Kimberly Sullivan | Profiles RNS

Kimberly A Sullivan, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Dept of Environmental Health

PhD, Boston University

Websites

	School of Public Health Faculty
	Gulf War Illness Consortium
	CDMRP feature video of Gulf War Illness Research

ORCID : 0000-0001-7940-6123

Dr. Sullivan is a Research Assistant 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 intranasal insulin, 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.

BU Sponsored Research

HMGB1, Chlorpyrifos, and Persistent GWI-like Neuropathology
09/30/2018 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
Trustees of Indiana University NIH NIEHS
1R01ES029835-01

Microtubule-Based Therapy for Neurodegeneration in Gulf War Illness: Studies with hiPSC-Derived Neurons from Gulf War Veterans.
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
Drexel University DOD Army Med Resrch

Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) for GWI
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

Examination of Neuroimaging, Cognitive Functioning and Plasma Markers in a longitudinal Cohort of Gulf War Deployed Veterans: The Ft. Devens Cohort
09/30/2016 - 09/29/2020 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

Gulf War Women's Health Cohort
09/30/2016 - 09/29/2020 (PI)
Augusta University DOD Army Med Resrch

Examination of Plasma PON1 Paraoxonase Activity and Genotype in Gulf War Veterans
09/30/2016 - 09/29/2019 (PI)
Northern California Institute for Research and Education DOD Army Med Resrch

Novel Autoantibody Serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in veterans with gulf war illness
09/01/2015 - 09/29/2019 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

Brain Immune Interactions as the basis of Gulf War Illness: Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC)
09/30/2013 - 09/29/2019 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity Dept of Defense

Intranasal insulin: a novel treatment for Gulf War multi-symptom illness
09/30/2012 - 09/29/2019 (PI)
Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Dept of Defense

Novel Combinatorial Screening for Neurotrophins, neuropoietic cytokines, matrix metalloproteinases and Complement componenets in relevance to the Neuronal Autoantibodies in the serum and CSF of Vetera
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
Duke University DOD Army Med/Mat Cmd

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Heboyan V, Krengel MH, Sullivan K, Iobst S, Klimas N, Wilson C, Coughlin SS. Sex Differences in Gulf War Illness: A Reanalysis of Data From the CDC Air Force Study Using CDC and Modified Kansas Case Definitions. J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Jul; 61(7):610-616.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
PMID: 31090678.
Zundel CG, Krengel MH, Heeren T, Yee MK, Grasso CM, Janulewicz Lloyd PA, Coughlin SS, Sullivan K. Rates of Chronic Medical Conditions in 1991 Gulf War Veterans Compared to the General Population. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 03 16; 16(6).View Related Profiles.
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy
PMID: 30884809; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16060949;.
Klimas N, Cohen D, McNeil R, Sullivan K. DoD/VA Gulf War Illness Common Data Elements (CDEs) Committee Report. 2018. View Publication
Janulewicz P, Krengel M, Quinn E, Heeren T, Toomey R, Killiany R, Zundel C, Ajama J, O'Callaghan J, Steele L, Klimas N, Sullivan K. The Multiple Hit Hypothesis for Gulf War Illness: Self-Reported Chemical/Biological Weapons Exposure and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Sci. 2018 Nov 13; 8(11).View Related Profiles.
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
Killiany, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy
PMID: 30428552; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8110198;.
Joshi U, Evans JE, Joseph R, Emmerich T, Saltiel N, Lungmus C, Oberlin S, Langlois H, Ojo J, Mouzon B, Paris D, Mullan M, Jin C, Klimas N, Sullivan K, Crawford F, Abdullah L. Oleoylethanolamide treatment reduces neurobehavioral deficits and brain pathology in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 27; 8(1):12921. PMID: 30150699; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31242-7;.
Seth RK, Kimono D, Alhasson F, Sarkar S, Albadrani M, Lasley SK, Horner R, Janulewicz P, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Sullivan K, Chatterjee S. Increased butyrate priming in the gut stalls microbiome associated-gastrointestinal inflammation and hepatic metabolic reprogramming in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2018 07 01; 350:64-77.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
Janulewicz, Patricia
PMID: 29751049; DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.05.006;.
Maule AL, Janulewicz PA, Sullivan KA, Krengel MH, Yee MK, McClean M, White RF. Meta-analysis of self-reported health symptoms in 1990-1991 Gulf War and Gulf War-era veterans. BMJ Open. 2018 02 13; 8(2):e016086.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
McClean, Michael
Janulewicz, Patricia
White, Roberta
PMID: 29440208; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016086;.
Coughlin SS, Sullivan K. Study Protocol: Southern Women Veterans' Health Study. Ann Epidemiol Public Health. 2018; 1(1). PMID: 30345424.
Sullivan K, Krengel M, Bradford W, Stone C, Thompson TA, Heeren T, White RF. Neuropsychological functioning in military pesticide applicators from the Gulf War: Effects on information processing speed, attention and visual memory. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2018 Jan - Feb; 65:1-13.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
White, Roberta
Heeren, Timothy
PMID: 29126934; DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.11.002;.
Coughlin SS, Krengel M, Sullivan K, Pierce PF, Heboyan V, Wilson LCC. A Review of Epidemiologic Studies of the Health of Gulf War Women Veterans. J Environ Health Sci. 2017; 3(2).View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
PMID: 29034324.

