Bárbara Avelar
About me
Bárbara is an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Aging Research Center (ARC), Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society. She completed her PhD at Karolinska Institutet and postdoctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine. In her research, she uses multimodal approaches to predict and characterize patterns of cognitive decline in healthy and pathological aging, with special focus on Alzheimer’s disease. Past and current projects combine structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), cerebrospinal fluid, and genetics data to better understand the neural mechanisms underlying age-related decline in cognition.
Education
PhD in Medical Science (Neuroscience), Karolinska Institutet (2019)
Master of Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Leiden University (2014)
Articles
- Journal article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2025;8(1):894Sarraf S; Avelar-Pereira B; Hosseini SMH
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2025;21(2):e14499Zamani J; Vahid A; Avelar-Pereira B; Gozdas E; Hosseini SMH
- Article: ISCIENCE. 2024;27(11):111087Jounghani AR; Gozdas E; Dacorro L; Avelar-Pereira B; Reitmaier S; Fingerhut H; Hong DS; Elliott G; Hardan AY; Hinshaw SP; Hosseini SMH
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;14(1):447Long-term cognitive training enhances fluid cognition and brain connectivity in individuals with MCIGozdas E; Avelar-Pereira B; Fingerhut H; Dacorro L; Jo B; Williams L; O'Hara R; Hosseini SMH
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2024;101(1):249-258Avelar-Pereira B; Phillips CM; Hosseini SMH
- Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S17)Gozdas E; Avelar‐Pereira B; Hosseini H
- Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S16)Hosseini H; Avelar‐Pereira B; Gozdas E
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2023;279:120323Gustavsson J; Johansson J; Falahati F; Andersson M; Papenberg G; Avelar-Pereira B; Backman L; Kalpouzos G; Salami A
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2023;28(6):2423-2432Avelar-Pereira B; Belloy ME; O'Hara R; Hosseini SMH; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
- Article: SCIENTIFIC DATA. 2022;9(1):616Richie-Halford A; Cieslak M; Ai L; Caffarra S; Covitz S; Franco AR; Karipidis II; Kruper J; Milham M; Avelar-Pereira B; Roy E; Sydnor VJ; Yeatman JD; Fibr Community Science Consortium; Satterthwaite TD; Rokem A
- Article: BRAIN CONNECTIVITY. 2022;12(3):275-284Avelar-Pereira B; Tam GK-Y; Hosseini SMH
- Article: ENEURO. 2022;9(2):ENEURO.0413-ENEU21.2022Li X; Salami A; Avelar-Pereira B; Backman L; Persson J
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;242:118449Pedersen R; Geerligs L; Andersson M; Gorbach T; Avelar-Pereira B; Wahlin A; Rieckmann A; Nyberg L; Salami A
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2020;96:68-78Avelar-Pereira B; Backman L; Wahlin A; Nyberg L; Salami A
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2018;183:495-503Salami A; Avelar-Pereira B; Garzon B; Sitnikov R; Kalpouzos G
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2018;28(7):2525-2539Salami A; Rieckmann A; Karalija N; Avelar-Pereira B; Andersson M; Wahlin A; Papenberg G; Garrett DD; Riklund K; Loevden M; Lindenberger U; Backman L; Nyberg L
- Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;9:152Avelar-Pereira B; Backman L; Wahlin A; Nyberg L; Salami A
All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023Gustavsson J; Johansson J; Falahati F; Andersson M; Papenberg G; Avelar-Pereira B; Bäckman L; Kalpouzos G; Salami A
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022Richie-Halford A; Cieslak M; Ai L; Caffarra S; Covitz S; Franco AR; Karipidis II; Kruper J; Milham M; Avelar-Pereira B; Roy E; Sydnor VJ; Yeatman J; Consortium TFCS; Satterthwaite TD; Rokem A
- Doctoral thesis: 2019Avelar Pereira B