Kimberly A Sullivan, PhD

Dr. Sullivan is a Research Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health department of Environmental Health and the former Associate Scientific Director for the Congressionally-directed Research Advisory Committee (RAC) on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. She is a behavioral neuroscientist and the Principal Investigator (PI) on the large multi-site Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) that includes 9 study sites and is designed to determine the pathobiology of Gulf War Illness (GWI). She is also the PI of the large, multi-site Gulf War Illness Biorepository Network (BBRAIN) designed to share biospecimens and foster collaboration with other GWI researchers. She is also site PI for multiple treatment trials including Co-enzyme Q10 and D-cycloserine to treat cognitive and fatigue problems in veterans with GWI and multiple phase I/II trials of the multi-site GWI Clinical Trials Consortium (GWICTIC). Dr. Sullivan has worked in the field of aging and behavioral neurotoxicology since 1992. She has also coordinated field studies in neurotoxicology (i.e., pesticides, methylmercury), neurobehavioral outcomes and the effects of physical stressors and genetic predisposition to disease on cognitive functioning in Alzheimer's disease, stroke and Parkinson disease.


Translational Impact of Genetic Susceptibility to Complex Toxic Exposome in Blood-Brain Barrier Function and Age-Related Neurological Outcomes in GWI
09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


Contribution of Cellular Senescence and Brain Aging to Cognitive Dysfunction in GWI
09/30/2023 - 09/29/2026 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


Immune-genetic Biomarkers of Risk and Resiliency for GWI
06/29/2023 - 09/29/2025 (Subcontract PI)
University of Adelaide DOD Army Med Resrch


Confirmation of the Low Glutamate Diet as a Treatment for Gulf War Illness
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
American University DOD Army Med Resrch


Enrichment of Data Collection for the Boston Biorepository and Integrative Network for GWI: The Non-Exclusionary Wave (NEW BBRAIN) Cohort
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


Tracking Neuroinflammation in GWI from Brain-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in the Blood
09/01/2020 - 08/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Texas A&M University DOD ArmyMedResMatCmd


Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) for GWI
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2025 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


Incidence of MCI and hippocampal atrophy in deployed Gulf War Veterans
07/15/2021 - 07/14/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. DOD ArmyMedResMatCmd


Are Tau Proteins in Blood and PET Images Related to Gulf War Illness and Risk of Comorbid Neurological Disorders?
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2025 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


Identifying Objective Diagnostic Markers of Gulf War Illness: Salivary and Plasma Autoantibodies against Neural Proteins Validated with Brain Imaging
09/01/2021 - 04/30/2025 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


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  1. Cheng CH, Guan Y, Chiplunkar VP, Mortazavi F, Medalla ML, Sullivan K, O'Callaghan JP, Koo BB, Kelly KA, Michalovicz LT. Nerve agent exposure and physiological stress alter brain microstructure and immune profiles after inflammatory challenge in a long-term rat model of Gulf War Illness. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2024 Dec; 42:100878.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39430882; PMCID: PMC11489046; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100878;
     
  2. Krengel M, Sullivan K, Zundel CG, Keating D, Orlinsky L, Bradford W, Stone C, Thompson TA, Heeren T, White RF. Toxicant Exposures and Health Symptoms in Military Pesticide Applicators from the 1991 Gulf War. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Aug 26.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39190332
     
  3. Trivedi A, Bose D, Moffat K, Pearson E, Walsh D, Cohen D, Skupsky J, Chao L, Golier J, Janulewicz P, Sullivan K, Krengel M, Tuteja A, Klimas N, Chatterjee S. Gulf War Illness Is Associated with Host Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Is Linked to Altered Species Abundance in Veterans from the BBRAIN Cohort. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Aug 21; 21(8).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39200711; PMCID: PMC11354743; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21081102;
     
  4. Abou-Donia MB, Krengel MH, Lapadula ES, Zundel CG, LeClair J, Massaro J, Quinn E, Conboy LA, Kokkotou E, Nguyen DD, Abreu M, Klimas NG, Sullivan K. RETRACTED: Abou-Donia et al. Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 148. Brain Sci. 2024 Aug 05; 14(8).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39199542; PMCID: PMC11353100; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14080790;
     
  5. Abou-Donia MB, Lapadula ES, Krengel MH, Quinn E, LeClair J, Massaro J, Conboy LA, Kokkotou E, Abreu M, Klimas NG, Nguyen DD, Sullivan K. RETRACTED: Abou-Donia et al. Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with Gulf War Illness from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls. Brain Sci. 2020, 10, 610. Brain Sci. 2024 Jul 29; 14(8).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39199540; PMCID: PMC11284766; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14080758;
     
  6. Steele L, Furlong CE, Richter RJ, Marsillach J, Janulewicz PA, Krengel MH, Klimas NG, Sullivan K, Chao LL. PON1 Status in Relation to Gulf War Illness: Evidence of Gene-Exposure Interactions from a Multisite Case-Control Study of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jul 24; 21(8).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39200575; PMCID: PMC11353671; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21080964;
     
  7. Krengel M, Keating D, Chao L, Dugas J, Koo B, Heeren T, Quinn E, Toomey R, Steele L, Klimas N, Samonte F, Abdullah L, Sullivan K. Characterizing 1991 Gulf War women veterans from the Boston Biorepository and Integrative Network for Gulf War Illness: Demographics, exposures, neuroimaging and cognitive outcomes. Clin Neuropsychol. 2024 Aug; 38(6):1454-1467.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38692856; DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2024.2344263;
     
  8. Chao LL, Sullivan K, Krengel MH, Killiany RJ, Steele L, Klimas NG, Koo BB. The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in Gulf War veterans: a follow-up study. Front Neurosci. 2023; 17:1301066.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38318196; PMCID: PMC10838998; DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1301066;
     
  9. Sultana E, Shastry N, Kasarla R, Hardy J, Collado F, Aenlle K, Abreu M, Sisson E, Sullivan K, Klimas N, Craddock TJA. Disentangling the effects of PTSD from Gulf War Illness in male veterans via a systems-wide analysis of immune cell, cytokine, and symptom measures. Mil Med Res. 2024 Jan 02; 11(1):2. PMID: 38167090; PMCID: PMC10759613; DOI: 10.1186/s40779-023-00505-4;
     
  10. Keating D, Krengel M, Dugas J, Toomey R, Chao L, Steele L, Janulewicz LP, Heeren T, Quinn E, Klimas N, Sullivan K. Cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans: associations with Gulf War illness and neurotoxicant exposures in the Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) cohorts. Environ Health. 2023 Oct 04; 22(1):68.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37794452; PMCID: PMC10548744; DOI: 10.1186/s12940-023-01018-2;
     
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2020 CDC/ATSDR: Charles C. Shepard Science Award for Best Paper: Finalist
2019 Boston University Center for Military Health: Soaring Eagle Award
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