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Koo BB, Michalovicz LT, Calderazzo S, Kelly KA, Sullivan K, Killiany RJ, O'Callaghan JP. Corticosterone potentiates DFP-induced neuroinflammation and affects high-order diffusion imaging in a rat model of Gulf War Illness. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Jan; 67:42-46.View Related Profiles.
Koo, Bang-bon
Sullivan, Kimberly
Killiany, Ronald
PMID: 28782715.
Yee MK, Janulewicz PA, Seichepine DR, Sullivan KA, Proctor SP, Krengel MH. Multiple Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Associated with Increased Rates of Health Symptoms and Gulf War Illness in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans. Brain Sci. 2017 Jul 09; 7(7).View Related Profiles.
Seichepine, Daniel
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
PMID: 28698487.
Rao AN, Patil A, Brodnik ZD, Qiang L, España RA, Sullivan KA, Black MM, Baas PW. Pharmacologically increasing microtubule acetylation corrects stress-exacerbated effects of organophosphates on neurons. Traffic. 2017 Jul; 18(7):433-441. PMID: 28471062.
Janulewicz PA, Krengel MH, Maule A, White RF, Cirillo J, Sisson E, Heeren T, Sullivan K. Neuropsychological characteristics of Gulf War illness: A meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0177121.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
White, Roberta
Heeren, Timothy
PMID: 28520755.
Qiang L, Rao AN, Mostoslavsky G, James MF, Comfort N, Sullivan K, Baas PW. Reprogramming cells from Gulf War veterans into neurons to study Gulf War illness. Neurology. 2017 May 16; 88(20):1968-1975.View Related Profiles.
Mostoslavsky, Gustavo
Sullivan, Kimberly
PMID: 28507260.
Emmerich T, Zakirova Z, Klimas N, Sullivan K, Shetty AK, Evans JE, Ait-Ghezala G, Laco GS, Hattiangady B, Shetty GA, Mullan M, Crynen G, Abdullah L, Crawford F. Phospholipid profiling of plasma from GW veterans and rodent models to identify potential biomarkers of Gulf War Illness. PLoS One. 2017; 12(4):e0176634. PMID: 28453542; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176634;.
Abou-Donia MB, Conboy LA, Kokkotou E, Jacobson E, Elmasry EM, Elkafrawy P, Neely M, Bass CR', Sullivan K. Screening for novel central nervous system biomarkers in veterans with Gulf War Illness. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2017 05; 61:36-46. PMID: 28286177; DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.03.002;.
Abdullah L, Evans JE, Joshi U, Crynen G, Reed J, Mouzon B, Baumann S, Montague H, Zakirova Z, Emmerich T, Bachmeier C, Klimas N, Sullivan K, Mullan M, Ait-Ghezala G, Crawford F. Translational potential of long-term decreases in mitochondrial lipids in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness. Toxicology. 2016 Nov 30; 372:22-33. PMID: 27931520; DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2016.10.012;.
Abdullah L, Evans JE, Joshi U, Crynen G, Reed J, Mouzon B, Baumann S, Montague H, Zakirova Z, Emmerich T, Bachmeier C, Klimas N, Sullivan K, Mullan M, Ait-Ghezala G, Crawford F. Long title: Translational potential of long-term decreases in mitochondrial lipids in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness. Toxicology. 2016 Oct 29. PMID: 27984134.
Yee MK, Seichepine DR, Janulewicz PA, Sullivan KA, Proctor SP, Krengel MH. Self-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury, Health and Rate of Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans From the 1990-1991 Gulf War. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2016 Sep-Oct; 31(5):320-8.View Related Profiles.
Seichepine, Daniel
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
PMID: 26291628; DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000173;.
Robertson FC, Sullivan K, Holtman Z, Meintjes EM, Janulewicz PA, London L. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. Herbicide Exposure and Brain Volumes in South African Farmers. 2016.
