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Monica Parker MD

  • Department of Neurology
    Associate Professor
  • (470) 426-0095
  • monica.willis.willis-parker@emory.edu
  • Goizueta Alzheimer's disease Research Center
    Neurology
    6 Executive Park Drive
Head shot of Monica Parker

Academic Appointment

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • BA from Fisk University
  • Post Baccalaureate from Creighton University

Research

Focus

  • To utilize my medical training and acquired skill sets for the development and implementation of systems to improve the participation of ethnic persons in neurologic disease research and caregiver programs, to improve the health of seniors by improving the clinical knowledge and training experience of health providers in geriatric medicine.

Publications

  • Studies of the Energy Dependence of Diboson Polarization Fractions and the Radiation-Amplitude-Zero Effect in WZ Production with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 133 Page(s): 101802
    09/06/2024 Authors: Aad G; Aakvaag E; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboelela M; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H
  • Combination of Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 133 Page(s): 101801
    09/06/2024 Authors: Aad G; Aakvaag E; Abbott B; Abdelhameed S; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboelela M; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H
  • Lower Prevalence of Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease Among Healthy African Americans.
    Ann Neurol Volume: 96 Page(s): 463 - 475
    09/01/2024 Authors: Lah JJ; Tian G; Risk BB; Hanfelt JJ; Wang L; Zhao L; Hales CM; Johnson ECB; Elmor MB; Malakauskas SJ
  • Statistical Combination of ATLAS Run 2 Searches for Charginos and Neutralinos at the LHC.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 133 Page(s): 031802
    07/19/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya BS
  • Characterization of African-American Super-Agers in the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center cohort.
    J Am Geriatr Soc Volume: 72 Page(s): 1995 - 2005
    07/01/2024 Authors: Trammell AR; Goldstein FC; Parker MW; Hajjar IM
  • Promoting diversity in clinical trials: insights from planning the ALUMNI AD study in historically underrepresented USpopulations with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.
    EClinicalMedicine Volume: 73 Page(s): 102693
    07/01/2024 Authors: Wise-Brown A; Brangman SA; Henderson JN; Willis-Parker M; Monroe S; Mintzer JE; Grundman M; Smith J; Doody RS; Lin H
  • Combination of Measurements of the Top Quark Mass from Data Collected by the ATLAS and CMS Experiments at sqrt[s]=7 and 8TeV.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 261902
    06/28/2024 Authors: Hayrapetyan A; Tumasyan A; Adam W; Andrejkovic JW; Bergauer T; Chatterjee S; Damanakis K; Dragicevic M; Hussain PS; Jeitler M
  • Combination of Searches for Resonant Higgs Boson Pair Production Using pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 231801
    06/07/2024 Authors: Aad G; Aakvaag E; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y
  • Search for Nearly Mass-Degenerate Higgsinos Using Low-Momentum Mildly Displaced Tracks in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 221801
    05/31/2024 Authors: Aad G; Aakvaag E; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboelela M; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H
  • Azimuthal Angle Correlations of Muons Produced via Heavy-Flavor Decays in 5.02TeV Pb+Pb and pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 202301
    05/17/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya BS
  • Study of High-Transverse-Momentum Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Vector Boson in the qqbb Final State with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 131802
    03/29/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya BS
  • Measurement of the Centrality Dependence of the Dijet Yield in p+Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 102301
