Jennifer Weuve
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Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3646
jweuve@bu.edu
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Biography

Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology of the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). In her research, she pursues answers to questions in two major realms of human health: (1) the forces that accelerate the aging of the brain and body, and (2) the health effects of being exposed to environmental toxicants. Underlying all of her research is a foundation in epidemiologic methods.

Dr. Weuve is a Co-Director of the international initiative, MEthods in LOngitudinal research on DEMentia (MELODEM) and PI of the NIH grant that supports it. She is also PI or co-investigator of several projects that encompass both the dementia and environmental exposure realms. For example, she is PI of two NIH-funded epidemiologic studies of air pollution and dementia risk.  The first study, the Air-Noise-Dementia Study (ANDS) examines the hypothesis that long-term exposure to air pollution and noise from the community affect brain changes that we can see on magnetic resonance images (MRI) and, ultimately, the development of dementia.  The second study is entitled “Air Pollution and Alzheimer's Dementia: Neuropathologic and Olfactory Mechanisms in Multi-Ethnic Longitudinal Cohorts Dementia” (AERONoSE).  With engagement of a multi-disciplinary team including Dr. Jayant Pinto (University of Chicago), this study evaluates olfactory pathways linking air pollution exposure to dementia risk. With other co-PIs, Dr. Weuve validated a portable XRF instrument for quantifying lead in bone and mercury and manganese in toe nail (NIEHS). Such an instrument potentially could be used in large-scale investigations into the health effects of cumulative exposures to these metals. Collectively, these projects comprise a foundation for extending inquiries in numerous informative directions, such as the role of environmental injustice in generating dementia inequities.

Dr. Weuve is a member of the editorial board of EPIDEMIOLOGY. She earned degrees in epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (MPH) and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health (ScD), and held a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental health at the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining BUSPH, she was on the faculty of the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging in Chicago.

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • University of Minnesota, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Luther College, BA Field of Study: Chemistry/Mathematics

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEP855

Publications

  • Published on 3/10/2026

    Velez M, Buto PT, Pederson AM, Weuve J, Murchland AR, Wang J, Glymour MM, Sims KD. Associations of unmet dental care needs due to cost with incident cardiovascular disease and dementia: a prospective study in the All of Us cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2026 Mar 10; 81(4). PMID: 41678708.

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  • Published on 2/5/2026

    Adar SD, Zhang B, D'Souza J, Szpiro AA, Gangaram A, Weuve J, Mendes de Leon CF, Keller KP, Pedde M, Lee J, Kaufman JD, Faul J, Langa KM, Hirth RA. Air pollution predicts healthcare spending among older adults in the United States. Environ Int. 2026 Feb; 208:110123. PMID: 41679082.

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  • Published on 12/1/2025

    Nichols E, Bindas A, Atshan S, Chang H, Chiang YY, Claus Henn B, Hayes-Larson E, Keller KP, Kezios KL, Shih RA, Szpiro AA, Weiss J, Adar SD, Knapp DM, Lee J, Weuve J. Modeling approaches for estimating the effects of risk factors using longitudinal lifecourse exposure data in dementia research. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Dec; 21(12):e70971. PMID: 41319155.

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  • Published on 11/20/2025

    Graham UM, Pinto JM, Weuve J, Dozier AK, Rogers R, Nag S, Schneider J, Kaufman JD, Bennett DA, Oberdörster G. Nose-to-brain translocation of inhaled ultrafine elongated particles: facts and mysteries. Front Toxicol. 2025; 7:1655149. PMID: 41357966.

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  • Published on 11/13/2025

    Jenson TE, Lin PD, James P, Hystad P, Diez-Roux AV, Coull B, Besser L, Suel E, Weuve J, Pescador Jimenez M. Street-view greenspace distribution across racial/ethnic, neighborhood income, and individual education subgroups. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Dec; 9(6):e441. PMID: 41268185.

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  • Published on 11/1/2025

    Nichols E, Keller KP, Chang H, Chiang YY, Gross AL, Hayes-Larson E, Claus Henn B, Kezios KL, Meijer E, Shih RA, Szpiro AA, Weiss J, Weuve J, Adar SD, Lee J. Key research priorities in methodological approaches for measuring the exposome and studying its role in the development of dementia. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Nov; 21(11):e70928. PMID: 41273229.

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  • Published on 11/1/2025

    Mani SS, Kezios KL, Delaporte M, Cho TC, Rojas-Saunero LP, Weuve J, Avila-Rieger J, Kobayashi LC. Later-life cognitive function at the intersection of gender and occupation across Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocols (HCAPs) in the United States, Chile, Mexico, India, and South Africa. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Nov; 21(11):e70923. PMID: 41311298.

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  • Published on 10/17/2025

    Rubenstein E, Tewolde S, Michals A, Fortea J, Jimenez MP, Skotko BG, Tripodis Y, Weuve J, Rosellini AJ. Novel predictors of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome identified using machine learning. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Dec; 108(3):1166-1176. PMID: 41105592.

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  • Published on 9/18/2025

    Pederson AM, Buto P, Zimmerman SC, Sims KD, Murchland AR, Wang J, Glymour MM, Weuve J, Gilsanz P, Chi F, Whitmer RA, Brennan AT. Clinical modifiers of the association between type 1 diabetes and dementia incidence. medRxiv. 2025 Sep 18. PMID: 41001474.

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  • Published on 8/26/2025

    Andrews RM, Grady ST, Aggarwal NT, Beck TL, Dhana K, Evans D, Maillard P, Rothbard S, Stuart EA, Szpiro AA, Virkar S, Adar SD, DeCarli CS, Kaufman JD, Rajan KB, Weuve J. Association of tailpipe-related and nontailpipe-related air pollution exposure with neuroimaging outcomes. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Oct; 9(5):e413. PMID: 40881066.

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