between antiretrovirals and cognitive function in women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Yuliang Li, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Raha Dastgheyb, Amanda B. Spence, Pauline M. Maki, Anjali Sharma, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Kathleen M. Weber, Adaora A. Adimora, Norman J. Haughey, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Yanxun Xu, Dionna W. Williams

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
2021 Associations between antiretroviral drugs on depressive symptomatology in homogenous subgroups of women with HIV

Dionna W. Williams, Yuliang Li, Raha Dastgheyb, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Pauline M. Maki, Amanda B. Spence, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Anjali Sharma, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Kathleen M. Weber, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology
2020 Monocarboxylate transporter 1 in Schwann cells contributes to maintenance of sensory nerve myelination during aging

Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Youngjin Lee, Katelyn A. Russell, Fang Yang, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Pragney Deme, Xanthe H. Ament, Weiran Chen, Ying Liu, Yun Guan, Michael J. Polydefkis, Ahmet Hoke, Norman J. Haughey, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Brett M. Morrison

Glia
2020 Modeling the Human Corticospinal Tract-on-a-chip with Regionally-specific hiPSC-derived Neurons and Astrocytes (4811)

Arens Taga, Labchan Rajbhandari, Raha Dastgheyb, Christa Habela, Sarah Gross, Norman Haughey, Arun Venkatesan, Nicholas Maragakis

Neurology
2020 Factors predicting detrimental change in declarative memory among women with HIV: A study of heterogeneity in cognition

Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Pauline M. Maki, Yanxun Xu, Wei Jin, Raha Dastgheyb, Dionna W. Williams, Gayle Springer, Kathryn Anastos, Deborah Gustafson, Amanda B. Spence, Adaora A. Adimora, Drenna Waldrop, David E. Vance, Hector Bolivar, Victor G. Valcour, Leah H. Rubin

Frontiers in psychology
2020 Early inflammatory signatures predict subsequent cognition in long-term virally suppressed women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Yanxun Xu, Philip J. Norris, Xuzhi Wang, Raha Dastgheyb, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Sheila M. Keating, Robert C. Kaplan, Pauline M. Maki, Kathryn Anastos, Gayle Springer, Lorie Benning, Seble Kassaye, Deborah R. Gustafson, Victor G. Valcour, Dionna W. Williams

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
2020 Connexin 43 hemichannels mediate spatial and temporal disease spread in ALS

Akshata A. Almad, Arens Taga, Jessica Joseph, Connor Welsh, Aneesh Patankar, Sarah K. Gross, Jean-Philippe Richard, Aayush Pokharel, Mauricio Lillo, Raha Dastgheyb, Kevin Eggan, Norman Haughey, Jorge E. Contreras, Nicholas J. Maragakis

BioRxiv
2020 Astrocytes deliver CK1 to neurons via extracellular vesicles in response to inflammation promoting the translation and amyloidogenic processing of APP

Zhigang Li, Mohammed Moniruzzaman, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Seung‐Wan Yoo, Meina Wang, Hongbo Hao, Jia Liu, Patrizia Casaccia, Carlos Nogueras‐Ortiz, Dimitrios Kapogiannis, Barbara S. Slusher, Norman J. Haughey

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
2019 Role of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived spinal cord astrocytes in the functional maturation of motor neurons in a multielectrode array system

Arens Taga, Raha Dastgheyb, Christa Habela, Jessica Joseph, Jean-Philippe Richard, Sarah K. Gross, Giuseppe Lauria, Gabsang Lee, Norman Haughey, Nicholas J. Maragakis

Stem Cells Translational Medicine
2019 Multielectrode array analysis of human iPSC-motor neuron maturation following coculture with iPSC-spinal cord astrocytes (P4. 4-031)

Arens Taga, Raha Dastgheyb, Jessica Joseph, Christa Habela, Jean-Philippe Richard, Norman Haughey, Nicholas Maragakis

Neurology
2019 Monocarboxylate transporter 1 in Schwann cells is critical for maintenance of sensory nerve myelination during aging

Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Youngjin Lee, Katelyn A. Russell, Fang Yang, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Pragney Deme, Xanthe Heifetz Ament, Weiran Chen, Ying Liu, Yun Guan, Michael J. Polydefkis, Ahmet Hoke, Norman J. Haughey, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Brett M. Morrison

BioRxiv
2019 Molecularly defined cortical astroglia subpopulation modulates neurons via secretion of Norrin

