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

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 the Principal Investigator (PI) on the currently funded large multi-site Gulf War Illness Consortium study that includes 9 study sites and is designed to determine the pathobiology of Gulf War Illness (GWI). She is also the site PI on a treatment trial of intranasal insulin to treat cognitive problems in veterans with GWI, a treatment trial of D-cycloserine to treat GWI and for a PET imaging study of neuroinflammation in veterans with GWI. She was also the Principal Investigator of a study of cognition and structural MRI neuroimaging in pesticide exposed Gulf War veterans. Dr. Sullivan has worked in the field of behavioral neurotoxicology since 1995. She has 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.

BU Sponsored Research

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

Tau Pathology as a contributor to Gulf War Illness and a basis for potential therapy
09/01/2017 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
Drexel University DOD Army Med Resrch

Novel Autoantibody Serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in veterans with gulf war illness
09/01/2015 - 09/29/2018 (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 - 09/29/2018 (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 - 09/29/2018 (PI)
Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Dept of Defense

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Kimberly Sullivan
03/01/2017 - 02/28/2018 (PI)
Miami VA Healthcare System

An In-Vivo Investigation of Brain Inflammation in Gulf War Illness with Integrated PET/MR Imaging
09/30/2014 - 09/29/2017 (PI)
Massachusetts General Hospital DOD Army Med Resrch

Microtubule Abnormalities Underlying Gulf War Illness in Neurons from Human-Induced Pluripotent Cells
09/01/2015 - 08/31/2017 (PI)
Drexel University DOD Army Med Resrch

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

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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;.

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.

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;.

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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;.

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;.

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

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.

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;.

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. PMID: 11348831.

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
Au, Rhoda
Seshadri, Sudha

PMID: 9409336.

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
Au, Rhoda
Myers, Richard
White, Roberta

PMID: 8618665.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 23 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017