Michelle Dunk

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About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher in Weili Xu’s geriatric epidemiology research group at the Aging Research Center. I have research experience spanning the fields of epidemiology, medicine, cognitive neuroscience, and health psychology.

Education:
BS, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2015
MA, University of Denver, 2017
MS, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2019
PhD, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2022

Research

The primary goal of my research is to identify lifestyle-related strategies to prevent chronic diseases and promote healthy aging. My doctoral research focused on the involvement of dietary cholesterol and fat, blood lipids, and oxysterols in APOE-related risk for Alzheimer's disease. My current research examines relationships between dietary patterns, cardiometabolic risk factors, and dementia.

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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2024;224(6):213-220

Association of cognitive reserve with the risk of dementia in the UK Biobank: role of polygenic factors.

Yang W; Wang J; Dove A; Dunk MM; Qi X; Bennett DA; Xu W
Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING. 2024;28(6):100225

The association of the dietary inflammatory potential with risk of overall and site-specific cancers: A community-based longitudinal study in the UK Biobank.

Liang J; Yang R; Da H; Wang J; Maimaitiyiming M; Qi X; Dunk MM; Xu W
Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2024;20(5):3696-3704

Plasma oxysterols are associated with serum lipids and dementia risk in older women.

Dunk MM; Rapp SR; Hayden KM; Espeland MA; Casanova R; Manson JE; Shadyab AH; Wild R; Driscoll I
Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2024;43(4):943-950

Association of a low-inflammatory diet with survival among adults: The role of cardiometabolic diseases and lifestyle.

Da H; Yang R; Liang J; Wang J; Yang W; Dunk MM; Qi X; Xu W
Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2024;20(2):1190-1200

Associations of the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet with brain structural markers and their changes.

Chen H; Dunk MM; Wang B; Zhao M; Shen J; Zong G; Pan Y; Tong L; Xu W; Yuan C
Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2023;21(1):483

A low-inflammatory diet is associated with a lower incidence of diabetes: role of diabetes-related genetic risk.

Yang R; Lin J; Yang H; Dunk MM; Wang J; Xu W; Wang Y
Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(12):5742-5754

Associations of dietary cholesterol and fat, blood lipids, and risk for dementia in older women vary by APOE genotype.

Dunk MM; Li J; Liu S; Casanova R; Chen J-C; Espeland MA; Hayden KM; Manson JE; Rapp SR; Shadyab AH; Snetselaar LG; Van Horn L; Wild R; Driscoll I
Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2023;98:104862

Trajectories of olfactory identification preceding incident mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a longitudinal study.

Guo J; Dove A; Wang J; Laukka EJ; Ekström I; Dunk MM; Bennett DA; Xu W
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2022;227(5):748.e1-748.e13

Association of life-course reproductive duration with mortality: a population-based twin cohort study.

Li X; Wang S; Dunk M; Yang W; Qi X; Sun Z; Xu W
Article: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 2022;28(5):452-459

Baseline Differences in Long-term Survivors and Nonsurvivors of the Colorado/Columbia Fetal Implant Trial.

McRae C; Dunk M; Russell D; Ellgring H; Stern Y; Greene P; Fahn S; Henchcliffe C
Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2022;85(4):1519-1528

Total Cholesterol and APOE-Related Risk for Alzheimer's Disease in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

Dunk MM; Driscoll I; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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Editorial comment: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2023;118(2):347-348

Could dietary nitrate affect dementia development?

Carballo-Casla A; Dunk MM; Donat-Vargas C; Xu W

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