Publications

2026

Osei, G., Gao, S., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2026). Detecting Early Cognitive Change using Cognitive Change Index in the Indiana Memory and Aging cohort (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Lee, H., Sweet, T. M., & Wang, S. (2026). A Multilevel Modeling Approach to Network Diffusion in Alzheimer's Disease (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Cornelison, C. L., Sharma, A., Altan, L., Nho, K., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2026). Plasma proteomics biomarkers that differentiate asymptomatic from symptomatic Alzheimer's disease (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Sharma, A., Cornelison, C. L., Altan, L., Chandra, K., Wen, Q., Nho, K., ... Saykin, A. J., Wu, Y.-C., & Wang, S. (2026). Proteomics signature of whole-brain microstructural integrity of white matter using LatentSNA (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Wang, S., Zhang, X., Liu, Y., Xu, W., Tian, X., & Zhao, Y. (2026). Latent space-based network analysis for brain–behavior linking in neuroimaging. Nature Methods, 23(1), 225–235. Software: LatentSNA

Wang, S., Sweet, T. M., & Paul, S. (2026). The co-varying ties between networks and item responses via latent variables. Psychometrika, 91(2), 641–668. Software: JNIRM

Smith, A. B., Knopf, A., Zhu, Y., Webster-Dekker, K. E., Emory Moore, S., Wang, S., & Wierenga, K. L. (2026). Healthcare-related social determinants of health are associated with pain severity among adults with comorbid heart failure and chronic pain. BMC Health Services Research, 26(1), 1387.

Vilor-Tejedor, N., Danso, S., Albanus, R. D., Billingsley, K., Evans, T. E., Lee, L. Y., ... Wang, S., ... & Chilla, G. (2026). Advancing global dementia research through equity and inclusion. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 22(1), e71069.

2025

Wang, S., Wang, Y., Xu, F. H., Shen, L., Zhao, Y., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2025). Establishing group-level brain structural connectivity incorporating anatomical knowledge under latent space modeling. Medical Image Analysis, 99, 103309. Software: ABCModel

Zhang, X., Hulvershorn, L. A., Constable, T., Zhao, Y., & Wang, S. (2025). Cost efficiency of fMRI studies using resting-state vs. task-based functional connectivity. Human Brain Mapping, 46(9), e70260.

Xu, W., Wang, S., Gao, S., Tian, X., Tan, C., Shen, X., Luo, W., Constable, T., Li, T., & Zhao, Y. (2025). Supervised brain node and network construction under voxel-level functional imaging. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, IMAG.a.56.

Sweet, T., & Wang, S. (2025). Network science in psychology. Psychological Methods.

Li, C., Tian, X., Gao, S., Wang, S., Wang, G., Zhao, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2025). Bayesian longitudinal network regression with application to brain connectome genetics. Statistics in Medicine, 44(8-9), e70069.

Misra, S., Wang, S., Quinn, T. J., Dawson, J., Zelano, J., Tanaka, T., ... Kasner, S. E., Kwan, P., & Mishra, N. K. (2025). Antiseizure medications in poststroke seizures: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Neurology, 104(3), e210231.

Abughofah, Y., Risacher, S. L., Unverzagt, F. W., Farlow, M. R., Apostolova, L. G., Brosch, J. R., ... Wang, S., ... & Saykin, A. J. (2025). The cognitive change index in the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center setting: Self- and informant-ratings for perceived cognitive decline. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21(10), e70754.

Jayaprakash, T., Cornelison, C. L., Powla, P. P., Zhang, L., Fredericks, C. A., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2025). Deep learning framework for characterizing tau-PET spatial heterogeneity along AD spectrum: A self-supervised approach (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21, e109949.

Cornelison, C. L., Wen, Q., Powla, P. P., Jayaprakash, T., Risacher, S., Saykin, A. J., Wu, Y.-C., & Wang, S. (2025). Sex differences in structural connectivity-based AD pathology in the Indiana Memory and Aging cohort (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21, e103077.

Powla, P. P., Jayaprakash, T., Cornelison, C. L., Sweet, T., Shen, L., Gao, S., Yu, M., Wu, Y.-C., Zhao, Y., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2025). Sex differences in the diffusion of tau neurofibrillary tangles across functional brain networks (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21, e100019.

