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Steve Nguyen

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Title(s)Assistant Professor In Residence, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
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Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    University of California Irvine, Irvine, CABS10/2011Biological Sciences
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MNMPH05/2015Epidemiology
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MNPhD05/2020Epidemiology

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    Dr. Steve Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. He has research expertise in epidemiology, aging, physical activity and sedentary behavior, multi-omics (epigenetics and proteomics), and Alzheimer's disease related dementias (ADRD). Dr. Nguyen's research focuses on identifying the biological mechanisms linking physical activity, aging, and ADRD.

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    Plasma proteomic signatures of physical activity and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
    NIH R00AG082863Sep 1, 2023 - Feb 28, 2029
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Plasma proteomic signatures of physical activity and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
    NIH K99AG082863Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Epigenetic Clocks of Biological Aging and Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Aging Cell. 2026 Mar; 25(3):e70424. Nguyen S, Lu AT, Horvath S, Espeland MA, Rapp SR, Maihofer AX, Nievergelt CM, LaCroix AZ, McEvoy LK, Resnick SM, Beckman K, Shadyab AH. PMID: 41721741; PMCID: PMC12928021.
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    2. Associations of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Incident Clinical Osteoporotic Fractures Among Older Women: The Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Study. J Aging Phys Act. 2026 Feb 02; 1-13. Nguyen S, Crandall CJ, Bellettiere J, LaMonte MJ, LaCroix AZ. PMID: 41633354.
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    3. Associations of Epigenetic Age Estimators With Cognitive Function Trajectories in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Neurology. 2024 Jul 09; 103(1):e209534. Nguyen S, McEvoy LK, Espeland MA, Whitsel EA, Lu A, Horvath S, Manson JE, Rapp SR, Shadyab AH. PMID: 38857479; PMCID: PMC11226313.
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    4. Loneliness, social isolation, and cardiovascular disease among nonveteran and Veteran women. J Women Aging. 2024 Nov-Dec; 36(6):492-503. Yarish NM, Posis AIB, Nguyen S, Weitlauf J, Bellettiere J, Saquib N, Richey PA, Allison M, Kroenke C, Goveas JS, Coday M, LaCroix AZ. PMID: 38659158; PMCID: PMC11499287.
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    5. Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Heart Failure Risk in Women Aged 63 to 99 Years. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Apr 01; 9(4):336-345. LaMonte MJ, LaCroix AZ, Nguyen S, Evenson KR, Di C, Stefanick ML, Hyde ET, Anuskiewicz B, Eaton CB. PMID: 38381446; PMCID: PMC10882503.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Prospective Associations of Accelerometer-Measured Machine-Learned Sedentary Behavior With Death Among Older Women: The OPACH Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Mar 05; 13(5):e031156. Nguyen S, Bellettiere J, Anuskiewicz B, Di C, Carlson J, Natarajan L, LaMonte MJ, LaCroix AZ. PMID: 38410939; PMCID: PMC10944026.
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    7. Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sitting with incident mild cognitive impairment or probable dementia among older women. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 07; 19(7):3041-3054. Nguyen S, LaCroix AZ, Hayden KM, Di C, Palta P, Stefanick ML, Manson JE, Rapp SR, LaMonte MJ, Bellettiere J. PMID: 36695426; PMCID: PMC10366337.
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    8. Agreement of Step-Based Metrics From ActiGraph and ActivPAL Accelerometers Worn Concurrently Among Older Adults. J Meas Phys Behav. 2022 Dec; 5(4):242-251. Hyde ET, Nguyen S, Tuz-Zahra F, Moore CC, Greenwood-Hickman MA, Walker RL, Natarajan L, Rosenberg D, Bellettiere J. PMID: 36816711; PMCID: PMC9934009.
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    9. Integrative analysis of clinical and epigenetic biomarkers of mortality. Aging Cell. 2022 06; 21(6):e13608. Huan T, Nguyen S, Colicino E, Ochoa-Rosales C, Hill WD, Brody JA, Soerensen M, Zhang Y, Baldassari A, Elhadad MA, Toshiko T, Zheng Y, Domingo-Relloso A, Lee DH, Ma J, Yao C, Liu C, Hwang SJ, Joehanes R, Fornage M, Bressler J, van Meurs JBJ, Debrabant B, Mengel-From J, Hjelmborg J, Christensen K, Vokonas P, Schwartz J, Gahrib SA, Sotoodehnia N, Sitlani CM, Kunze S, Gieger C, Peters A, Waldenberger M, Deary IJ, Ferrucci L, Qu Y, Greenland P, Lloyd-Jones DM, Hou L, Bandinelli S, Voortman T, Hermann B, Baccarelli A, Whitsel E, Pankow JS, Levy D. PMID: 35546478; PMCID: PMC9197414.
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    10. Accelerometer-Derived Daily Life Movement Classified by Machine Learning and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women: The OPACH Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 03; 11(5):e023433. Nguyen S, Bellettiere J, Wang G, Di C, Natarajan L, LaMonte MJ, LaCroix AZ. PMID: 35191326; PMCID: PMC9075073.
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    11. Associations between DNA methylation and BMI vary by metabolic health status: a potential link to disparate cardiovascular outcomes. Clin Epigenetics. 2021 12 22; 13(1):230. Do WL, Nguyen S, Yao J, Guo X, Whitsel EA, Demerath E, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Lange L, Ding J, Van Den Berg D, Liu Y, Justice AE, Guan W, Horvath S, Assimes TL, Bhatti P, Jordahl K, Shadyab A, Valencia CI, Stein AD, Smith A, Staimez LR, Conneely K, Narayan KMV. PMID: 34937574; PMCID: PMC8697469.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    12. The short physical performance battery and incident heart failure among older women: the OPACH study. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Dec; 8:100247. Bellettiere J, Nguyen S, Eaton CB, Liles S, Laddu-Patel D, Di C, Stefanick ML, LaCroix AZ, LaMonte MJ. PMID: 34553186; PMCID: PMC8441145.
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