Jet M.J. Vonk, PhD PhD
jetmjvonk.bsky.social
Jet M.J. Vonk, PhD PhD
@jetmjvonk.bsky.social
Neurolinguist & Epidemiologist | Assistant Professor of Neurology
@UCSFmac | Language & Dementia - automated speech analysis & item-level verbal fluency | NIA R00 | Communications Chair for the ISTAART Design and Data Analytics PIA | she/her/DrDr
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: Join for Webinar 3 in the ARISE 2025 series on Wed Oct 29, 12–1 PM CT!

🎓 Featuring early-career researchers at the intersection of aging, statistics, and data science

Free and open to all – no registration required
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Proud to share that I’ve received the official Notice of Award for my R01 from NIH National Institute on Aging: a 5yr $4.6M project to develop and validate speech-based tools for early Alzheimer’s detection. Grateful for my collaborators and the support—and spread the word: I’m hiring a postdoc!
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our new paper in Movement Disorders, led by Franco Ferrante, shows that digital fluency metrics from can predict and classify cognitive phenotypes in Parkinson’s disease, enabling scalable neuropsychological screenings. Read here: movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: We’re proud of our achievements and vibrant membership over the past year—and excited to keep building momentum in the year ahead!
September 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Team:
Join this week for one of two ISTAART All-Member Town Halls! 🌍 Learn about PIAs, meet leadership, and explore ways to get involved.

📅 Aug 26, 5–6 PM CDT
📅 Aug 27, 9–10 AM CDT

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August 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA:
🚨 Aug 27 = ARISE 2025 launch! 🚨
Join for cutting-edge work by early-career scientists in aging + data science—no registration needed.
🧠 Genetics, changepoints, missingness in EHRs.
📍 Free & open to all!
#ARISE #AgingResearch
August 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Our @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics #DaDA PIA committee and friends got together on Monday night at Toronto Island and had a blast! #AAIC25
July 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tomorrow (Tue) morning at #AAIC25: join us for a fantastic session on Speech and Language Methods for Detecting and Tracking Cognitive Decline 🧠🗣️

📍 Room 107, North Building (Level 100)
🕘 9:00–10:30 AM
📅 Tuesday, July 29
🚶‍♀️ 8 min from Exhibit Hall

Don’t miss it!
July 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happening now! #DaDA PIA session on design and analysis of non-pharmacological interventions in room Harbor C at #AAIC25 ; it's not too late to sneak in and take a seat!
July 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Good morning Toronto! Ready for #AAIC25? It's Professional Interest Area #PIA day today at the Westin Harbour Castle, visit the Design and Data Analytics #DaDA booth for networking (12.30-2.30pm) and our session on design and analysis in trials at Harbour C (3.45-4.45pm)! See you there?
July 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our new paper in Epidemiology examines how timescale choice—study time vs. age—can influence estimates of exposure effects on memory change. Using data from 10 cohorts, we show how timescale decisions may shape findings and offer guidance for future cognitive aging research. doi.org/10.1097/EDE....
July 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Jet M.J. Vonk, PhD PhD
Happy to see the whole special section on the Journal of Neuropsychology (@bpsofficial.bsky.social) about the biomarker-based diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (@alzassociation.bsky.social, @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social). Thanks to all authors! (Continued) 🧠 🧪 @jamiereillycog.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA #DaDA: New paper by Sun et al. presents a semiparametric joint model to examine how #biomarkers evolve with age and time to disease onset, applied to preclinical #Alzheimer’s. Read in Biometrics: doi.org/10.1093/biom...
Semiparametric joint modeling for biomarker trajectory before disease onset
ABSTRACT. Understanding how biomarkers change in relation to disease pathogenesis is a key area in biomedical research. We propose a semiparametric joint m
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA #DaDA: Don’t miss Dr. Ana Capuano’s @anacapuano.bsky.social seminar “Modeling Change and Understanding Dementia Risk in Aging Research” at the University of Iowa on June 12 2025, 12–1 p.m. CT #Dementia #Aging
June 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics (#DaDa) Professional Interest Area (#PIA):
May 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics (#DaDa) Professional Interest Area (#PIA):
Unlock the power of past Alzheimer's clinical trials! 🧠

Drs. Mark Dubbelman and Sietske Sikkes join the ISTAART Voices podcast to explore how better access to trial data can improve patient stratification for disease-modifying therapies in Alzheimer’s research and care!

