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2023 Delirium Mediates Incidence of Hospital-Associated Disability Among Older Adults. 2023
2023 National Norms for the Elixhauser and Charlson Comorbidity Indexes Among Hospitalized Adults 2023
2023 Barriers to driving and psychosocial outcomes after traumatic brain injuryBrain Injury2023
2023 Brain and Systemic Inflammation in De Novo Parkinson's DiseaseMovement Disorders2023
2023 Hospital-associated disability due to avoidable hospitalizations among older adultsJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2023
2023 The Unrecognized Problem of Mobility Limitations Among Older AdultsArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation2023
2022 Gut- and oral-dysbiosis differentially impact spinal- and bulbar-onset ALS, predicting ALS severity and potentially determining the location of disease onsetBMC Neurology.  22. 2022
2022 Preserving independence among under-resourced older adults in the Southeastern United States: existing barriers and potential strategies for researchInternational Journal for Equity in Health.  21. 2022
2022 Anxiety Trajectories the First 10 Years After a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A TBI Model Systems StudyArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  103:2105-2113. 2022
2022 A comparison of techniques for deriving clustering and switching scores from verbal fluency word listsFrontiers in Psychology.  13. 2022
2022 Inpatient Diagnosis of Delirium and Encephalopathy: Coding Trends in 2011–2018 2022
2022 Perioperative Mobile Telehealth Program for Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence: A Randomized Clinical TrialInvestigative urology.  208:379-387. 2022
2022 Image Quantification for TSPO PET with a Novel Image-Derived Input Function MethodDiagnostics.  12. 2022
2022 Association of Performance on the Financial Capacity Instrument-Short Form With Brain Amyloid Load and Cortical Thickness in Older AdultsNeurology: Clinical Practice.  12:113-124. 2022
2022 Dynamic Amyloid PET: Relationships to 18F-Flortaucipir Tau PET MeasuresJournal of Nuclear Medicine.  63:287-293. 2022
2022 A systematic review and meta-analysis: Assessment of hospital walking programs among older patientsNursing Open2022
2022 Development and implementation of an electronic Clinical Dementia Rating and Financial Capacity Instrument-Short Form 2022
2022 Influence of Subject-Specific Effects in Longitudinal Modelling of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's DiseaseJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  87:489-501. 2022
2022 Proportional constrained longitudinal data analysis models for clinical trials in sporadic Alzheimer's disease 2022
2022 The Relationship Between Prior Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Dementia Progression Among US AdultsJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  88:521-535. 2022
2022 Verbal fluency response times predict incident cognitive impairment 2022
2021 Association between cancer treatment and progression of all-cause dementiaAlzheimer's and Dementia.  17:e054164. 2021
2021 Dementia care in diverse older adults in the Deep South and the rest of the United StatesAlzheimer's and Dementia.  17:e054038. 2021
2021 Sex-based differences in the activation of peripheral blood monocytes in early Parkinson diseasenpj Parkinson's Disease.  7. 2021
2021 Reliability of self-report versus the capacity to consent to treatment instrument to make medical decisions in brain metastasis and other metastatic cancersBrain and Behavior.  11. 2021
2021 Cognitive Processing Speed Is Strongly Related to Driving Skills, Financial Abilities, and Other Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia 2021
2021 Return to Driving After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model System StudyArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  102:1568-1575. 2021
2021 Comparison of Two Methods for Implementing Comfort Care Order Sets in the Inpatient Setting: a Cluster Randomized TrialJournal of General Internal Medicine.  36:1928-1936. 2021
2021 Convergent Validity of In-Person Assessment of Inpatients with Traumatic Brain Injury Using the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT)Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.  36:E226-E232. 2021
2021 Research Letter: Performance of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone in a National SampleJournal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.  36:E233-E239. 2021
2021 The relationship of cognitive change over time to the self-reported ascertain dementia 8-item questionnaire in a general populationArchives of Clinical Neuropsychology.  36:243-252. 2021
2021 Clear and Consistent Imaging of Hippocampal Internal Architecture With High Resolution Multiple Image Co-registration and Averaging (HR-MICRA)Frontiers in Neuroscience.  15. 2021
2021 Dementia Care in Diverse Older Adults in the U.S. Deep South and the Rest of the United StatesJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  83:1753-1765. 2021
2021 Driving patterns, confidence, and perception of abilities following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a TBI model system studyBrain Injury.  35:863-870. 2021
2021 Neuropsychological correlates of anosognosia for objective functional difficulties in older adults on the mild cognitive impairment spectrumArchives of Clinical Neuropsychology.  35:365-376. 2021
2021 Racial Differences in Alzheimer's Disease Specialist Encounters Are Associated with Usage of Molecular Imaging and Dementia Medications: An Enterprise-Wide Analysis Using i2b2Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.  79:543-557. 2021
2021 Refining understanding of life satisfaction in elderly persons with traumatic brain injury using age-defined cohorts: a TBI model systems studyBrain Injury.  35:1284-1291. 2021
