Co-Investigator Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
CUMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Diego, 1996
Research and Projects
Dr. Manly aims to improve the diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological tests when used to detect cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease among African American and Hispanic elders. She is an Associate Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology at the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research in Aging and Alzheimer's disease at Columbia University.
Selected Recent Publications
Farron M, Ryan LH, Manly JJ, et al. Assessing Cognitive Impairment in the Health and Retirement Study Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol Project: Comparing a Diagnostic Algorithm With a Diagnostic Consensus Panel. J Aging Health. 2026;38(5-6):292-301. doi:10.1177/08982643251335370
Adkins-Jackson PB, Tejera CH, Cotton-Samuel D, et al. "Rest of the folks are tired and weary": The impact of historical lynchings on biological and cognitive health for older adults racialized as Black. Soc Sci Med. 2025;364:117537. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117537
Flesaker M, Kraal Z, Avila-Rieger JF, et al. Cognitive data harmonization across two racially diverse cohorts in the United States. Alzheimers Dement Behav Socioecon Aging. 2025. doi:10.1002/bsa3.70037
Adkins-Jackson PB, Gobaud AN, Kim B, et al. "The Place Where Danger Waits": Ten Years of Incarceration After the 1994 Crime Bill and Cognitive Function among Older Adults. J Urban Health. 2025;102(3):726-735. doi:10.1007/s11524-025-00975-y
Tejera CH, Zhu P, Ware EB, et al. DNA Methylation Age Acceleration Mediates the Relationship between Systemic Inflammation and Cognitive Impairment. Epigenomics. 2025;17(18):1399-1409. doi:10.1101/2024.07.24.24310948