Sean J. Miller, Thomas Philips, Namho Kim, Raha Dastgheyb, Zhuoxun Chen, Yi-Chun Hsieh, J. Gavin Daigle, Malika Datta, Jeannie Chew, Svetlana Vidensky, Jacqueline T. Pham, Ethan G. Hughes, Michael B. Robinson, Rita Sattler, Raju Tomer, Jung Soo Suk, Dwight E. Bergles, Norman Haughey, Mikhail Pletnikov, Justin Hanes, Jeffrey D. Rothstein

Nature neuroscience
2019 Loss of function variants in PCYT1A causing spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with cone/rod dystrophy have broad consequences on lipid metabolism, chondrocyte differentiation, and lipid droplet formation

Julie Jurgens, Suming Chen, Nara Sobreira, Sarah Robbins, Arianna Franca Anzmann, Raha Dastgheyb, Saja S. Khuder, Julie Hoover-Fong, Courtney Woods, Felicity Collins, John Christodoulou, Guilherme Lopes Yamamoto, Débora Romeo Bertola, Wagner A. R. Baratela, Sophie D. Curie, Norman Haughey, Rosemary Cornell, David Valle

bioRxiv
2019 Lipidomic characterization of extracellular vesicles in human serum

Suming Chen, Amrita Datta-Chaudhuri, Pragney Deme, Alex Dickens, Raha Dastgheyb, Pavan Bhargava, Honghao Bi, Norman J. Haughey

Journal of circulating biomarkers
2019 Heterogeneity in neurocognitive change trajectories among people with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy in Rakai, Uganda

Leah H. Rubin, Deanna Saylor, Gertrude Nakigozi, Noeline Nakasujja, Kevin Robertson, Alice Kisakye, James Batte, Richard Mayanja, Aggrey Anok, Sarah M. Lofgren, David R. Boulware, Raha Dastgheyb, Steven J. Reynolds, Thomas C. Quinn, Ronald H. Gray, Maria J. Wawer, Ned Sacktor

Journal of neurovirology
2019 Cognitive trajectory phenotypes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients

Raha M. Dastgheyb, Ned Sacktor, Donald Franklin, Scott Letendre, Thomas Marcotte, Robert Heaton, Igor Grant, Justin C. McArthur, Leah H. Rubin, Norman J. Haughey

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
2019 15q11. 2 Deletion Results in Altered Excitability and Connectivity in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Neurons (S51. 009)

Christa Habela, Arens Taga, Raha Dastgheyb, Ki-jun Yoon, Norman Haughey, Carl Stafstrom, Bergles Dwight, Hongjun Song, Nicholas Maragakis

Neurology
2018 TNFalpha and IL-1beta modify the miRNA cargo of astrocyte shed extracellular vesicles to regulate neurotrophic signaling in neurons

Amrita Datta Chaudhuri, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Seung-Wan Yoo, Amanda Trout, C. Conover Talbot Jr, Haiping Hao, Kenneth W. Witwer, Norman J. Haughey

Cell death & disease
2005 Pulmonary hypertension in Chuvash polycythemia

Raha Dastgheyb, Victor Gordeuk

Ethnicity & Disease
Conferences, Abstracts, and Proceedings
2025 Systemic inflammation and Its impact on comorbidities in people with HIV (PWH)(P8-10.001)

Azin Tavasoli, Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi, Raha Dastgheyb, Scott Letendre, Ronald Ellis

Neurology
2023 Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolic Pathway and Daytime Dysfunction in Women Living With HIV

Eran Frank Shorer, Leah H. Rubin, Audrey L. French, Kathleen M. Weber, Elizabeth Daubert, Tsion Yohannes, Ralph Morack, Clary Clish, Kevin Bullock, Deborah Gustafson, Anjali Sharma, Andrea C. Rogando, Qibin Qi, Helen J. Burgess, Raha M. Dastgheyb

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2023 Intact HIV genomes within monocytes are associated with cognitive function in virally suppressed women with HIV

Leah H. Rubin, Erin N. Shirk, Lily Pohlenz, Hayley Romero, Elizabeth Roti, Raha M. Dastgheyb, Isabel Santiuste, Jennifer M. Coughlin, Todd T. Brown, Janice E. Clements, Rebecca T. Veenhuis

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2023 Brain N-Acetyl-Aspartyl-Glutamate (NAAG) is Associated With Cognitive Function in Virally-Suppressed People With HIV

Robyn Wiseman, Raha Dastgheyb, Kristin Bigos, Isabel Santiuste, Chantal Riggs, Jesse Alt, Peter Barker, Rana Rais, Leah Rubin, Barbara Slusher

NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
2023 Brain N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAAG) is associated with cognitive function in virally-suppressed people living with HIV

