Faculty

Thomas Karikari, PhD

Thomas K Karikari, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213

Education & Training

PhD
Neuroscience, University of Warwick
Neuroscience, University of Gothenburg

Professional Affiliations

Committee for Aid in Education in Neurochemistry, International Society for Neurochemistry

Selected Honors & Awards

Best Alzheimer publication Award, Swedish Alzheimer Foundation
Astrup Prize, Nordic Federation for Clinical Chemistry

Research Interests

Pathological changes in the Alzheimer brain; Blood biomarkers for Alzheimers disease diagnosis
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Karikari TK*, Pascoal TA*, Ashton NJ, Janelidze S, Benedet AL, Rodriguez JL, Chamoun M, Savard M, Kang MS, Therriault J, Schll M, Massarweh G, Soucy J-P, Hglund K, Brinkmalm G, Mattsson N, Palmqvist S, Gauthier S, Stomrud E, Zetterberg H, Hansson O, Rosa-Neto P & Blennow K (2020). Blood phosphorylated tau 181 as a biomarker for Alzheimers disease: a diagnostic performance and prediction modelling study using data from four prospective cohorts. Lancet Neurology 19, 422433. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30071-5 *Joint first authors
  2. Karikari TK*, Emersic A*, Vrillon A*, Rodriguez JL, Ashton NJ, Kramberg MG, Dumurgier J, Hourregue C, Cucnik S, Brinkmalm G, Rot U, Zetterberg H, Paquet C & Blennow K (2020). Head-to-head comparison of clinical performance of CSF phospho-tau T181 and T217 biomarkers for Alzheimers disease diagnosis Alzheimers and Dementia, (2021) May;17(5):755-767. doi: 10.1002/alz.12236. Epub 2020 Nov 30. *Joint first authors
  3. Karikari TK*, Benedet AL*, Ashton NJ*, Lantero Rodriguez J, Snellman A, Surez-Calvet M, Saha-Chaudhuri P, Lussier F, Kvartsberg H, Rial AM, Pascoal TA, Andreasson U, Schll M, Weiner MW, Rosa-Neto P, Trojanowski JQ, Shaw LM, Blennow K & Zetterberg H (2020). Diagnostic performance and prediction of clinical progression of plasma phospho-tau181 in the Alzheimers Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-00923-z *Joint first authors