2021 The Relation Between Pet Ownership, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: Propensity Score Matched Analyses 2021
2020 Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with depressive symptoms but not depression diagnosis in older adultsInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  17:1-10. 2020
2020 Assessment of the Generalizability of Clinical Trials of Delirium InterventionsJAMA Network Open.  3. 2020
2020 Community Tele-pal: A community-developed, culturally based palliative care tele-consult randomized controlled trial for African American and White Rural southern elders with a life-limiting illnessTrials.  21. 2020
2020 Association of peripheral artery disease with life-space mobility restriction and mortality in community-dwelling older adultsJournal of Vascular Surgery.  71:2098-2106.e1. 2020
2020 Factors That Contribute to Recovery of Community Mobility After Hospitalization Among Community-Dwelling Older AdultsJournal of Applied Gerontology.  39:435-441. 2020
2020 Prevalence of Hospital-Associated Disability in Older Adults: A Meta-analysis 2020
2020 The Relationship of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder to End-of-life Care Received by Dying Veterans: a Secondary Data AnalysisJournal of General Internal Medicine.  35:505-513. 2020
2020 Using practice effects for targeted trials or sub-group analysis in Alzheimer’s disease: How practice effects predict change over timePLoS One.  15. 2020
2020 The relationship of longitudinal cognitive change to self-reported IADL in a general population 2020
2020 Progression of Alzheimer's Disease by Self-Reported Cancer History in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging InitiativeJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  76:691-701. 2020
2019 Association Between Executive Dysfunction and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: Racial and Ethnic Differences Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the Southeastern US.Journal of the National Medical Association.  111:320-327. 2019
2019 Poor awareness of IADL deficits is associated with reduced regional brain volume in older adults with cognitive impairmentNeuropsychologia.  129:372-378. 2019
2019 Determination of the Minimal Important Change in the Life-Space AssessmentJournal of the American Geriatrics Society.  67:565-569. 2019
2019 Life-Space Predicts Health Care Utilization in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsJournal of Aging and Health.  31:280-292. 2019
2019 Biomarker Localization, Analysis, Visualization, Extraction, and Registration (BLAzER) Methodology for Research and Clinical Brain PET ApplicationsJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  70:1241-1257. 2019
2019 Improving Geriatric Care Processes on Two Medical-Surgical Acute Care Units: A Pilot StudyJournal for Healthcare Quality.  41:23-31. 2019
2019 Kilocalorie expenditure and all-cause mortality in older male veterans and nonveteransJournal of Aging and Physical Activity.  27:67-72. 2019
2018 Association of Concomitant Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors or Memantine with Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Clinical Trials: A Meta-analysisJAMA Network Open.  1. 2018
2018 The effect of donepezil on the cognitive ability early in the course of recovery from traumatic brain injuryBrain Injury.  32:972-979. 2018
2018 Social and Demographic Predictors of Nutritional Risk: Cross-sectional Analyses From the UAB Study of Aging IIFamily and Community Health.  41:S33-S45. 2018
2018 Data-driven identification of endophenotypes of Alzheimer's disease progression: Implications for clinical trials and therapeutic interventionsAlzheimer's Research and Therapy.  10. 2018
2018 The Role of Cognitive Reserve in Recovery from Traumatic Brain InjuryJournal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.  33:E18-E27. 2018
2017 Continuation of non-essential medications in actively dying hospitalised patientsBMJ Supportive and Palliative Care.  7:450-457. 2017
2017 Impact of Driving Cessation on Trajectories of Life-Space Scores Among Community-Dwelling Older AdultsJournal of Applied Gerontology.  36:1433-1452. 2017
2017 Challenging Assumptions About African American Participation in Alzheimer Disease TrialsAmerican Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.  25:1150-1159. 2017
2017 Life-Space Mobility Change Predicts 6-Month MortalityJournal of the American Geriatrics Society.  65:833-838. 2017
2017 Evidence for benefit of statins to modify cognitive decline and risk in Alzheimer’s diseaseAlzheimer's Research and Therapy.  9. 2017
2017 The wechsler test of adult reading as a measure of premorbid intelligence following traumatic brain injuryArchives of Clinical Neuropsychology.  32:98-103. 2017
2017 ED Utilization and Self-Reported Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsJournal of Emergency Nursing.  43:57-69. 2017
2016 Neighborhood Disadvantage and Life-Space Mobility Are Associated with Incident Falls in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsJournal of the American Geriatrics Society.  64:2218-2225. 2016
2016 Impact of Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalization on Mobility Among Community-Dwelling Older AdultsAmerican Journal of Medicine.  129:1124.e9-1124.e15. 2016
2016 Twelve-month recovery of medical decision-making capacity following traumatic brain injuryNeurology.  87:1052-1059. 2016
2016 G2019s-LRRK2 expression augments α-synuclein sequestration into inclusions in neurons 2016
2016 Post Hoc Analyses of ApoE Genotype-Defined Subgroups in Clinical TrialsJournal of Alzheimer's Disease.  50:1205-1215. 2016
2016 Ficolin-2 inhibitors are present in sera after prolonged storage at -80 °CPeerJ.  2016. 2016
