Jennifer J. Manly, PhD

Academic Appointments

Professor of Neuropsychology (in Neurology, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Jennifer Manly, PhD is a Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology at the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research in Aging and Alzheimer’s disease at Columbia University. She completed her graduate training in neuropsychology at the San Diego State University / University of California at San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. After a clinical internship at Brown University, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University. Her research on cultural, medical, and genetic predictors of cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease among African Americans and Hispanics has been funded by the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 8 chapters.

In 2002 she was awarded the Early Career Award from Division 40 of the American Psychological Association, and in 2004 she was elected a Fellow of APA. She serves on the US Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care and Services, and is a member of the Alzheimer’s Association Medical & Scientific Research Board. She currently serves as a member at large on the Board of Governors of the International Neuropsychological Society.

Dr. Manly aims to improve the diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological tests when used to detect cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease among African American and Hispanic elders. This work clarifies the independent influences of language, acculturation, educational experiences, racial socialization, and socioeconomic status on cognitive test performance, with the ultimate goal of understanding more about the relationship between culture and cognition. Recent work focuses on the specificity of cognitive tasks in detecting subtle cognitive decline among illiterate and low-literacy older adults. This work has important implications for determining the complex influence of reading and writing skills on brain function.

Departmental Appointments

Department of Neurology
Division of Cognitive Neuroscience
Division of Aging and Dementia

Areas of Expertise

Neuropsychology
Clinical Neuropsychology
Neuropsychological Assessment
Neuropsychological Testing
Neuropsychological Testing Battery
Neuropsychology Consult

Education and Training

University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Internship: Brown University/Miriam Hospital

Centers / Institutes / Programs

Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center

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Past Positions

2001 American Psychological Association – Division 40 Program Committee Co-Chair

2002 American Psychological Association – Division 40 Program Committee Chair

2002 – 2005 Steering Committee, American Psychological Association Division 40 Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee

2003 – 2006 American Psychological Association – Division 40 Member-at-Large

2005 – 2012 Chair of Continuing Education Program, International Neuropsychological Society

2005 - 2007 Member, American Psychological Association Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs

2005 – 2007 National Board of Directors, Alzheimer’s Association

2006 – 2007 Member, American Psychological Association Integrated Health Care for An Aging Population Presidential Task Force

2007 – 2012 American Psychological Association – Division 40 Council Representative

2007 - 2010 Member, American Psychological Association Board of Scientific Affairs

2011 – 2013 American Psychological Association – Division 45 Member-at-Large

2011 – present Member, Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services

2012 – present Member, Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Alzheimer’s Association

Committees / Societies / Memberships

1991 – present International Neuropsychological Society

1995 – present American Psychological Association

Honors and Awards

1994 Awarded the Dorathe Frick Memorial Award, for contribution to the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

2003 Early Career Award, American Psychological Association Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology)

2005 Fellow, American Psychological Association Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology)

2006 Early Career Award, National Academy of Neuropsychology

Research Interests

Cognitive aging
Cultural and educational experience
Neuropsychology

Grants

08/15/11 – 08/14/14 Cognitive Function Among Offspring of Diverse Elders With and Without Alzheimer's; Alzheimer's Association

