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Email: funverza@iupui.edu
Psychiatry web page
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Dr. Unverzagt has research interests in clinical assessment of memory loss and dementia and in the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for mild cognitive impairment (MCI/CIND) and Alzheimer disease. He has adapted cognitive and clinical assessment techniques for use in cross-cultural studies in Nigeria, Kenya (two locations), Jamaica, and China. He has also been involved in the longitudinal assessment of large kindreds affected with early onset Alzheimer disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease (an inherited prion diesase), and multi-system tauopathy. Dr. Unverzagt is also part of one of the largest randomized controlled trials of a psychological intervention ever undertaken, the ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent Vital Elderly) Trial. Started in 1996, this is a multi-center trial of the effectiveness of cognitive training programs in forestalling decline in activities of daily living. Over 2800 subjects have been followed longitudinally in this project.
Publications:
Baiyewu, O., Unverzagt, F.W., Gao, S., Ogunniyi,
A.O., Gureje, O., Musick, B., Hall, K.S., Hui, S.L., & Hendrie, H.C. (2002).
Cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older Nigerians: Clinical correlates
and stability of diagnosis. European Journal of Neurology, 9, 573-580.
Murray, M.D., Lane, K.A., Gao, S, Evans, R.M., Unverzagt,
F.W., Hall, K.S., Hendrie, H.C. (2002). Preservation of cognitive function with
antihypertensive medications: A longitudinal analysis of a community-based
sample of African Americans. Archives of Internal Medicine, 162, 2090-2096.
Zaki, S.R., Nosofsky, R.M., Jessup, N.M., & Unverzagt, F.W.
(2003). Categorization and recognition performance of a memory-impaired group:
Evidence for single-system models. Journal of the International
Neuropsychological Society, 9, 394-406.