Oluchi Ekenze, MBBS, MS
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Neurology




Oluchi Ekenze has over 20 years of well-rounded experience in clinical care, clinical research, and medical education within the healthcare industry, serving at various levels and in diverse capacities in health promotion and clinical research. She is deeply committed to advancing strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

She has trained and mentored medical students and resident doctors in Nigeria, fostering the next generation of medical professionals. Her research interests focus on cerebral small vessel diseases and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with a particular emphasis on identifying early markers of these conditions and understanding the impact of subclinical vascular brain injury.

With a strong background in Internal Medicine, General Neurology, and Clinical Research, Dr. Ekenze brings extensive competencies in patient care for neurological diseases, scientific data management, research proposal development, and statistical analysis using R. She has also served in multiple leadership capacities, demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Her current research goals include exploring racial, ethnic, and sex-related differences in cerebral small vessel diseases and subclinical vascular brain injury to better inform equitable healthcare approaches.

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  1. Romero JR, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Aparicio HJ, Lioutas VA, Charidimou A, Beiser A, Ekenze O, Himali JJ, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Mohammed S. Lifelong trajectories of modifiable vascular risk factors and relation to cerebral small vessel disease in the Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2026 Jan 19.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41646706; PMCID: PMC12870598; DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.16.26344309;
     
  2. Pinheiro A, Aparicio H, Lioutas VA, Beiser A, Ekenze O, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Higher Burden of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Is Associated With Risk of Incident Stroke in Community-Dwelling Individuals. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Nov 18; 14(22):e040263.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41195792; PMCID: PMC12887212; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.040263;
     
  3. Pinheiro A, Ekenze O, Aparicio HJ, Beiser AS, Decarli CS, Demissie S, Seshadri S, Romero JR. Multimarker Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Score and Risk of Incident Dementia in the Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2025 Oct 07; 105(7):e214113.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40953349; PMCID: PMC12443037; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214113;
     
  4. Araujo-Contreras R, Pinheiro AA, Ekenze O, Sisto J, Aparicio HJ, Beiser A, Himali JJ, Lioutas V, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Multi-marker cerebral small vessel disease score and risk of incident depression: The Framingham Heart Study. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jan 01; 392:120089.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40848767; PMCID: PMC12900167; DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120089;
     
  5. Ekenze O, Pinheiro A, Beiser AS, Lioutas VA, Aparicio HJ, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease and Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Burden. Brain Sci. 2025 Jul 29; 15(8).View Related Profiles. PMID: 40867146; PMCID: PMC12385141; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci15080813;
     
  6. Ekenze O, Seiler S, Pinheiro A, DeCarli C, Parva P, Habes M, Charidimou A, Maillard P, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Relation of MRI visible perivascular spaces with global and regional brain structural connectivity measures: The Framingham Heart Study (FHS). Neurobiol Aging. 2025 Jun; 150:1-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40043467; PMCID: PMC11981825; DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2025.02.007;
     
  7. Pinheiro A, Aparicio H, Lioutas V, Beiser A, Ekenze O, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Higher burden of cerebral small vessel disease is associated with risk of incident stroke in community dwelling individuals. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 15.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39606408; PMCID: PMC11601694; DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.13.24317296;
     
  8. Petrea RE, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Ekenze O, Aparicio HJ, Satizabal CL, Maillard P, DeCarli C, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Lioutas VA, Rafael Romero J. Hypertension Trends and White Matter Brain Injury in the Offspring Framingham Heart Study Cohort. Hypertension. 2024 Jan; 81(1):87-95.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37855140; PMCID: PMC10896002; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21264;
     
  9. Rodriguez Lara F, Toro AR, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Ekenze O, Martinez O, Parva P, Charidimou A, Ghosh S, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Habes M, Maillard P, Romero JR. Relation of MRI-Visible Perivascular Spaces and Other MRI Markers of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 14; 13(9).View Related Profiles. PMID: 37759924; PMCID: PMC10527297; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13091323;
     
  10. Ekenze O, Pinheiro A, Demissie S, Charidimou A, Beiser AS, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Romero JR. Inflammatory biomarkers and MRI visible perivascular spaces: The Framingham Heart Study. Neurobiol Aging. 2023 Jul; 127:12-22.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37018882; PMCID: PMC10198814; DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.03.001;
     
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