Krengel MH, Yee M, Nolan T, Janulewicz Lloyd PA, Sullivan K & Seichepine DR. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. Multiple Self-Reported Exposures to Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurotoxicants Predict Current Total Health Symptoms in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans. 2016.
Yee, M., Seichepine DR, Nolan T, Janulewicz Lloyd PA, Sullivan K & Krengel MH. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. Multiple Self-Reported Brain Injuries are Associated with Increased Health Symptoms in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans. 2016.
White RF, Steele L, O'Callaghan JP, Sullivan K, Binns JH, Golomb BA, Bloom FE, Bunker JA, Crawford F, Graves JC, Hardie A, Klimas N, Knox M, Meggs WJ, Melling J, Philbert MA, Grashow R. Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment. Cortex. 2016 Jan; 74:449-75.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
White, Roberta
PMID: 26493934; PMCID: PMC4724528; DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.08.022;.
Yee, M., Seichepine, D., Janulewicz Lloyd P., Sullivan, K. & Krengel, M. 43rd Annual Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. History of Pre-War Brain Injuries Influences Total Current Health Symptoms in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans. Abstract. 2015; 8.
Seichepine, D., Yee M., Janulewicz Lloyd P., Sullivan, K. & Krengel, M. 43rd Annual Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Frequency of Traumatic Brain Injuries in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans. Abstract. 2015; 14.
Maule, A., Janulewicz, P., Krengel, M., White, RF, Judd, S., Cirillo, J., Sullivan, K. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. A meta-analysis of Self-reported Neurological and Neuropsychological Symptoms in Gulf War Veterans. 2015; 9.
Binns, J., Bloom, F., Bunker, J., Crawford, F., Golomb, B., Graves, J., Klimas, N., O’Callaghan, J., Ondra, S., Philbert, M., Steele, L., White, R., Barlow, C., Hardie, A., Knox, M., Meggs, W., Sullivan, K., Melling, J. . Report of the VA Federal Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses. Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans: Research Update and Recommendations, 2009-2013. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, DC. 2014. View Publication
Seichepine, D., Yee M., Januelwicz Lloyd P., Sullivan, K. & Krengel, M. 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Chronicity of Health Symptoms in the Ft. Devens Cohort. International Neuropsychological Society. Abstract. 2014; 165.
Sullivan, K., Krengel, M, Janulewicz, P. & Chamberlain, J. . An overview of toxicant exposures in veteran cohorts from Vietnam to Iraq. In Amara, J. & Hendricks, A.(editors).Military Medical Care: From Predeployment to Post-separation. Abingdon: Routledge publishers. 2013.
Ellenbogen, J., Grace, S., Heiger-Bernays, W., Manwell, J., Mills, D., Sullivan, K. & Weisskopf, M. . Expert Panel Report for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel, prepared for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 2012.
White, RF., Sullivan, K. Response to is Gulf War Illness “Real”: The jury is still out by DR Orme. Federal Practioner. 2011.
White, RF., Sullivan, K. The ‘Reality’ of Gulf War Illness. Response to is Gulf War Illness “Real”: The jury is still out by DR Orme. Federal Practitioner. 2011; 28(3):38-39.
Sullivan, K. & Krengel, M. International Neuropsychological Society, 39th Annual Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Hippocampal volumes and visual memory differences in neurotoxicant exposed Gulf War veterans: a pilot study. Abstract. 2011; 17:201.
Krengel, M. & Sullivan, K. International Neuropsychological Society, 38th Annual Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Societ. Independent neuropsychological effects of pesticide exposures in military pesticide applicators from Gulf War I. Abstract. 2010; 34.
Sullivan, K., Krengel, M. Comtois, C., White, RF. Abstract. International Neuropsychological Society, 37th Annual Meeting Program and Abstract Book. Neuropsychological Functioning in Military Pesticide Applicators from Gulf War I. 2009; 34.