    03/08/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya BS
  • Search for New Phenomena in Two-Body Invariant Mass Distributions Using Unsupervised Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection at sqrt[s]=13TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 081801
    02/23/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Observation of WZ Production in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 021802
    01/12/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Evidence for the Higgs Boson Decay to a Z Boson and a Photon at the LHC.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 132 Page(s): 021803
    01/12/2024 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya BS
  • Search for Dark Photons in Rare Z Boson Decays with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 251801
    12/22/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass from the H and HZZ^{*}4 Decay Channels with the ATLAS Detector Using sqrt[s]=7, 8, and 13TeV pp Collision Data.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 251802
    12/22/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya BS
  • Observation of Single-Top-Quark Production in Association with a Photon Using the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 181901
    11/03/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abbott DC; Abeling K; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Author Correction: A detailed map of Higgs boson interactions by the ATLAS experiment ten years after the discovery.
    Nature Volume: 623 Page(s): E5
    11/01/2023 Authors: ATLAS Collaboration
  • Measurement of Suppression of Large-Radius Jets and Its Dependence on Substructure in Pb+Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 172301
    10/27/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC; Acharya BS
  • Measurement of the Sensitivity of Two-Particle Correlations in pp Collisions to the Presence of Hard Scatterings.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 162301
    10/20/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Observation of an Excess of Dicharmonium Events in the Four-Muon Final State with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 151902
    10/13/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abeling K; Abicht NJ; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Observation of the Process in Pb+Pb Collisions and Constraints on the -Lepton Anomalous Magnetic Moment with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 151802
    10/13/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abbott DC; Abeling K; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Strong Constraints on Jet Quenching in Centrality-Dependent p+Pb Collisions at 5.02TeV from ATLAS.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 072301
    08/18/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abbott DC; Abeling K; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Test of CP Invariance in Higgs Boson Vector-Boson-Fusion Production Using the H Channel with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 061802
    08/11/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abbott DC; Abeling K; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Abusleme Hoffman AC
  • Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons in Decays of W Bosons Using a Dilepton Displaced Vertex in sqrt[s]=13TeV pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.
    Phys Rev Lett Volume: 131 Page(s): 061803
    08/11/2023 Authors: Aad G; Abbott B; Abbott DC; Abed Abud A; Abeling K; Abhayasinghe DK; Abidi SH; Aboulhorma A; Abramowicz H; Abreu H
  • Examination of the reliability and feasibility of two smartphone applications to assess executive functioning in racially diverse older adults.
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn Volume: 29 Page(s): 1068 - 1086
    11/01/2022 Authors: John SE; Evans SA; Kim B; Ozgul P; Loring DW; Parker M; Lah JJ; Levey AI; Goldstein FC
  • Race-Dependent Differences in Biomarkers Lead to Lower Rates of Alzheimer's Disease Classification in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic African Americans
