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Adrian L. Oblak

Medicine · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2003
Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

Publications

214

Citations

4,471

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Adrian L. Oblak studies Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, using genetically engineered mouse models to understand how brain immune cells (microglia), inflammation, and genetic risk factors like APOE contribute to amyloid plaques and tau pathology. The work also includes preclinical drug testing platforms for Alzheimer's and extends to related areas such as cancer biology, obesity drug models, and neuroinflammation. A recurring focus is translating findings from animal models toward potential treatments.

Alzheimer's disease and dementia mechanismsMicroglia and neuroinflammationGenetic mouse models of neurodegenerationPreclinical drug testingCancer and immune biology

Publication activity has been high and steady over the last several years, averaging around 20 papers per year (recent 2025-2026 counts appear lower likely due to incomplete indexing).

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through March 2030 — about 4 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R01AG093015through Mar 2030 · $792k awarded

    siRNA-mediated Knockdown of INPP5D to Modulate Microglia Activity for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

  • ActiveNIH U01AG088021through Dec 2029 · $2.2M awarded

    Optimization of SHIP1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

  • ActiveNIH U54AG054345through Aug 2027 · $9.8M awarded

    IU/JAX/PITT MODEL-AD Center

  • ActiveNIH R01AG077826through May 2027 · $579k awarded

    The Role of Peripheral Immune Cell Trafficking in Ozone-Induced Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology

  • ActiveNIH R01AG076142through Jan 2027 · $661k awarded

    The Role of Aspergillus versicolor and the Th2 Lung-Brain Axis in Alzheimer's Disease-like Neuropathology

2 earlier awards
  • NIH RF1AG077826Jun 2022 – May 2025 · $1.7M awarded

    The Role of Peripheral Immune Cell Trafficking in Ozone-Induced Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology

  • NIH K01AG054753Sep 2017 – May 2023 · $125k awarded

    In vivo assessment of the role of neurons and glia in tau propagation

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 4,618 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 4,471cohort median 616
h-index: 33cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 19.6cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 7% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 31 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 19.6/year recently
2017: 9 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 13 publications192020: 29 publications202021: 16 publications212022: 31 publications31222023: 25 publications232024: 29 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 3 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 1 collaborator at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 7 collaborators at the same institution2021: 18 collaborators at the same institution2022: 16 collaborators at the same institution2023: 31 collaborators at the same institution2024: 25 collaborators at the same institution2025: 19 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×72
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×15
  • PMC×7
  • Figshare×6
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions×5
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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