🎧alz.org/ISTAARTpodcast
May 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
On behalf of @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: ARISE is calling for innovative data science methods in aging research! Students & young scientists, submit your work for a chance to present in our inaugural webinar series. Top projects win medals! Apply: forms.gle/EUrtnrFyNiuoj2Mf7
ARISE: Aging Research – Innovations in Statistical Exploration
Welcome to ARISE — a program of the ASA Statistics and Data Science in Aging Interest Group! Are you a promising student developing innovative data science methods with applications in aging research?...
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May 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: New study estimates how chronic conditions contribute to mortality across racial/ethnic groups. #Dementia showed the strongest link to death across groups. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ISTAART
Contribution of Chronic Conditions to Mortality: Differences by Race and Ethnicity
Racial and ethnic health disparities are persistent in the United States. The accumulation of chronic conditions and mortality are important contribut…
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April 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Jet M.J. Vonk, PhD PhD
Happy to share this commentary that @jamiereillycog.bsky.social and I wrote for our special section on the biomarker-based dx of Alzheimer's disease!
doi.org/10.1111/jnp....
Featuring @ignaciomastro.bsky.social @smgrasso.bsky.social @jetmjvonk.bsky.social @timdaly.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our new paper in Neurology shows that automated speech analysis differentiates frontotemporal dementia subtypes using linguistic & acoustic features that align with known neuroanatomical patterns. This tool may aid early diagnosis & trial enrollment for TDP43 proteinopathies doi.org/10.1212/WNL....
April 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
On behalf of the @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA #DaDA: New study by Lin et al. finds that at least 1 in 5 people with dementia & functional limitations receive no personal assistance, across several global regions. Read more in Nature Aging: doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00836-y
Absence of care among community-dwelling older adults with dementia and functional limitations - Nature Aging
Using data from the United States, England, Europe, Israel and China, Lin, Qian et al. identify that at least one-fifth of persons with dementia and functional limitations received no care for daily a...
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March 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On behalf of @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: New study by Berge et al. examines the impact of the LIVE intervention on caregiver burden & care time in home-dwelling #dementia dyads. Read more in Alzheimer's & Dementia: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #DaDA
Burden and care time for dementia caregivers in the LIVE@Home.Path trial
INTRODUCTION We investigated the effectiveness of the multicomponent learning, innovation, volunteer support, empowerment (LIVE) intervention on caregiver burden and care time in dyads of home-dwell...
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March 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On behalf of @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: Learn valuable skills on March 24 10am CT when you join us for our webinar on how to carry out a meta-analysis in #dementia research with Mike Malek-Ahmadi, Heather Allore and Jet Vonk 🧠📊 Register today: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
On behalf of @istaart.bsky.social Design and Data Analytics PIA: JUST OUT—Klee et al. examine multimorbidity contributors to dementia over time. A great international collaboration with researchers from Univ of Luxembourg, OHSU & Yale. Read more: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Examining multimorbidity contributors to dementia over time
INTRODUCTION Multimorbidity is associated with increased risk of dementia, but previous estimation of the joint contribution of constituent conditions to dementia incidence did not model additive co...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On behalf of @istaart.bsky.social Design & Data Analytics PIA: New paper by @anacapuano.bsky.social et al explores how #diabetes impacts #Alzheimer's pathology: phosphoprotein patterns in older adults' brains are different in those with diabetes alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Brain phosphoproteomic analysis identifies diabetes‐related substrates in Alzheimer's disease pathology in older adults
INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. Insulin signaling dysfunction exacerbates tau protein phosphorylation, a hallmark of AD pathology. However, the ...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM