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Trung Nguyen, M.D.,  Ph.D.

Trung Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Neurology

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  • Biography

    Joined UT Southwestern: 2016

    Clinical Interests: Trung P. Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D. specializes in disorders of cognition and dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

    Research: Dr. Nguyen’s research focus is on neurodegenerative diseases and dementias. He is actively involved in observational and interventional clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease.  He has also received research funding from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium and the National Institute on Aging to investigate the pathologic mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

    Background: Dr. Nguyen earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.  He then completed his residency in neurology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.  He returned to Texas to complete his fellowship in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and subsequently accepted a faculty position here.

  • Education
    Medical School
    UT Medical Branch at Galveston (2010)
    Other Post Graduate Training
    The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (2010)
    Internship
    Emory University School of Medicine (2011), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    Emory University School of Medicine (2014), Neurology
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016), Behavioral Neurology & Dementia
  • Research Interest
    • Alzheimer's disease
    • Dementia with Lewy bodies
    • Neurodegenerative diseases
  • Publications
    Prognostic relevance of gait-related cognitive functions for dementia conversion in amnestic mild cognitive impairment
    Author Collaboration TA, Tuena C, Maestri S, Serino S, Pedroli E, Stramba-Badiale M, Riva G, Silbert LC, Lind B, Crissey R, Kaye JA, Carter R, Dolen S, Quinn J, Schneider LS, Pawluczyk S, Becerra M, Teodoro L, Dagerman K, Spann BM, Brewer J, Fleisher A, Vanderswag H, Ziolkowski J, Heidebrink JL, Zbizek-Nulph L, Lord JL, Albers CS, Petersen R, Mason SS, Knopman D, Johnson K, Villanueva-Meyer J, Pavlik V, Pacini N, Lamb A, Kass JS, Doody RS, Shibley V, Chowdhury M, Rountree S, Dang M, Stern Y, Honig LS, Kelley B, Nguyen T, Womack K, Womack KB, Quiceno M, Hajjar I, Kerwin D BMC Geriatrics 2023 Dec 23
    HBS-1.2: Lightweight Socially Assistive Robot with 6-Ply Twisted Coiled Polymer Muscle-Actuated Hand
    Singh AP, Palani D, Ahmed O, Matharu PS, Linn T, Nguyen T, Tadesse Y Actuators 2023 Aug 12
    Regional Neuroanatomic Effects on Brain Age Inferred Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ridge Regression
    Author Collaboration AD, Massett RJ, Maher AS, Imms PE, Amgalan A, Chaudhari NN, Chowdhury NF, Irimia A, Weiner MW, Aisen P, Petersen R, Jack CR, Jagust W, Trojanowki JQ, Toga AW, Beckett L, Green RC, Saykin AJ, Morris JC, Perrin RJ, Shaw LM, Khachaturian Z, Carrillo M, Potter W, Barnes L, Bernard M, González H, Ho C, Hsiao JK, Jackson J, Masliah E, Masterman D, Okonkwo O, Ryan L, Silverberg N, Fleisher A, Sacrey DT, Fockler J, Conti C, Veitch D, Neuhaus J, Jin C, Nosheny R, Ashford M, Kelley B, Nguyen T, Womack K, Womack KB, Quiceno M, Hajjar I, Kerwin D Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2023 Jun 78 872-881
    A predictive model using the mesoscopic architecture of the living brain to detect Alzheimer’s disease