2024

Wang, S., Wang, Y., Xu, F., Tian, X., Fredericks, C. A., Shen, L., Zhao, Y., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2024). Sex-specific topological structure associated with dementia via latent space estimation. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(12), 8387–8401.

Wang, S., Wang, Y., Xu, F., Shen, L., & Zhao, Y. (2024). Sex-specific topological structure associated with dementia identified via latent space network analysis (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20, e090404.

Li, J. S., Tun, S. M., Ficek-Tani, B., Xu, W., Wang, S., ... Mormino, E. C., & Fredericks, C. A. (2024). Medial amygdalar tau is associated with mood symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 9(12), 1301–1311.

Miller, A. A., Sharp, E. S., Wang, S., Zhao, Y., Mecca, A. P., van Dyck, C. H., & O'Dell, R. S. (2024). Self-reported hearing loss is associated with faster cognitive and functional decline but not diagnostic conversion in the ADNI cohort. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(11), 7847–7858.

Xu, W., Wang, S., Shen, L., & Zhao, Y. (2024). Collaborative survival analysis on predicting Alzheimer's disease progression. Statistics in Biosciences, 18(3), 797–820.

Tian, X., Wang, Y., Wang, S., Zhao, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2024). Bayesian mixed model inference for genetic association under related samples with brain network phenotype. Biostatistics, 25(4), 1195–1209.

Qiu, W., Chu, H., Wang, S., Zuo, H., Li, X., Zhao, Y., & Ying, R. (2024). Learning high-order relationships of brain regions. In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), PMLR 235, 41582–41603.

Selected Student Publications

Osei, G., Gao, S., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2026). Detecting Early Cognitive Change using Cognitive Change Index in the Indiana Memory and Aging cohort (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Cornelison, C. L., Sharma, A., Altan, L., Nho, K., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2026). Plasma proteomics biomarkers that differentiate asymptomatic from symptomatic Alzheimer's disease (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Sharma, A., Cornelison, C. L., Altan, L., Chandra, K., Wen, Q., Nho, K., ... Saykin, A. J., Wu, Y.-C., & Wang, S. (2026). Proteomics signature of whole-brain microstructural integrity of white matter using LatentSNA (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia. Accepted for publication, December 2026.

Jayaprakash, T., Cornelison, C. L., Powla, P. P., Zhang, L., Fredericks, C. A., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2025). Deep Learning Framework for Characterizing Tau-PET Spatial Heterogeneity along AD Spectrum: A Self-supervised Approach (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21, e109949.

Cornelison, C. L., Wen, Q., Powla, P. P., Jayaprakash, T., Risacher, S., Saykin, A. J., Wu, Y.-C., & Wang, S. (2025). Sex differences in structural connectivity-based AD pathology in the Indiana Memory and Aging cohort (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21, e103077.

Powla, P. P., Jayaprakash, T., Cornelison, C. L., Sweet, T., Shen, L., Gao, S., Yu, M., Wu, Y.-C., Zhao, Y., Saykin, A. J., & Wang, S. (2025). Sex Differences in the Diffusion of Tau Neurofibrillary Tangles Across Functional Brain Networks (Abstract). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21, e100019.

Zhang, X., Hulvershorn, L. A., Constable, T., Zhao, Y., & Wang, S. (2025). Cost efficiency of fMRI studies using resting-state vs. task-based functional connectivity. Human Brain Mapping, 46(9), e70260.

Wang, S., Zhang, X., Liu, Y., Xu, W., Tian, X., & Zhao, Y. (2026). Latent space-based network analysis for brain–behavior linking in neuroimaging. Nature Methods, 23(1), 225–235. Software: LatentSNA

Wang, S., Wang, Y., Xu, F. H., Shen, L., Zhao, Y., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2025). Establishing group-level brain structural connectivity incorporating anatomical knowledge under latent space modeling. Medical Image Analysis, 99, 103309. Software: ABCModel

Wang, S., Wang, Y., Xu, F., Tian, X., Fredericks, C. A., Shen, L., Zhao, Y., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2024). Sex-specific topological structure associated with dementia via latent space estimation. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(12), 8387–8401.