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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Revisiting the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in a European cohort of elderly living with type 2 diabetes Natasa Popovic, Noemi Lois, Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, Rafael Simó, Lieza G Exalto,
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2025, vol. 104, p.585-594

Tract-specific white matter hyperintensities and neuropsychiatric syndromes Cheuk Ni Kan, Mirthe Coenen, Xin Xu, Saima Hilal, Frederik Barkhof, Thomas Benke, Peter Dal-Bianco, Charles Decarli, Marco Duering, Christian Enzinger, Lieza G. Exalto, Evan F. Fletcher, Edith Hofer, Huiberdina L. Koek, Hugo J. Kuijf, Pauline M. Maillard, Justine E.F. Moonen, Janne M. Papma, Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg, Reinhold Schmidt, Rebecca M.E. Steketee, Esther Van Den Berg, Wiesje M. Van Der Flier, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Meike W. Vernooij, Frank J. Wolters, Geert Jan Biessels, Christopher Li Hsian Chen, J. Matthijs Biesbroek, Chin Hong Tan
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2025, vol. 96, p.697-704

Sex-Based Analysis of Treatment, Time Metrics, and Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated in the Netherlands Lieza Geertje Exalto, Mariam Ali, Lotte J Stolze, M Irem Baharoglu, Marieke J H Wermer, L Jaap Kappelle,
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2024, vol. 54, p.356–362

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