Weili Xu
About me
Professor in Geriatric Epidemiology
I have a bachelor’s degree in medicine and a master's in Epidemiology. In 2008, I earned a PhD degree in Geriatric Epidemiology. After that, I worked as a postdoc, Research Associate, Senior researcher and Senior lecturer for 14 years till 2023. As a main supervisor, I have supervised 7 PhD students with 5 defended at KI.
Research
My research has been focusing on cardio- and metabolic-disorder, nutrition, brain/cognitive aging and dementing disorders. Specific research lines of major interest are (1) the impact of cardio-metabolic disorders on brain aging and cognitive phenotypes from cognitive aging, and cognitive impairment to dementia, (2) the role of nutrition and diet in cognitive aging, (3) the influences of poor sensory function on cognitive decline and brain MRI changes, (4) the exploration of compensatory factors for dementia risk in cardio-metabolic diseases, and (5) dementia and care utilization.
Group memebers:
Abigail Dove, PhD student
Sakura Sakakibara, PhD student
Michelle Dunk, Postdoc
Johan Fastbom, Professor
Jie Guo, Postdoc (affiliated)
Anders Sköldunger, Associate Professor (affiliated)
Research funding:
FORTE
Swedish Research Council
Konung Gustaf V:s och Drottning Victorias Frimurarestiftelse
Alzheimerfonden
Articles
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2024;:bjsports-2023-108048
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(11):e2445309
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2024;120(5):1185-1194
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. 2024;126:105527
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2024;47(10):1794-1802
- Article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2024;67(1):e58
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2024;13(17):e033249
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2024;:jnnp-2024-333837
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(8):e2427125
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2024;103(2):e209530
- Article: ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2024;16(1):161
- Article: SLEEP MEDICINE. 2024;119:179-186
- Article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2024;67(1):e45
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2024;224(6):213-220
- Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING. 2024;28(6):100225
- Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2024;43(4):943-950
- Article: ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA: DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT AND DISEASE MONITORING. 2024;16(2):e12566
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH & MEDICINE. 2024;29(3):574-588
- Article: AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS. 2024;95:102254
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2024;20(2):1190-1200
- Article: JPAD-JOURNAL OF PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2024;11(6):1712-1720
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2024;79(1):glad192
- Article: JPAD-JOURNAL OF PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2024;11(4):1140-1147
- Article: JPAD-JOURNAL OF PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2024;11(1):222-229
- Article: JPAD-JOURNAL OF PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2024;11(3):739-748
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2024;79(1):glad111
- Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2023;21(1):483
- Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2023;98:104862
- Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S17)
- Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S22)
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2023;96(1):125-134
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2023;101(17):e1718-e1728
- Article: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 2023;888:164253
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2023;118(2):347-348
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2023;94(s1):S141-S158
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2023;94(2):585-595
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(7):2765-2773
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS. 2023;162(1):309-316
- Article: INNOVATION IN AGING. 2023;7(2):igad006
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(3):821-830
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2023;44(7):573-582
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2023;78(1):143-150
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;38(1):83-93
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(1):217-225
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(1):208-216
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2022;77(12):2524-2531
- Article: AGE AND AGEING. 2022;51(12):afac299
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2022;79(12):1180-1187
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2022;18(12):2551-2559
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2022;227(5):748.e1-748.e13
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2022;77(10):2093-2101
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2022;77(10):2116-2122
- Article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2022;65(1):e63
- Article: AGING-US. 2022;14(15):6081-6093
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2022;11(15):e025969
- Article: AGING-US. 2022;14(15):5984-6005
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2022;18(7):1335-1344
- Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2022;20(1):138
- Article: DIABETOLOGY & METABOLIC SYNDROME. 2022;14(1):11
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2022;85(1):295-308
- Article: FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE. 2022;9:856260
- Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2021;40(12):5764-5770
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2021;17(12):1914-1922
- Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2021;40(11):5467-5474
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2021;17(11):1769-1778
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2021;97(17):e1695-e1706
- Article: AGE AND AGEING. 2021;50(5):1666-1674
- Article: AGE AND AGEING. 2021;50(5):1657-1665
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2021;18(1):120
- Article: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2021;33(8):2183-2190
- Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2021;40(8):4838-4844
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2021;17(8):1383-1390
- Article: AGING-US. 2021;13(13):17080-17096
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2021;162(1):142-147
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(6):e048030
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2021;44(3):690-698
