Faculty

Debby W. Tsuang

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Medical Genetics

206-277-1333

Education

MD University of Iowa, 1988

Contact

206-277-1333

Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System
VAPSHCS (116-6E)
1660 S. Columbian Way
Mail Stop: GRECC-182
Seattle, WA 98108

Research Areas

Research Interests

  • Clinical-neuropathology of dementing disorders
  • Psychosis in dementia genetics
  • Endophenotypes of schizophrenia

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Varenicline as a Repurposable Drug Candidate for ADRD Prevention.
(2026 Sep 20)
medRxiv
Ma P, Zhou J, Cheng Y, McGeary JE, Taveira TH, Ahmed A, Wu WC, Zamrini E, Dugger BN, Sevilla LNC, Nations JA, Shao Y, Yin Y, Tsuang DW, Logue MW, Ayandeh S, Faselis C, Nelson SJ, Zeng-Treitler Q
Plasma multi-miRNA models classify Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Lewy body dementia.
(2026)
Front Aging Neurosci 18(): 1788991
Sandau US, Wiedrick JT, McFarland TJ, Yearout D, Zabetian CP, Hu SC, Tsuang DW, Quinn JF, Saugstad JA
Medication-Wide Association Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Identifying Drug Candidates from Electronic Health Records through Explainable AI.
(2026 Jun 3)
medRxiv
Shao Y, Yin Y, Cheng Y, McGeary JE, Taveira TH, Tsuang DW, Logue MW, Ayandeh S, Ahmed A, Zamrini E, Zeng-Treitler Q
A Genome-wide Association Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia in a Large Multi-ancestry Military Cohort Identifies Many New Dementia-Associated Loci.
(2026 May 7)
medRxiv
Sherva R, Bayly H, Zhang R, Harrington K, Mez J, Miller MW, Tsuang D, Wolf E, Zeng Q, Le Guen Y, Tejeda M, VA Million Veteran Program, MVP Cognitive Decline and Dementia During Aging Working Group, Gaziano JM, Panizzon MS, Hauger RL, Merritt VC, Farrer LA, Logue MW
Can objective measures of physical activity and sleep serve as early predictors of dementia among individuals with cognitive impairment?
(2025 Dec 15)
medRxiv
Orr VL, Brown K, Wilson K, Dean P, Hu SC, Levendowski D, Seto E, Shutes-David A, Payne S, Cho Y, Tsuang DW
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