Anita L. DeStefano, PhD
Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Biostatistics

PhD, Cornell University
MS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
BS, Cornell University



Anita L. DeStefano, Ph.D. is Professor of Biostatistics and Neurology and Graduate Affair Faculty Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion. She was an inaugural Associate Director of the BU Genome Science Institute and served in that position from 2008 through 2018. She was Co-Director of the Biostatistics Program, which grants MA and Ph.D degrees in Biostatistics for 10 years and is current Director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Statistical Genetics. Dr. DeStefano developed a course in Statistical Genetics (BS858), which is taught to MPH, Biostatistics Program, and other graduate students. She is also co-PI of the BU Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics (SIBS) program, which strives to introduce a diverse group of students into the vibrant field of Biostatistics. She has taught or served as course coordinator for Introduction to Statistical Computing (BS723) for over 18 years. Dr. DeStefano has been instrumental in developing research computing resources for BUMC. She currently is co-chair of the BU IS&T Research Computing Governance Committee.

Her main research interest is statistical genetics. She was an investigator in the multi-national GenePD study working to identify the genes contributing Parkinson Disease. Dr. DeStefano is also a senior statistical geneticist for the Framingham Heart Study focusing on stroke, Alzheimer disease and related endophenotypes including brain MRI measures. She is a key member of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium Neurology working group and of the TOPMed Neurocognitive working group and International Genomics of Alzheimer Disease (IGAP) consortium. She currently leads analyses and serves as co-chair of the QC working group within the Alzheimer Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP). Dr. DeStefano is contact PI for the multi-site NIA U01 project "Therapeutic target discovery in ADSP data via comprehensive whole-genome analysis incorporating ethnic diversity and systems approaches". She also leads an RNA sequencing project in human post-mortem brain tissue focused on long-term obesity status prior to death.

Investigator
Framingham Heart Study


Boston Medical Center


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Boston University
Genome Science Institute




Assessing Alzheimer disease risk and heterogeneity using machine learning approaches
09/15/2022 - 08/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Anita L. DeStefano, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Worcester NIH NIA
5U01AG068221-03

Therapeutic target discovery in ADSP data via comprehensive whole-genome analysis incorporating ethnic diversity and systems approaches
09/30/2018 - 08/31/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
3U01AG058589-05S1

Boston University Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics
03/15/2019 - 05/31/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R25HL147221-03

ADSP Follow-up in Multi-Ethnic Cohorts via Endophenotypes, Omics & Model Systems
12/01/2017 - 05/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio NIH NIA
5U01AG052409-04

Assessing Alzheimer disease risk and heterogeneity using multimodal machine learning approaches
09/15/2021 - 12/31/2021 (Multi-PI)
PI: Anita L. DeStefano, PhD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
1U01AG068221-01A1

CHARGE: Identifying Risk & Protective SNV for AD in ADSP Case-control Sample
12/01/2017 - 05/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio NIH NIA
7U01AG049505-05

Boston University Summer Institute for Research Training in Biostatistics
01/15/2016 - 12/31/2019 (Multi-PI)
PI: Anita L. DeStefano, PhD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R25HL131491-03

Obesity Brain Expression
07/29/2014 - 05/31/2019 (PI)
NIH/National Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
5R01DK099269-04

Boston University Summer Institute in Biostatistics
03/01/2013 - 02/28/2016 (Co-Investigator)
PI: Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5T15HL097791-06

Boston University Summer Institute in Biostatistics
08/20/2009 - 02/28/2013 (Co-Investigator)
PI: Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5T15HL097791-03

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Assessing Alzheimer disease risk and heterogeneity using multimodal machine learning approaches 5U01AG068221-04
2023 Assessing Alzheimer disease risk and heterogeneity using multimodal machine learning approaches 5U01AG068221-03
2022 BU Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics and Data Science 1R25AI166897-01
2022 Assessing Alzheimer disease risk and heterogeneity using multimodal machine learning approaches 7U01AG068221-02
2022 Therapeutic target discovery in ADSP data via comprehensive whole-genome analysis incorporating ethnic diversity and systems approaches 5U01AG058589-05
2021 Assessing Alzheimer disease risk and heterogeneity using multimodal machine learning approaches 1U01AG068221-01A1
2021 Boston University Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics 5R25HL147221-03
2021 Therapeutic target discovery in ADSP data via comprehensive whole-genome analysis incorporating ethnic diversity and systems approaches 3U01AG058589-04S1 2
2021 Therapeutic target discovery in ADSP data via comprehensive whole-genome analysis incorporating ethnic diversity and systems approaches 5U01AG058589-04 2
2021 Therapeutic target discovery in ADSP data via comprehensive whole-genome analysis incorporating ethnic diversity and systems approaches 3U01AG058589-03S1 2
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  1. Lee WP, Choi SH, Shea MG, Cheng PL, Dombroski BA, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Wang H, Bulekova K, Kuzma AB, Leung YY, Farrell JJ, Lin H, Kunkle BW, Naj A, Blue EE, Nusetor F, Wang D, Boerwinkle E, Bush WS, Zhang X, De Jager PL, Dupuis J, Farrer LA, Fornage M, Martin E, Pericak-Vance M, Seshadri S, Wijsman EM, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Destefano AL, Haines JL, Peloso GM. Association of common and rare variants with Alzheimer's disease in more than 13,000 diverse individuals with whole-genome sequencing from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Oct 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39428839; DOI: 10.1002/alz.14283;
     
