Cognitive Function: Is There More to Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation Than Stroke?

My research is focused on several areas with the central theme of early detection of cognitive changes and risk factors associated with the development of Alzheimer‘s disease (AD) and other dementias. Current areas of investigation are a) the epidemiology of cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment due to AD, b) the study of cognitive endophenotypes, c) genetic risk factors for late onset AD, and d) the development of statistical methods to model cognitive profiles as they man

Research Description General Focus: Clinical investigation the process and treatment of acute and chronic coronary artery disease and systems issues for delivery of care to patients with these illnesses. Particular interests include management of patients with chest pain and unstable angina, evaluation of the use of biochemical markers other than CK-MB for diagnosis and risk stratification in these patients, issues related to coronary artery disease in women, and systems issues

Dr. Kathleen Welsh-Bohmer is a Professor of Psychiatry with a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurology. She is also the Chief of the Medical Psychology CPU, the professional home for the over 200 academic psychologists within Duke Medical Center.  Clinically trained as a neuropsychologist, Dr. Welsh-Bohmer's research activities have been focused around developing effective prevention and treatment strategies to delay the onset of