Position
Coordinator of Research
Kontakt
aburzynska@share-berlin.eu
Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) Burzynska is a neuroscientist with a PhD in psychology and 15+ years of experience in ageing research. As the Coordinator of Research at SHARE, her role is to support and grow multidisciplinary research based on SHARE data among SBI researchers, shareholder institutions, and external collaborators.
Before joining SHARE, Aga was the director of the BRAiN laboratory and associate professor with tenure at the Colorado State University. Her research focused on structural and functional brain imaging in ageing using advanced MRI techniques.
Her work focused on determining the role of white matter (the brain “cables”) and myelin (the cable “insulation”) in cognitive ageing and dementia, and modifiable lifestyle and health factors (physical activity and metabolic health) linked to brain and cognitive health. Aga also coined the term “occupational neuroscience” and laid foundation for studying the effects of employment on brain ageing.
At SHARE, Aga will be working on health determinants of dementia risk using the SHARE-HCAP data.
Ausgewählte Publikationen
Metabolic syndrome and adiposity: Risk factors for decreased myelin in cognitively healthy adults
Burzynska, A. Z., Anderson, C., Arciniegas, D. B., Calhoun, V., Choi, I. Y., Colmenares, A. M., Hiner, G., Kramer, A. F., Li, K., Lee, J., Lee, P., Oh, S. H., Umland, S., & Thomas, M. L. (2023). Metabolic syndrome and adiposity: Risk factors for decreased myelin in cognitively healthy adults. Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior, 5, 100180.
Testing the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging
Mendez Colmenares, A., Thomas, M. L., Anderson, C., Arciniegas, D. B., Calhoun, V., Choi, I. Y., Kramer, A. F., Li, K., Lee, J., Lee, P., & Burzynska, A. Z. (2024). Testing the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging. Neurobiology of aging, 141, 21–33.
White matter plasticity in healthy older adults: The effects of aerobic exercise
Mendez Colmenares, A., Voss, M. W., Fanning, J., Salerno, E. A., Gothe, N. P., Thomas, M. L., McAuley, E., Kramer, A. F., & Burzynska, A. Z. (2021). White matter plasticity in healthy older adults: The effects of aerobic exercise. NeuroImage, 239, 118305.
Occupational Physical Stress Is Negatively Associated With Hippocampal Volume and Memory in Older Adults
Burzynska, A. Z., Ganster, D. C., Fanning, J., Salerno, E. A., Gothe, N. P., Voss, M. W., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A. F. (2020). Occupational Physical Stress Is Negatively Associated With Hippocampal Volume and Memory in Older Adults. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 14, 266.
Adult-Life Occupational Exposures: Enriched Environment or a Stressor for the Aging Brain?
Burzynska AY, Jiao Y, Ganster DC, Adult-Life Occupational Exposures: Enriched Environment or a Stressor for the Aging Brain?, Work, Aging and Retirement, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 3–23.