  2. Krüger DM, Pena-Centeno T, Liu S, Park T, Kaurani L, Pradhan R, Huang YN, Risacher SL, Burkhardt S, Schütz AL, Wan Y, Shaw LM, Brodsky AS, DeStefano AL, Lin H, Schroeder R, Krunic A, Hempel N, Sananbenesi F, Blusztajn JK, Saykin AJ, Delalle I, Nho K, Fischer A. The plasma miRNAome in ADNI: Signatures to aid the detection of at-risk individuals. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Sep 18.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39291752; DOI: 10.1002/alz.14157;
     
  3. Xu H, Gupta S, Dinsmore I, Kollu A, Cawley AM, Anwar MY, Chen HH, Petty LE, Seshadri S, Graff M, Below P, Brody JA, Chittoor G, Fisher-Hoch SP, Heard-Costa NL, Levy D, Lin H, Loos RJ, Mccormick JB, Rotter JI, Mirshahi T, Still CD, Destefano A, Cupples LA, Mohlke KL, North KE, Justice AE, Liu CT. Integrating Genetic and Transcriptomic Data to Identify Genes Underlying Obesity Risk Loci. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 12.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38903089; PMCID: PMC11188121; DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.11.24308730;
     
  4. Wang Y, Sarnowski C, Lin H, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Choi SH, Wang D, Bis JC, Blue EE, Boerwinkle E, De Jager PL, Fornage M, Wijsman EM, Seshadri S, Dupuis J, Peloso GM, DeStefano AL. Key variants via the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project whole genome sequence data. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 May; 20(5):3290-3304.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38511601; PMCID: PMC11095439; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13705;
     
  5. Leung YY, Naj AC, Chou YF, Valladares O, Schmidt M, Hamilton-Nelson K, Wheeler N, Lin H, Gangadharan P, Qu L, Clark K, Kuzma AB, Lee WP, Cantwell L, Nicaretta H, Haines J, Farrer L, Seshadri S, Brkanac Z, Cruchaga C, Pericak-Vance M, Mayeux RP, Bush WS, Destefano A, Martin E, Schellenberg GD, Wang LS. Human whole-exome genotype data for Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 23; 15(1):684.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38263370; PMCID: PMC10805795; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44781-7;
     
  6. Lary CW, Ghatan S, Gerety M, Hinton A, Nagarajan A, Rosen C, Ross RD, Bennett DA, DeStefano AL, Ikram MA, Rivadeneira F, Kiel DP, Seshadri S, Beiser A. Bone mineral density and the risk of incident dementia: A meta-analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jan; 72(1):194-200.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37933827; PMCID: PMC10829515; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18638;
     
  7. Wang D, Scalici A, Wang Y, Lin H, Pitsillides A, Heard-Costa N, Cruchaga C, Ziegemeier E, Bis JC, Fornage M, Boerwinkle E, De Jager PL, Wijsman E, Dupuis J, Renton AE, Seshadri S, Goate A, DeStefano AL, Peloso GM. Frequency of Variants in Mendelian Alzheimer's Disease Genes within the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP). medRxiv. 2023 Oct 25.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37961373; PMCID: PMC10635182; DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.24.23297227;
     
  8. Lee WP, Choi SH, Shea MG, Cheng PL, Dombroski BA, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Wang H, Bulekova K, Kuzma AB, Leung YY, Farrell JJ, Lin H, Naj A, Blue EE, Nusetor F, Wang D, Boerwinkle E, Bush WS, Zhang X, De Jager PL, Dupuis J, Farrer LA, Fornage M, Martin E, Pericak-Vance M, Seshadri S, Wijsman EM, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Destefano AL, Haines JL, Peloso GM. Association of Common and Rare Variants with Alzheimer's Disease in over 13,000 Diverse Individuals with Whole-Genome Sequencing from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 02.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37693521; PMCID: PMC10491367; DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.01.23294953;
     
  9. Wang Y, Sarnowski C, Lin H, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Choi SH, Wang D, Bis JC, Blue EE, Boerwinkle E, De Jager PL, Fornage M, Wijsman EM, Seshadri S, Dupuis J, Peloso GM, DeStefano AL. Key variants via Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project whole genome sequence data. medRxiv. 2023 Aug 29.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37693453; PMCID: PMC10491364; DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.28.23294631;
     