NIH Grants

ENHANCING RETROSPECTIVE LIFE HISTORY DATA IN THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2019 - Jun 30 2024
BLOOD PRESSURE AND ADRD IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: THE JACKSON HEART STUDY (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2019 - May 31 2024
METFORMIN IN ALZHEIMER S DEMENTIA PREVENTION (MAP) (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 2019 - Apr 30 2024
HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY YRS 29- 34: HARMONIZED COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL (HCAP) (Federal Gov)
Jan 1 2018 - Dec 31 2023
HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY YRS 29-34 (Federal Gov)
Jan 1 2018 - Dec 31 2023
THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIET AND ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Mar 1 2019 - Nov 30 2023
COLUMBIA CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON ALZHEIMER S DISEASE DISPARITIES (CIRAD) (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2018 - Jun 30 2023
TAU PET IMAGING IN RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MIDDLE AGED ADULTS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2018 - Jun 30 2023
COGNITIVEFUNCTION, ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS IN THE HAALSI COHORT (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2018 - May 31 2023
CHILD MALTREATMENT AND RISK FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2018 - May 31 2023
OLFACTORY IMPAIRMENT IN OFFSPRING STUDY OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2018 - May 31 2023
ARE THERE ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN AMYLOID AND TAU IN THE SEVENTH DECADE OF LIFE? (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - Apr 30 2023
SUMMER OF TRANSLATIONAL AGING RESEARCH FOR UNDERGRADUATES (STARU) (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2018 - Apr 30 2023
ARE THERE ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN AMYLOID AND TAU IN THE SEVENTH DECADE OF LIFE? (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - Apr 30 2023
TAU PET IMAGING IN RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE MIDDLE AGED ADULTS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2018 - Mar 31 2023
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COHORTS FOR THE ADSP FOLLOW UP STUDY (FUS) (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2017 - Aug 31 2022
CONTINUATION OF THE GLYCEMIA REDUCTION APPROACHES IN DIABETES: A COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS (GRADE) STUDY (Federal Gov)
Sep 6 2017 - Jul 31 2022
THE EFFECT OF LOWER PRESSURE OVER THE LIFE COURSE ON LATE-LIFE COGNITION IN BLACK (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - May 31 2022
TESTING OLFACTION IN PRIMARY CARE TO DETECT ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS (TOPAD) (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2017 - May 31 2022
RESILIENCE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - May 31 2022
ARE THERE ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN AMYLOID AND TAU IN THE SEVENTH DECADE OF LIFE? (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2017 - Apr 30 2022
SCHOOL QUALITY AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE IN PROJECT TALENT (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2016 - Jun 30 2021
BILINGUALISM AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT A FAMILY HISTORY OF DEMENTIA (Private)
Jul 1 2018 - Jun 30 2021
WHICAP -GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CEREBROVASCULAR FACTORS IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2016 - Jun 30 2021
BIOLOGICAL AGING IN OLDER HIV-INFECTED AFRICAN AMERICANS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2017 - May 31 2021
OFFSPRING STUDY OF MECHANISMS OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2016 - Mar 31 2021
COORDINATING CENTER FOR GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (CGAD) (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2016 - Feb 28 2021
EDUCATIONAL AND EARLY LIFE PREDICTORS OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: NEW EVIDENCE ABOUT MEDIATORS AND MODERATORS FROM HIGH SCHOOL & BEYOND (Federal Gov)
May 15 2019 - Feb 28 2021
COORDINATING CENTER FOR GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (CGAD) (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2016 - Feb 28 2021
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE (NYS) (NY State Gov)
Jul 1 2016 - Feb 28 2021
VASCULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA AND STROKE IN A BI-RACIAL NATIONAL SAMPLE (Federal Gov)
Feb 15 2018 - Jan 31 2021
13/22 DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM OUTCOMES STUDY (DPPOS) PHASE 3 - RESEARCH PROJECT (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 1994 - Jan 31 2021
13/22 DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM OUTCOMES STUDY (DPPOS) PHASE 3 - RESEARCH PROJECT (Federal Gov)
Aug 15 1994 - Jan 31 2021
ARMADA: ADVANCING RELIABLE MEASUREMENT IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND COGNITIVE AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2017 - Sep 30 2020
THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE MYGOALS RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2019 - Aug 31 2020
ARMADA: ADVANCING RELIABLE MEASUREMENT IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND COGNITIVE AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2017 - Aug 31 2020
ARMADA: ADVANCING RELIABLE MEASUREMENT IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND COGNITIVE AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2017 - Apr 30 2020
WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITIES IN AGING AND DEMENTIA (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2016 - Aug 31 2019
BIOLOGICAL AGING IN OLDER HIV-INFECTED AFRICAN AMERICANS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2017 - May 31 2019
PSYCHOSOCIAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2016 - Mar 30 2019
VASCULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA AND STROKE IN A BI-RACIAL NATIONAL SAMPLE (Federal Gov)
Feb 15 2018 - Jan 31 2019
HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY YRS 29- 34: HARMONIZED COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL (HCAP) (Federal Gov)
Jan 1 2018 - Mar 31 2018
HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY YRS 29-34 (Federal Gov)
Jan 1 2018 - Mar 31 2018
ETIOLOGY OF GEOGRAPHIC AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STROKE (Federal Gov)
Dec 1 2015 - Nov 30 2017
GLYCEMIC REDUCTION APPROACHES FOR DIABETES: A COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVE STUDY (Federal Gov)
Dec 1 2012 - Jul 31 2017
MRI,GENETIC AND COGNITIVE PRECURSORS OF AD AND DEMENTIA (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2012 - May 31 2017
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BIOMARKERS OF RISK AND PROGRESSION IN LOAD (Federal Gov)
May 1 2010 - Apr 30 2017
COORDINATING CENTER FOR GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (CGAD) (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2016 - Feb 28 2017
RE-VISITING METHODS FOR MCI DIAGNOSIS TO IMPROVE BIOMARKER AND TRIAL FINDINGS (Federal Gov)
Mar 15 2016 - Feb 28 2017
ETIOLOGY OF GEOGRAPHIC AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN STROKE (Federal Gov)
Oct 18 2016 - Jan 17 2017
PSYCHOSOCIAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2016 - Dec 29 2016
PSYCHOSOCIAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2014 - Aug 31 2016
PSYCHOSOCIAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2014 - Apr 30 2016
ALZHEIMER S DISEASE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (Federal Gov)
Jun 15 2015 - Mar 31 2016
WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITIES IN AGING AND DEMENTIA (Federal Gov)
Mar 15 2010 - Feb 29 2016
COLUMBIA CENTER FOR THE HEALTH OF URBAN MINORITIES (Federal Gov)
Feb 10 2003 - Jan 31 2016
INTERDISCIPLINARY LIFECOURSE APPROACHES TO AFRICAN AMERICAN COGNITIVE AGING (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2012 - Aug 31 2015
OFFSPRING OF ETHNICALLY DIVERSE PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT ALZHEIMER S DISEASE (Private)
Apr 1 2012 - Mar 31 2015
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS (Federal Gov)
Sep 15 2007 - Jun 30 2014
COGNITION IN THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM (Federal Gov)
Apr 15 2009 - Jan 31 2014
PILOT TRIAL OF METFORMIN IN AMNESTIC MCI (Federal Gov)
May 15 2008 - Apr 30 2013
GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AMONG AFRICAN AME RICANS (Private)
Apr 1 2008 - Mar 31 2011
HEALTH AND COGNITION AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN (Private)
Jun 1 2006 - Dec 31 2010
COGNITIVE TEST PERFORMANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ELDERS (Federal Gov)
Jul 1 1999 - Jul 31 2010
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DEMENTIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY (Federal Gov)
Feb 1 1989 - Jun 30 2010
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
Sep 29 1989 - May 31 2010
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Federal Gov)
Sep 29 1989 - May 31 2010

Department of Neurology