معرفی
Sara Pudas is an Associate Professor at Umeå University's Department of Psychology, specializing in cognitive aging and long-term memory mechanisms. Her research investigates brain structure and function relationships, biological markers of aging, and lifestyle influences on cognitive health.
Research focuses on longitudinal predictors of dementia, neuropsychiatric symptom trajectories, and heterogeneity in brain aging patterns. Work integrates neuroimaging, epigenetic biomarkers, and advanced statistical modeling to understand cognitive resilience and decline across the lifespan.
Recent publications examine telomere dynamics, DNA methylation biomarkers for Alzheimer's prediction, and educational impacts on cognitive differences across European and US cohorts. Methodological contributions include Bayesian approaches for longitudinal data with dropout and explainable AI for clinical neuroimaging applications.