  10. de Rojas I, Moreno-Grau S, Tesi N, Grenier-Boley B, Andrade V, Jansen IE, Pedersen NL, Stringa N, Zettergren A, Hernández I, Montrreal L, Antúnez C, Antonell A, Tankard RM, Bis JC, Sims R, Bellenguez C, Quintela I, González-Perez A, Calero M, Franco-Macías E, Macías J, Blesa R, Cervera-Carles L, Menéndez-González M, Frank-García A, Royo JL, Moreno F, Huerto Vilas R, Baquero M, Diez-Fairen M, Lage C, García-Madrona S, García-González P, Alarcón-Martín E, Valero S, Sotolongo-Grau O, Ullgren A, Naj AC, Lemstra AW, Benaque A, Pérez-Cordón A, Benussi A, Rábano A, Padovani A, Squassina A, de Mendonça A, Arias Pastor A, Kok AAL, Meggy A, Pastor AB, Espinosa A, Corma-Gómez A, Martín Montes A, Sanabria Á, DeStefano AL, Schneider A, Haapasalo A, Kinhult Ståhlbom A, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Hartmann AM, Spottke A, Corbatón-Anchuelo A, Rongve A, Borroni B, Arosio B, Nacmias B, Nordestgaard BG, Kunkle BW, Charbonnier C, Abdelnour C, Masullo C, Martínez Rodríguez C, Muñoz-Fernandez C, Dufouil C, Graff C, Ferreira CB, Chillotti C, Reynolds CA, Fenoglio C, Van Broeckhoven C, Clark C, Pisanu C, Satizabal CL, Holmes C, Buiza-Rueda D, Aarsland D, Rujescu D, Alcolea D, Galimberti D, Wallon D, Seripa D, Grünblatt E, Dardiotis E, Düzel E, Scarpini E, Conti E, Rubino E, Gelpi E, Rodriguez-Rodriguez E, Duron E, Boerwinkle E, Ferri E, Tagliavini F, Küçükali F, Pasquier F, Sanchez-Garcia F, Mangialasche F, Jessen F, Nicolas G, Selbæk G, Ortega G, Chêne G, Hadjigeorgiou G, Rossi G, Spalletta G, Giaccone G, Grande G, Binetti G, Papenberg G, Hampel H, Bailly H, Zetterberg H, Soininen H, Karlsson IK, Alvarez I, Appollonio I, Giegling I, Skoog I, Saltvedt I, Rainero I, Rosas Allende I, Hort J, Diehl-Schmid J, Van Dongen J, Vidal JS, Lehtisalo J, Wiltfang J, Thomassen JQ, Kornhuber J, Haines JL, Vogelgsang J, Pineda JA, Fortea J, Popp J, Deckert J, Buerger K, Morgan K, Fließbach K, Sleegers K, Molina-Porcel L, Kilander L, Weinhold L, Farrer LA, Wang LS, Kleineidam L, Farotti L, Parnetti L, Tremolizzo L, Hausner L, Benussi L, Froelich L, Ikram MA, Deniz-Naranjo MC, Tsolaki M, Rosende-Roca M, Löwenmark M, Hulsman M, Spallazzi M, Pericak-Vance MA, Esiri M, Bernal Sánchez-Arjona M, Dalmasso MC, Martínez-Larrad MT, Arcaro M, Nöthen MM, Fernández-Fuertes M, Dichgans M, Ingelsson M, Herrmann MJ, Scherer M, Vyhnalek M, Kosmidis MH, Yannakoulia M, Schmid M, Ewers M, Heneka MT, Wagner M, Scamosci M, Kivipelto M, Hiltunen M, Zulaica M, Alegret M, Fornage M, Roberto N, van Schoor NM, Seidu NM, Banaj N, Armstrong NJ, Scarmeas N, Scherbaum N, Goldhardt O, Hanon O, Peters O, Skrobot OA, Quenez O, Lerch O, Bossù P, Caffarra P, Dionigi Rossi P, Sakka P, Mecocci P, Hoffmann P, Holmans PA, Fischer P, Riederer P, Yang Q, Marshall R, Kalaria RN, Mayeux R, Vandenberghe R, Cecchetti R, Ghidoni R, Frikke-Schmidt R, Sorbi S, Hägg S, Engelborghs S, Helisalmi S, Botne Sando S, Kern S, Archetti S, Boschi S, Fostinelli S, Gil S, Mendoza S, Mead S, Ciccone S, Djurovic S, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Riedel-Heller S, Kuulasmaa T, Del Ser T, Lebouvier T, Polak T, Ngandu T, Grimmer T, Bessi V, Escott-Price V, Giedraitis V, Deramecourt V, Maier W, Jian X, Pijnenburg YAL, Kehoe PG, Garcia-Ribas G, Sánchez-Juan P, Pastor P, Pérez-Tur J, Piñol-Ripoll G, Lopez de Munain A, García-Alberca JM, Bullido MJ, Álvarez V, Lleó A, Real LM, Mir P, Medina M, Scheltens P, Holstege H, Marquié M, Sáez ME, Carracedo Á, Amouyel P, Schellenberg GD, Williams J, Seshadri S, van Duijn CM, Mather KA, Sánchez-Valle R, Serrano-Ríos M, Orellana A, Tárraga L, Blennow K, Huisman M, Andreassen OA, Posthuma D, Clarimón J, Boada M, van der Flier WM, Ramirez A, Lambert JC, van der Lee SJ, Ruiz A. Author Correction: Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores. Nat Commun. 2023 Feb 09; 14(1):716.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36759603; PMCID: PMC9911386; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36192-x;
     
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Bar chart showing 170 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2014

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