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2021;64(3):530-539
- Article: AGE AND AGEING. 2021;50(2):480-487
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2021;17(2):191-204
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2020;16(11):1534-1543
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2020;21(10):1458-1463.e2
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2020;9(18):e017346
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2020;16(7):1003-1012
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2020;16(6):873-882
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2020;75(20):2525-2534
- Article: AGING-US. 2020;12(9):8536-8548
- Article: AGING-US. 2020;12(4):3730-3746
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2020;16(2):316-325
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY. 2020;23(1):29-36
- Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2019;38(6):2813-2820
- Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2019;76(10):1184-1191
- Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2019;199:281-288
- Article: AGING-US. 2019;11(18):7605-7619
- Article: CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH. 2019;16(7):622-632
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2019;16(9):e1002899
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2019;286(3):326-340
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2019;20(9):1163-1168.e3
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2019;62(8):1403-1411
- Article: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2019;86(1):68-78
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2019;144(9):2128-2134
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2019;92(7):e700-e709
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2019;58(1):345-356
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2019;67(2):246-253
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2019;67(1):315-325
- Article: DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS. 2019;48(1-2):56-67
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2019;15(1):25-33
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2018;10(9):E1297-1297
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2018;143(4):793-800
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2018;67:23-30
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2018;73(3):400-406
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2018;10(2):E229-229
- Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2018;73(2):233-239
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY. 2018;9:349
- Article: ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY. 2017;44(6):495-501
- Article: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2017;29(4):793-800
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2017;281(6):601-610
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27(2):251-256
- Article: JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION. 2017;31(4):263-269
- Article: ENDOCRINE. 2017;55(1):179-185
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:37486
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:33082
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2016;53(3):1069-1078
- Article: JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2016;14(1):110
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2016;52(1):213-222
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2016;70(3):320-325
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2016;39(2):300-307
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;26(1):182-187
- Article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2016;12(2):100-109
- Article: MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION. 2016;2016:5912146-10
- Article: OBESITY FACTS. 2016;9(1):17-28
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2015;12(7):e1001853
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(3):e0119582
- Article: JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. 2014;28(6):863-868
- Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2014;17(5):1177-1189
- Article: MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT. 2014;136:59-69
- Article: MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT. 2014;136:3-13
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2013;37(2):357-365
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2013;36(2):275-284
- Article: DIABETIC MEDICINE. 2013;30(6):E201-E207
- Article: DIABETIC MEDICINE. 2013;30(5):E157-E162
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2013;34(1):13-21
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2012;33(2):507-515
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2012;33(10):2282-2290
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2012;31(4):835-842
- Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DIABETES. 2012;36(3):108-113
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2012;29(2):393-403
- Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE AND VITAMINOLOGY. 2012;58(5):339-345
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2012;19(1):155-162
- Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2011;21(10):718-779
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2011;76(18):1568-1574
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2011;23(3):461-469
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2011;34(1):66-70
- Article: DIABETES. 2010;59(11):2928-2935
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2010;20(1):293-300
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2009;52(6):1031-1039
- Article: DIABETES. 2009;58(1):71-77
- Article: DIABETES. 2007;56(1):211-216
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2004;63(7):1181-1186
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2000;9(3):245-246
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All other publications
- Other: THE LANCET. HEALTHY LONGEVITY. 2023;4(6):e241-e242
- Review: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING. 2021;25(10):1190-1204
- Letter: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2019;286(6):728-729
- Review: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2015;11(9):1098-1109
- Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;173(3):544-545
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY. 2013;26(3):239-243
- Review: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 2012;1822(3):482-491
- Corrigendum: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2012;22(3):237-238
- Review: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2010;20(3):689-697
- Thesis / dissertation: 2008
Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2022 - 31 December 2024
Employments
- Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2013
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2008