Sullivan, K., Krengel, M. Comtois, C., White, RF. International Neuropsychological Society, 37th Annual Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Neuropsychological Functioning in Military Pesticide Applicators from Gulf War I. Abstract. 2009; 34.
Chevrier C, Sullivan K, White RF, Comtois C, Cordier S, Grandjean P. Qualitative assessment of visuospatial errors in mercury-exposed Amazonian children. Neurotoxicology. 2009 Jan; 30(1):37-46.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
White, Roberta
PMID: 18992767; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2008.09.012;.
Krengel, M, Comtois, C, Sullivan, K & White R. International Neuropsychological Society, 36th Annual Meeting Program and Abstract Book. The Cognitive Correlates of Chronic Multisymptom Illness in GWI Military Pesticide Applicators. 2008; 103.
Sullivan K, Krengel M, Honn V, Proctor S, White RF. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Neuropsychological functioning in Gulf War veterans potentially exposed to chemical weapons at Khamisiyah, Iraq. 2003; 9(2):263.
Sullivan, K., Krengel, M., Proctor, S. P., Devine, S., Heeren, T., & White, R. F. . Cognitive functioning in treatment-seeking Gulf War veterans: pyridostigmine bromide use and PTSD. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 2003; 25:95-102. View Publication
Grandjean P, White RF, Sullivan K, Debes F, Murata K, Otto DA, Weihe P. Impact of contrast sensitivity performance on visually presented neurobehavioral tests in mercury-exposed children. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2001 Mar-Apr; 23(2):141-6.View Related Profiles.
Sullivan, Kimberly
White, Roberta
PMID: 11348831.
Krengel M, White RF, Proctor S, Wolfe J, Heeren T, Sullivan K, Devine S. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Neuropsychological deficits in treatment-seeking Persian Gulf War-era veterans. 2000; 6:230.
Krengel, M, White, RF, Proctor, S, Wolfe, J, Sullivan, K. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Neuropsychological test methods in assessment of neurotoxicant exposure in Persian Gulf War-era veterans, Abstract. 1998; 4(3):228.
White, RF, McNulty, K, Debes, F, Grandjean, P. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Validation and application of tests for use in developmental behavioral toxicology, Abstract. 1998; 4(3):228.
McNulty Sullivan, K, White, RF, Grandjean, P, Neilson, A, Dos Santos, E, Cleary, D. Epidemiology. Neuropsychological deficits in Brazilian children exposed to mercury, Abstract. 1998.
White RF, Grandjean P, Nielsen A, dos Santos E, McNulty K. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Neuropsychological correlates of methylmercury exposure in Brazilian children. 1998; 4:47.
Seshadri S, Wolf PA, Beiser A, Au R, McNulty K, White R, D'Agostino RB. Lifetime risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The impact of mortality on risk estimates in the Framingham Study. Neurology. 1997 Dec; 49(6):1498-504.View Related Profiles.
Beiser, Alexa
Sullivan, Kimberly
Wolf, Philip
D'Agostino, Ralph
Au, Rhoda
Seshadri, Sudha
PMID: 9409336.
McNulty, K, Au, R, White,RF, Myers, R, Seshadri, S, Knoefel, J, Beiser, A, D’Agostino, RB, Wolf, PA. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. Estrogen replacement therapy in association with dementia in the Framingham Study, Abstract. 1997; 3(1):35.
Myers RH, Schaefer EJ, Wilson PW, D'Agostino R, Ordovas JM, Espino A, Au R, White RF, Knoefel JE, Cobb JL, McNulty KA, Beiser A, Wolf PA. Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 association with dementia in a population-based study: The Framingham study. Neurology. 1996 Mar; 46(3):673-7.View Related Profiles.
Beiser, Alexa
Sullivan, Kimberly
Wolf, Philip
D'Agostino, Ralph
Au, Rhoda
Myers, Richard
White, Roberta
PMID: 8618665.
McNulty, K, Au, R, White, RF, Kelly-Hayes, M, Kase, CS, Wolf, PA, Odell,P, D’Agostino,RB. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. Use of the MMSE as a discriminant test for stroke in the Framingham Study, Abstract. 1993; 15:65.

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