Robyn Wiseman, Raha Dastgheyb, Isabel Santiuste, Chantal Riggs, Rana Rais, Jesse Alt, Kristin Bigos, Peter Barker, Leah Rubin, Barbara Slusher

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2019 Neurocognitive Profiles Among Virally Suppressed Women with HIV

Raha Dastgheyb, Kathryn Fitzgerald, Carol Chan, Alison Buchholz, Yanxun Xu, Dionna Williams, Gayle Springer, Kathryn Anastos, Deborah Gustafson, Amanda Spence, Adaora A. Adimora, Drenna Waldrop, David E. Vance, Joel Milam, Hector Bolivar, Kathleen M. Weber, Norman J. Haughey, Pauline M. Maki, Leah H. Rubin

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2019 Molecularly defined cortical astroglia subpopulation modulates neurons via secretion of Norrin

Sean J. Miller, Thomas Philips, Namho Kim, Raha Dastgheyb, Zhuoxun Chen, Yi-Chun Hsieh, J. Gavin Daigle, Malika Datta, Jeannie Chew, Svetlana Vidensky, Jacqueline T. Pham, Ethan G. Hughes, Michael B. Robinson, Rita Sattler, Raju Tomer, Jung Soo Suk, Dwight E. Bergles, Norman Haughey, Mikhail Pletnikov, Justin Hanes, Jeffrey D. Rothstein

GLIA
2019 Modulation of neuronal dendritic spine morphology and function by astrocyte derived extracellular vesicles following morphine withdrawal

Asit Kumar, Seung-Wan Yoo, Raha Dastgheyb, Pragney Deme, Hyejin Lee, Honghao Bi, David Volsky, Camilo Rojas, Barbara Slusher, Norman Haughey

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2019 Elevated plasma eicosanoids are associated HIV-disease status and working memory in people living with HIV

Mohammed Moniruzzaman, Raha Dastgheyb, Cynthia Lo, Michelle M. Mielke, David Moore, Scott Letendre, Leah H. Rubin, Barbara Slusher, Ned Sacktor, Justin C. McArthur

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2019 Associations between antiretroviral drugs on depressive symptomatology in homogenous subgroups of women with HIV

Dionna W. Williams, Yuliang Li, Raha Dastgheyb, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Pauline M. Maki, Amanda B. Spence, Deborah R. Gustafson, Joel Milam, Anjali Sharma, Adaora A. Adimora, Igho Ofotokun, Margaret A. Fischl, Deborah Konkle-Parker, Kathleen M. Weber, Yanxun Xu, Leah H. Rubin

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2018 Machine learning interrogation of clinical and plasma markers identify prognostic models for cognitive trajectory

Raha Dastgheyb, Suming Chen, Swarajya Lakshmi Vattem Venkata, Leah H. Rubin, Donald Franklin, Scott Letendre, Robert Heaton, Justin McArthur, Norman Haughey

JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNE PHARMACOLOGY
2017 Exosomes released from astrocytes in response to morphine and inflammatory cytokines deconstruct synaptic connections through modulation of microRNA cargo

Datta A. Chaudhuri, S. Wang, S. Khuder, R. Dastgheyb, A. Trout, S. Yoo, C. Talbot, H. Hao, N. Haughey

JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNE PHARMACOLOGY
2016 Astrocyte-shed extracellular vesicles regulate synchronous network burst activity

Raha Dastgheyb, Saja Khuder, Joelle Dorskind, Sheng Wang, Amrita Datta Chaudhuri, Seung-Wan Yoo, Norman Haughey

JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
2015 Quantifying focal disruptions in axonal microtubules

R.M. Dastgheyb, K.A. Barbee, G. Gallo

2015 41st Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC)
2015 Investigating sources of axonal calcium in neuronal cultures modeling Traumatic Brain Injury

R.M. Dastgheyb, K.A. Barbee, G. Gallo

2015 41st Annual Northeast Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC)
2014 The role of intracellular calcium in axonal injury

R.M. Dastgheyb, K.A. Barbee, G. Gallo

2014 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC)
2014 SECONDARY MEMBRANE DAMAGE AND THE POTEN-TIAL FOR MEMBRANE-TARGETED NEUROPROTECTION

R.M. Dastgheyb, G. Gallo, K.A. Barbee

JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA
2012 Interactions of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled poloxamer P188 with cultured cells

Raha M. Dastgheyb, Michael C. Cochran, Kenneth A. Barbee

2012 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC)
2011 Quantification of beading intensity in cultured neurons

R.M. Dastgheyb, G. Gallo, K.A. Barbee

2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC)
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