    Author Collaboration TA, Inglese M, Patel N, Linton-Reid K, Loreto F, Win Z, Perry RJ, Carswell C, Grech-Sollars M, Crum WR, Lu H, Malhotra PA, Silbert LC, Lind B, Crissey R, Kaye JA, Carter R, Dolen S, Quinn J, Schneider LS, Pawluczyk S, Becerra M, Teodoro L, Dagerman K, Spann BM, Brewer J, Vanderswag H, Fleisher A, Ziolkowski J, Heidebrink JL, Lord JL, Zbizek-Nulph L, Petersen R, Mason SS, Albers CS, Knopman D, Johnson K, Villanueva-Meyer J, Pavlik V, Pacini N, Lamb A, Kass JS, Doody RS, Shibley V, Chowdhury M, Nguyen T, Quiceno M, Hajjar I, Kerwin D, Kelley B Communications Medicine 2022 Dec 2
    A combined polygenic score of 21,293 rare and 22 common variants improves diabetes diagnosis based on hemoglobin A1C levels
    Author Collaboration AC, Dornbos P, Koesterer R, Ruttenburg A, Nguyen T, Cole JB, Leong A, Meigs JB, Florez JC, Rotter JI, Udler MS, Flannick J Nature genetics 2022 Nov 54 1609-1614
    Cognitive Decline in Older People with Multiple Sclerosis—A Narrative Review of the Literature
    Chiang HS, Khera A, Stopschinski BE, Stuve O, Hart J, Kelley B, Nguyen T Geriatrics (Switzerland) 2022 Jun 7
    New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
    Author Collaboration E, Author Collaboration G, Author Collaboration D, Author Collaboration E, Author Collaboration G, Author Collaboration D, Author Collaboration F, Author Collaboration A, Author Collaboration C, Bellenguez C, Küçükali F, Jansen IE, Kleineidam L, Moreno-Grau S, Amin N, Naj AC, Campos-Martin R, Grenier-Boley B, Andrade V, Holmans PA, Boland A, Damotte V, van der Lee SJ, Costa MR, Kuulasmaa T, Yang Q, de Rojas I, Bis JC, Yaqub A, Prokic I, Chapuis J, Ahmad S, Giedraitis V, Aarsland D, Garcia-Gonzalez P, Abdelnour C, Alarcón-Martín E, Alcolea D, Alegret M, Alvarez I, Álvarez V, Armstrong NJ, Tsolaki A, Antúnez C, Appollonio I, Arcaro M, Archetti S, Pastor AA, Arosio B, Athanasiu L, Bailly H, Bertelson J, Huebinger RM, Hynan LS, Nguyen T, Quiceno M, Reisch JS, Rosenberg RN, Williams B Nature genetics 2022 Apr 54 412-436
    Diagnostic Utility of Hippocampal Volumetric Data in a Memory Disorder Clinic Setting
    Ruchinskas R, Nguyen T, Womack K, Khera A, Yu FF, Kelley BJ Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology 2022 Mar 35 66-75
    Staging tau pathology with tau PET in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study
    Author Collaboration Ft, Chen SD, Lu JY, Li HQ, Yang YX, Jiang JH, Cui M, Zuo CT, Tan L, Dong Q, Yu JT, Weiner MW, Aisen P, Petersen R, Jack CR, Jagust W, Trojanowki JQ, Toga AW, Beckett L, Green RC, Saykin AJ, Morris JC, Perrin RJ, Shaw LM, Carrillo M, Potter W, Barnes L, Bernard M, González H, Ho C, Hsiao JK, Jackson J, Masliah E, Masterman D, Okonkwo O, Ryan L, Silverberg N, Fleisher A, Sacrey DT, Fockler J, Conti C, Veitch D, Neuhaus J, Jin C, Walter S, Kelley B, Nguyen T, Mathews D, Quiceno M, Hajjar I, Kerwin D Translational psychiatry 2021 Dec 11
    Higher CSF sTNFR1-related proteins associate with better prognosis in very early Alzheimer’s disease
    Author Collaboration AD, Hu WT, Ozturk T, Kollhoff A, Wharton W, Christina Howell J, Weiner M, Aisen P, Petersen R, Jack CR, Jagust W, Trojanowki JQ, Toga AW, Beckett L, Green RC, Saykin AJ, Morris J, Perrin RJ, Shaw LM, Kachaturian Z, Carrillo M, Potter W, Barnes L, Bernard M, González H, Ho C, Hsiao JK, Masliah E, Masterman D, Okonkwo O, Ryan L, Silverberg N, Fleisher A, Montine T, Kaye JA, Silbert LC, Schneider LS, Pawluczyk S, Becerra M, Brewer J, Heidebrink JL, Knopman D, Villanueva-Meyer J, Doody RS, Kass JS, Stern Y, Honig LS, Mintz A, Kelley B, Nguyen T, Womack K Nature communications 2021 Dec 12
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Neurology (2011)