2016 Life-Space Assessment composite score rationaleClinical Rehabilitation.  30:95-97. 2016
2016 Neurocognitive models of medical decision-making capacity in traumatic brain injury across injury severityJournal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.  31:E49-E59. 2016
2015 The Association Between Life-Space and Health Care Utilization in Older Adults with Heart Failure 2015
2015 Effect of sample size re-estimation in adaptive clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment 2015
2015 Using baseline cognitive severity for enriching Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: How does Mini-Mental State Examination predict rate of change? 2015
2015 The impact of veteran status on life-space mobility among older black and white men in the deep south 2015
2015 Correlates of Incident Cognitive Impairment in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study 2015
2015 Differences in Alzheimer disease clinical trial outcomes based on age of the participantsNeurology.  84:1121-1127. 2015
2015 Genome-wide studies of verbal declarative memory in nondemented older people: The Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology ConsortiumBiological Psychiatry.  77:749-763. 2015
2014 Comparison of in-person and telephone administration of the mini-mental state examination in the University of Alabama at Birmingham study of agingJournal of the American Geriatrics Society.  62:1928-1932. 2014
2014 Performance of the NINDS-CSN 5-Minute protocol in a national population-based sampleJournal of the International Neuropsychological Society.  20:856-867. 2014
2014 Community mobility among older adults with reduced kidney function: A study of life-spaceAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  63:429-436. 2014
2014 Benzodiazepine (BZD) Use in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Longitudinal Associations with Mobility, Functioning, and PainArchives of gerontology and geriatrics. Supplement.  59:331-337. 2014
2014 Effect of APOE genotype status on targeted clinical trials outcomes and efficiency in dementia and mild cognitive impairment resulting from Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's and Dementia.  10:349-359. 2014
2014 Life-space mobility declines associated with incident falls and fracturesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society.  62:919-923. 2014
2014 Recovery over 6 months of medical decision-making capacity after traumatic brain injuryArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  95:2296-2303. 2014
2013 Racial and sex differences in associations between activities of daily living and cognition in community-dwelling older adultsJournal of the American Geriatrics Society.  61:2174-2180. 2013
2013 Impaired financial abilities in Parkinson's disease patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementiaParkinsonism and Related Disorders.  19:986-990. 2013
2013 Evaluating hippocampal internal architecture on MRI: Inter-rater reliability of a proposed scoring systemJournal of epilepsy.  106:146-154. 2013
2013 Predictive value of hippocampal internal architecture asymmetry in temporal lobe epilepsyJournal of epilepsy.  106:155-163. 2013
2013 Physical impairment is associated with nursing home admission for older adults in disadvantaged but not other neighborhoods: Results from the UAB study of agingGerontologist.  53:641-653. 2013
2013 Risk-stratified imputation in survival analysisClinical Trials.  10:530-539. 2013
2012 Biomarker positive and negative subjects in the ADNI cohort: Clinical characterizationCurrent Alzheimer Research.  9:1135-1141. 2012
2012 A longitudinal study of major and minor depression following traumatic brain injuryArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  93:1343-1349. 2012
2012 Association between family risk of stroke and myocardial infarction with prevalent risk factors and coexisting diseasesStroke.  43:974-979. 2012
2011 Characterization of autosomal copy-number variation in African Americans: The HyperGEN StudyEuropean Journal of Human Genetics.  19:1271-1275. 2011
2011 Validity and power of missing data imputation for extreme sampling and terminal measures designs in mediation analysisFrontiers in Genetics.  2. 2011
2011 Vascular risk factors and cognitive impairment in a stroke-free cohortNeurology.  77:1729-1736. 2011
2011 Erratum: Estimating power with effect size versus slope differences: Both means and variance matter (Alzheimer's and Dementia (2011) 7 (247-249))Alzheimer's and Dementia.  7:556. 2011
2011 Estimating power with effect size versus slop differences: Both means and variance matterAlzheimer's and Dementia.  7:247-249. 2011
2010 Requiring an amyloid-β1-42 biomarker for prodromal Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment does not lead to more efficient clinical trialsAlzheimer's and Dementia.  6:367-377. 2010
2010 Predictors of family caregivers' life satisfaction after traumatic brain injury at one and two years post-injury: A longitudinal multi-center investigation 2010
2008 Statistical issues in the analysis of DNA Copy Number Variations.International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design.  1:368-395. 2008
2007 Opportunities for biostatistics students: Training and fellowship grants from the National Institutes of HealthAmerican Statistician.  61:120-126. 2007
2006 SScore: An R package for detecting differential gene expression without gene expression summariesBioinformatics.  22:1272-1274. 2006
2006 Complicated mild traumatic brain injury on the inpatient rehabilitation unit: A multicenter analysisJournal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.  21:260-271. 2006
2006 Empirical validation of the S-Score algorithm in the analysis of gene expression dataBMC Bioinformatics.  7. 2006
