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Frederick W. Unverzagt

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1989Rising activity
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingNutritional Studies and DietHeavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

Publications

329

Citations

22,081

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

38

Publishing since 1989

Research summary
AI-generated

Frederick W. Unverzagt studies dementia, cognitive impairment, and aging, with a focus on identifying risk factors and testing ways to protect brain health. Their work spans how diet, environmental exposures (such as arsenic, cadmium, and zinc), heart-related conditions, and blood-based biomarkers relate to cognitive decline, and includes clinical trials of lifestyle and medication-related interventions. Several projects examine cognition across diverse populations, including African and African American cohorts.

Dementia and cognitive impairmentAlzheimer's disease biomarkers and risk factorsDiet, nutrition, and brain healthEnvironmental exposures and cognitionClinical trials and intervention studies

Publication activity has been relatively steady over the past decade, averaging roughly nine to ten papers per year in recent years, with a dip around 2021 followed by a return to earlier levels.

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

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

4 earlier awards
  • NIH R01AG052439Jul 2017 – May 2024 · $666k awarded

    MIND Food and Speed of Processing Training in Older Adults with Low Education, The MINDSpeed Alzheimer's Disease Prevention Pilot Trial

  • NIH R01AG045157Aug 2014 – Apr 2021 · $505k awarded

    Cognitive and Aerobic Resilience for the Brain

  • NIH R01AG026096Sep 2006 – Apr 2013 · $552k awarded

    CIND: Risk Factors for Conversion to Dementia

  • NIH U01NR004508Sep 1996 – Apr 2012 · $173k awarded

    ACTIVE Phase III: IU Field Site

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 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 22,081cohort median 2,525
h-index: 66cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 9.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~11 · 0% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 66 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.4/year recently
2017: 16 publications172018: 13 publications182019: 18 publications18192020: 10 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 13 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 12 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: 7 collaborators at the same institution2018: 1 collaborator at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 3 collaborators at the same institution2022: 16 collaborators at the same institution2023: 37 collaborators at the same institution2024: 4 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×32
  • PMC×8
  • Author eBooks×5
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease×4
  • Stroke×4
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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