Biography
Janice E. Knoefel MD, MPH is a neurologist and geriatrician with 40 years experience. Born and raised in Columbus Ohio, she graduated from Ohio State University School of Medicine and has trained in internal medicine, neurology, geriatric neurology and public health. She has been on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati, Boston University and at the University of New Mexico since 1996. She is Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Neurology. She participates in clinical care, teaching, and research. She is an expert in neurological diseases of aging, most importantly Alzheimer Disease and dementias of all types. She is the clinical director of the Center for Memory and Aging at UNM’s Clinical Neurosciences Center and is the Administrative Core co-director of the NM Alzheimer Disease Research Center. Since 2019, she has led UNM’s campus-wide Aging Grand Challenge initiative.
Areas of Specialty
Dementia and Alzheimer Care
Geriatric Neurology
Prevention of Cognitive Decline
Healthy Aging
Achievements & Awards
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - 1982
American Society of Neurorehabilitation (CAQ) - 1993
Master of Public Health - Boston University 1996
Key Publications
Linn , , Wolf, , Bachman, , Knoefel, Janice, Cobb, , Belanger, , Kaplan , , D’Agostino , , The Preclinical Phase of Probable Alzheimer’s Disease: A thirteen year prospective study of the Framingham Cohort , , Myers , , Schaefer , , Wilson , , D’Agonstino , , Ordovas , , Espino , , Au , , White , , Knoefel, Janice, Cobb , , McNulty , , Beiser , , Wolf , , Apolipoprotein E e4 association with dementia in a population based study: the Framingham study , , Adair, , Williamson , , Knoefel, Janice, Cognitive Impairment in Elderly who are not yet Demented.” , , Knoefel, Janice, Expert, Advisory Panel and Writer: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Dementia: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Physicians , , Albert, , Knoefel, Janice, The Clinical Neurology of Aging, 2nd edition , ,
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Courses Taught
no courses taught
Research and Scholarship
Albert, ML and JE Knoefel (Eds.) The Clinical Neurology of Aging. 3rd Ed, Oxford University Press, New York, 2011. Oxford Medicine Online. Oxford University Press. 2013.
Aine, CJ, Sanfratello L, Adair JC, Knoefel JE, Qualls C, Lundy SL, Caprihan A, Stone D, Stephen JM. Characterization of a Normal Control Group: Are they Healthy? NeuroImage, 84:796-809, 2014.
Rosenberg GA, Prestopnik J, Adair JA, Huisa BG, Knoefel JE, Caprihan A, Gasparovic C, Thompson J, Erhardt EB, Schrader, R. Validation of biomarkers in subcortical ischaemic vascular disease of the Binswanger type: approach to targeted treatment trials. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2015 Jan 24. pii: jnnp-2014-309421. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309421.
Rosenberg GA, Prestopnik J, Knoefel JE, Adair JC, Thompson J, R Raja and A Caprihan.
A Multimodal Approach to Stratification of Patients with Dementia: Selection of Mixed Dementia Patients Prior to Autopsy. Brain Sci. 2019, 9, 187; doi:10.3390/brainsci9080187
Wilamowski K and Knoefel JE, Alzheimer’s Disease in RD Kellerman and DP Rakel (Eds.) Conn’s Current Therapy, Elsevier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2023