2006 Differences in characteristics and outcome of delirium as based on referral patternsPsychosomatics.  47:367-375. 2006
2005 Evaluation of the neurobehavioral functioning inventory as a depression screening tool after traumatic brain injuryJournal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.  20:512-526. 2005
2004 The Loss Inventory: Preliminary reliability and validity data for a new measure of emotional and cognitive responses to disabilityDisability and Rehabilitation.  26:614-623. 2004
2004 Risperidone in the treatment of delirium: Results from a prospective open-label trialJournal of Clinical Psychiatry.  65:662-667. 2004
2003 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Movement Disorders: An UpdateJournal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.  15:407-421. 2003
2003 Use of the cognitive test for delirium in patients with traumatic brain injuryPsychosomatics.  44:283-289. 2003
2002 Stereotypic movement disorder after acquired brain injuryBrain Injury.  16:447-451. 2002
2001 Use of antiepileptics in traumatic brain injury: A review for psychiatristsAnnals of Clinical Psychiatry.  13:163-171. 2001
2001 Trichotillomania associated with dementia: A case reportGeneral Hospital Psychiatry.  23:163-165. 2001
2001 Use of quetiapine in deliriumPsychosomatics.  42:347-349. 2001
1999 Using atypical neuroleptic drugs to treat agitation in patients with a brain injury: A review 1999
1992 Choline acetyltransferase expression studied with an oligonucleotide probeCellular and Molecular Neurobiology.  12:309-315. 1992

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2011 Experimental Designs and ANOVA for Microarray Data.  151-169. 2011

Investigator On

  • A Community-Developed, Culturally-Based PC Tele-Consult Program for African American and White Rural Southern Elders with a Life-limiting Illness  awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
  • Acquired Deficiency of Innate Immunity (Ficolin-2) Among Elderly Adults  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Aging in Puerto Rico: Longitudinal Follow-Up of the PREHCO Study  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Alpha-Synuclein Aggregate Induced Synapse Loss is a Pathological Event contributing to Lewy Body Dementias  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Cognitive Function and Older Drivers with MCI: In-Vehicle Instrumentation in the APPS Study  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research - Investigator Development Core  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Disability and Rehabilitation Research Program (DRRP)  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS
  • Efficacies and Pharmacodynamic Assays for LRRK2 Small-Molecule Inhibitors  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Etiology of Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Exosome LRRK2 in Predicting Parkinson Disease Phenotypes  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Prescribed at Emergency Department Discharge on Geriatric Patient-Level Outcomes  awarded by Yale University
  • Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Parkinson Disease  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Parkinson Disease - Project 1: Role of Innate Immune Cells in Human Parkinson Disease  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Parkinson Disease - Project 2: Validating the JAK/STAT Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy in PD  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Parkinson Disease - Project 5: Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Lewy Body Dementia  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Mechanisms of Alpha-synuclein Mediated Inflammation in Multiple System Atrophy  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Mechanisms of LRRK2 Mediated Neurotoxicity  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Mobility Among Older African Americans and Whites  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Mobility Among Older African Americans and Whites  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Pathways to LUTS Prevention: A Model for Public Education, Behavioral Skills, and Early Detection  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Processing Speed Training to Preserve Driving and Functional Competencies in MCI  awarded by National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Role Of Vitamin D In The Prevention And Progression Of Urinary Incontinence  awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Role of Presynaptic Targeting of Alpha-Synuclein in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Transforming Practice: Innovative Care Delivery Redesign at the Hospital Unit Level to Improve Patient-Centered Outcomes in Vulnerable Elders  awarded by Gerontological Society of America
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Model System  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS
  • UAB Training Program in Neurodegeneration  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System  awarded by Department of Education
  • Understanding Hippocampal Internal Architecture in Human Temporal Lobe Epilepsy -- From MRI to Epigenetics  awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Understanding and Manipulating Cellular and Circuit-level Vulnerability to Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease  awarded by Yale University
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Traumatic Brain Injury Model System  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Traumatic Brain Injury Model System  awarded by Administration for Community Living/DHHS
  • Validation of Online Methods to Predict and Monitor Cognitive Decline  awarded by University of California, San Francisco
  • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University 2008
  • Full Name

  • Richard Kennedy