    Volume: 92 Page(s): S58 - S59
    10/01/2022 Authors: Lah JJ; Parker MW; Tian G; Hales CM; Johnson ECB; Hanfelt JJ; Risk BB; Levey AI; Hajjar IM
  • A detailed map of Higgs boson interactions by the ATLAS experiment ten years after the discovery.
    Nature Volume: 607 Page(s): 52 - 59
    07/01/2022 Authors: ATLAS Collaboration
  • Patients asking about APOE gene test results? Here's what to tell them.
    J Fam Pract Volume: 71 Page(s): E1 - E7
    05/01/2022 Authors: Stites SD; Vogt NM; Blacker D; Rumbaugh M; Parker MW; Advisory Group on Risk Evidence Education for Dementia (AGREED)
  • Reduced care burden and improved quality of life in African American family caregivers: Positive impact of personalized assistive technology.
    Technol Health Care Volume: 30 Page(s): 379 - 387
    01/01/2022 Authors: Parker MW; Davis C; White K; Johnson D; Golden M; Zola S
  • The Advisory Group on Risk Evidence Education for Dementia: Multidisciplinary and Open to All.
    J Alzheimers Dis Volume: 90 Page(s): 953 - 962
    01/01/2022 Authors: Rosen AC; Arias JJ; Ashford JW; Blacker D; Chhatwal JP; Chin NA; Clark L; Denny SS; Goldman JS; Gleason CE
  • Personalized Visual Mapping Assistive Technology to Improve Functional Ability in Persons With Dementia: Feasibility Cohort Study.
    JMIR Aging Volume: 4 Page(s): e28165
    10/19/2021 Authors: Kelleher J; Zola S; Cui X; Chen S; Gerber C; Parker MW; Davis C; Law S; Golden M; Vaughan CP
  • The Effect of the "Great Village" on Psychological Outcomes, Burden, and Mastery in African American Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia.
    J Appl Gerontol Volume: 39 Page(s): 1059 - 1068
    10/01/2020 Authors: Brewster GS; Epps F; Dye CE; Hepburn K; Higgins MK; Parker ML
  • Race modifies default mode connectivity in Alzheimer's disease.
    Transl Neurodegener Volume: 9 Page(s): 8
    01/01/2020 Authors: Misiura MB; Howell JC; Wu J; Qiu D; Parker MW; Turner JA; Hu WT
  • Expanded Demographic Norms for Version 3 of the Alzheimer Disease Centers' Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set.
    Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord Volume: 34 Page(s): 191 - 197
    01/01/2020 Authors: Sachs BC; Steenland K; Zhao L; Hughes TM; Weintraub S; Dodge HH; Barnes LL; Craft S; Parker ML; Goldstein FC
  • Differentiating among stages of cognitive impairment in aging: Version 3 of the Uniform Data Set (UDS) neuropsychological test battery and MoCA index scores.
    Alzheimers Dement (N Y) Volume: 6 Page(s): e12103
    01/01/2020 Authors: Dodge HH; Goldstein FC; Wakim NI; Gefen T; Teylan M; Chan KCG; Kukull WA; Barnes LL; Giordani B; Hughes TM
  • Interleukin 9 alterations linked to alzheimer disease in african americans.
    Ann Neurol Volume: 86 Page(s): 407 - 418
    09/01/2019 Authors: Wharton W; Kollhoff AL; Gangishetti U; Verble DD; Upadhya S; Zetterberg H; Kumar V; Watts KD; Kippels AJ; Gearing M
  • Linking Education to Action: A Program to Increase Research Participation Among African American Women.
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) Volume: 27 Page(s): 1242 - 1249
    10/01/2018 Authors: Radecki Breitkopf C; Williams KP; Ridgeway JL; Parker MW; Strong-Simmons A; Hayes SN; Halyard MY
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Similarity in African-Americans and Caucasians with Alzheimer's Disease.
    J Alzheimers Dis Volume: 62 Page(s): 1815 - 1826
    01/01/2018 Authors: Kamara DM; Gangishetti U; Gearing M; Willis-Parker M; Zhao L; Hu WT; Walker LC
  • Innovation in care for individuals with cognitive impairment: Can reimbursement policy spread best practices?
    Alzheimers Dement Volume: 13 Page(s): 1168 - 1173
    10/01/2017 Authors: Borson S; Chodosh J; Cordell C; Kallmyer B; Boustani M; Chodos A; Dave JK; Gwyther L; Reed S; Reuben DB
  • LINKING EDUCATION TO ACTION: A PROGRAM TO INCREASE RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
    Volume: 26 Page(s): A56 - A56
    04/01/2017 Authors: Williams KP; Breitkopf CR; Rideway JL; Strong-Simmons AL; Parker MW; Halyard MY; Hayes S
  • Prevalent Health Concerns Among African American Women Belonging to a National Volunteer Service Organization (The Links, Incorporated).
