Lieza Exalto

Assistant Professor - medical

Biography

Lieza Exalto, is a neurologist who has received her medical training in the UMC Utrecht. In 2014 she obtained her PhD degree with the thesis “Diabetes and Dementia, the bitter taste of a sweet disease”. Afterwards she continued her research in the Vascular Cognitive Impairment group of prof. Biessels and introduced sex and gender differences as relevant research topic. Lieza received funding from Alzheimer Nederland for her project “Does sex modulate the phenotype and prognosis of vascular cognitive impairment”.

Lieza is work-package leader “sex differences” in the Dutch Heart-Brain Consortium study. She collaborates with the META-VCI MAP consortium on research projects on sex differences in post-stroke cognitive impairment. In the European multicenter H2020 study RECOGNISED, she is work-package leader of the cognitive testing. In February 2020 she received the prize for best integration of sex and gender considerations in cardiovascular research plans, during the Libin International Trainee Symposium: Research is Better with Sex and Gender!

Contact

lexalto2@umcutrecht.nl

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Recent publications

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Markers of amyloid-β deposition and burden of enlarged perivascular spaces in patients with cognitive impairment and small vessel disease Ana Sofia Costa, Lieza G Exalto, Wiesje M van der Flier, Charlotte E Teunissen, Frederik Barkhof, Hugo J Kuijf, Geert Jan Biessels,
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2024, vol. 102, p.981-986

Sex differences in cognitive functioning in patients with heart failure Sanne Kuipers, L Jaap Kappelle, Jacoba P Greving, Raquel P Amier, Jeroen de Bresser, Esther E Bron, Anna E Leeuwis, Nick Marcks, Hester M den Ruijter, Geert Jan Biessels, Lieza G Exalto,
International Journal of Cardiology, 2024, vol. 418

Progress in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Is Needed – Position Statement of European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium (EADC) Investigators Frank Jessen, M. G. Kramberger, D. Angioni, D. Aarsland, M. Balasa, K. Bennys, M. Boada, M. Boban, A. Chincarini, L. Exalto, A. Felbecker, K. Fliessbach, G. B. Frisoni, A. J. Garza-Martínez, T. Grimmer, B. Hanseeuw, J. Hort, A. Ivanoiu, S. Klöppel, L. Krajcovicova, B. McGuinness, P. Mecocci, A. de Mendonca, A. Nous, P. J. Ousset, C. Paquet, R. Perneczky, O. Peters, M. Tabuas-Pereira, F. Piazza, D. Plantone, M. Riverol, A. Ruiz, G. Sacco, I. Santana, N. Scarmeas, E. Solje, E. Stefanova, S. Sutovsky, W. van der Flier, T. Welsh, A. Wimo, B. Winblad, L. Frölich, S. Engelborghs
Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, 2024, vol. 11, p.1212-1218

Enhancing Cognitive Performance Prediction through White Matter Hyperintensity Connectivity Assessment Marvin Petersen, Mirthe Coenen, Charles DeCarli, Alberto De Luca, Ewoud van der Lelij, Frederik Barkhof, Thomas Benke, Christopher P L H Chen, Peter Dal-Bianco, Anna Dewenter, Marco Duering, Christian Enzinger, Michael Ewers, Lieza G Exalto, Evan F Fletcher, Nicolai Franzmeier, Saima Hilal, Edith Hofer, Huiberdina L Koek, Andrea B Maier, Pauline M Maillard, Cheryl R McCreary, Janne M Papma, Yolande A L Pijnenburg, Reinhold Schmidt, Eric E Smith, Rebecca M E Steketee, Esther van den Berg, Wiesje M van der Flier, Vikram Venkatraghavan, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Meike W Vernooij, Frank J Wolters, Xin Xu, Andreas Horn, Kaustubh R Patil, Simon B Eickhoff, Götz Thomalla, J Matthijs Biesbroek, Geert Jan Biessels, Bastian Cheng,
2024

Amyloid pathology and vascular risk are associated with distinct patterns of cerebral white matter hyperintensities J. Matthijs Biesbroek, Mirthe Coenen, Charles DeCarli, Evan M. Fletcher, Pauline M. Maillard, Frederik Barkhof, Josephine Barnes, Thomas Benke, Christopher P.L.H. Chen, Peter Dal-Bianco, Anna Dewenter, Marco Duering, Christian Enzinger, Michael Ewers, Lieza G. Exalto, Nicolai Franzmeier, Saima Hilal, Edith Hofer, Huiberdina L. Koek, Andrea B. Maier, Cheryl R. McCreary, Janne M. Papma, Ross W. Paterson, Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg, Anna Rubinski, Reinhold Schmidt, Jonathan M. Schott, Catherine F. Slattery, Eric E. Smith, Carole H. Sudre, Rebecca M.E. Steketee, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Esther van den Berg, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Vikram Venkatraghavan, Meike W. Vernooij, Frank J. Wolters, Xu Xin, Hugo J. Kuijf, Geert Jan Biessels,
Alzheimer's and Dementia, 2024, vol. 20, p.2980-2989

Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases Along the Heart-Brain Axis Calvin Trieu, Argonde C. van Harten, Anna E. Leeuwis, Lieza G. Exalto, Astrid M. Hooghiemstra, Inge M.W. Verberk, Cor P. Allaart, Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca, L. Jaap Kappelle, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Geert Jan Biessels, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Wiesje M. van der Flier,
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2024, vol. 98, p.987-1000