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)

The relationship between age and physical activity as objectively measured by accelerometers in older adults with and without dementia.
(2025 Jan-Dec)
Digit Health 11(): 20552076251330808
Brown K, Shutes-David A, Payne S, Jankowski A, Wilson K, Seto E, Tsuang DW
Concordance and test-retest consistency of sleep biomarker-based neurodegenerative disorder profiling.
(2024 Dec 28)
Sci Rep 14(1): 31234
Levendowski DJ, Tsuang D, Chahine LM, Walsh CM, Berka C, Lee-Iannotti JK, Salat D, Fischer C, Mazeika G, Boeve BF, Strambi LF, Lewis SJG, Neylan TC, Louis EKS
Curation and validation of electronic medical record-based dementia diagnoses in the VA Million Veteran Program.
(2025 Jan)
J Alzheimers Dis 103(1): 180-193
Merritt VC, Zhang R, Sherva R, Ly MT, Marra D, Panizzon MS, Tsuang DW, Hauger RL, MVP Cognitive Decline and Dementia During Aging Working Group, VA Million Veteran Program, Logue MW
Missense and loss-of-function variants at GWAS loci in familial Alzheimer's disease.
(2024 Nov)
Alzheimers Dement 20(11): 7580-7594
Gunasekaran TI, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Faber KM, Goate A, Boeve B, Cruchaga C, Pericak-Vance M, Haines JL, Rosenberg R, Tsuang D, Mejia DR, Medrano M, Lantigua RA, Sweet RA, Bennett DA, Wilson RS, Alba C, Dalgard C, Foroud T, Vardarajan BN, Mayeux R
Association of CSF α-Synuclein Seeding Amplification Assay Results With Clinical Features of Possible and Probable Dementia With Lewy Bodies.
(2024 Aug 13)
Neurology 103(3): e209656
Coughlin DG, MacLeod KR, Middleton JS, Bozoki AC, Galvin JE, Irwin DJ, Lippa CF, Litvan I, Lopez OL, Berman S, Tsuang DW, Zabetian CP, Honig LS, Marder KS, Fleisher JE, Sabbagh M, Wint D, Taylor AS, Bekris L, Leverenz JB, Galasko D
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