    J Racial Ethn Health Disparities Volume: 4 Page(s): 19 - 24
    02/01/2017 Authors: Asiedu GB; Hayes SN; Williams KP; Bondaryk MR; Halyard MY; Parker MW; Balls-Berry JE; Pinn VW; Breitkopf CR
  • Fear and Uncertainty Do Not Influence Reported Willingness to Undergo Lumbar Punctures in a U.S. Multi-Cultural Cohort.
    Front Aging Neurosci Volume: 9 Page(s): 22
    01/01/2017 Authors: Tsvetkova DZ; Bergquist SH; Parker MW; Jarrett TL; Howell JC; Watts KD; Kollhoff A; Roberts DL; Hu WT
  • Experiences and Learning Needs of African American Family Dementia Caregivers.
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen Volume: 31 Page(s): 492 - 501
    09/01/2016 Authors: Samson ZB; Parker M; Dye C; Hepburn K
  • Knowledge and Attitudes in Alzheimer's Disease in a Cohort of Older African Americans and Caucasians.
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen Volume: 31 Page(s): 361 - 367
    06/01/2016 Authors: Howell JC; Soyinka O; Parker M; Jarrett TL; Roberts DL; Dorbin CD; Hu WT
  • The Effect of Message Framing on African American Women's Intention to Participate in Health-Related Research.
    J Health Commun Volume: 21 Page(s): 527 - 533
    05/01/2016 Authors: Balls-Berry JE; Hayes S; Parker M; Halyard M; Enders F; Albertie M; Pinn V; Radecki Breitkopf C
  • Community Based Outreach and Intervention Models That Facilitate Enrollment of African American Older Adults in Brain Related Research
    JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH Volume: 25 Page(s): A10 - A11
    04/01/2016 Authors: Dorbin C; Parker M
  • Research Lumbar Punctures among African Americans and Caucasians: Perception Predicts Experience.
    Front Aging Neurosci Volume: 8 Page(s): 296
    01/01/2016 Authors: Howell JC; Parker MW; Watts KD; Kollhoff A; Tsvetkova DZ; Hu WT
  • Successful Strategies That Foster Research Participation in Older African-Americans
    GERONTOLOGIST Volume: 55
    11/01/2015 Authors: Parker MW
  • THE GREAT VILLAGE; KEEPING IT REAL. A CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE ADAPTATION OF THE SAVVY CAREGIVER
    GERONTOLOGIST Volume: 55 Page(s): 781 - 781
    11/01/2015 Authors: Hepburn K; Parker M; Dye C
  • African American women's perceptions and attitudes regarding participation in medical research: the Mayo Clinic/The Links, Incorporated partnership.
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) Volume: 23 Page(s): 681 - 687
    08/01/2014 Authors: Brewer LC; Hayes SN; Parker MW; Balls-Berry JE; Halyard MY; Pinn VW; Radecki Breitkopf C
  • 3R Predominant Tauopathy with Globular Glial Inclusions
    Volume: 73 Page(s): 624 - 624
    06/01/2014 Authors: Neill S; Glass J; Levey A; Parker M; Cooper D; Gearing M
  • Prevalent Health Concerns among African-American Women: Insight from The Links, Incorporated
    JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH Volume: 23 Page(s): 31 - 32
    04/01/2014 Authors: Breitkopf CR; Williams KP; Bondaryk M; Halyard M; Parker M; Balls-Berry J; Pinn V; Hayes S
  • EFFECTS OF ALZHEIMER CAREGIVING AND MULTIPLE CAREGIVING ROLES ON ALLOSTATIC LOAD
    GERONTOLOGIST Volume: 53 Page(s): 499 - 499
    11/01/2013 Authors: Zellner AB; Hepburn K; Higgins MK; Robinson M; Parker M
  • An efficient biologically-inspired photocell enhanced by quantum coherence

    07/18/2013 Authors: Creatore C; Parker MA; Emmott S; Chin AW
  • Achieving Mutual and Distinct Organizational Health and Research Outcomes via a National Strategic Partnership Incorporating Education and Community-Based Participatory Research: The Links, Incorporated/Mayo Clinic Experience
    JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH Volume: 22 Page(s): 31 - 32
    03/01/2013 Authors: Hayes SN; Parker MW; Pinn VW; Halyard MY
  • African-American Women's Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Participation in Health Research
    JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH Volume: 22 Page(s): 38 - 39
    03/01/2013 Authors: Breitkopf CR; Parker MW; Balls-Berry JE; Halyard MY; Pinn VW; Hayes SN
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