Alexa E Walter, PhD
Research Associate of Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3535 Market St.
Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Education:
BS (Biology: Neuroscience)
Pennsylvania State University, 2015.
MS (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
PhD (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2020.
BS (Biology: Neuroscience)
Pennsylvania State University, 2015.
MS (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
PhD (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2020.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , 2020-2023.
Permanent linkPostdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , 2020-2023.
Selected Publications
Law CA, Elser H, Walter AE, Mosley TH, Walker K, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC.: Traumatic brain injury and anger proneness: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Frontiers in Psychology 16: 1546443, Jun 2025.Walter, A. E., Gugger, J. J., Law, C. A., Brennan, D. J., Mosley, T. H., Reid, R. I., Jack, C. R., Gottesman, R. F., Diaz-Arrastia, R., & Schneider, A. L. C. : Neuroimaging Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury in an Older Community-Dwelling Population: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology 104(8): e213506, Apr 2025.
Griffith, O., Bai, X., Walter, A.E., Gay, M., R., Kelly, J.T., Sebastianelli, W.J., Papa, L., Slobounov, S.: Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study. Frontiers in Neurology 15(1511915), Jan 2025 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1511915.
Walter A.E., Pike J.R., Coresh J., Diaz-Arrastia R., Menon D., Gottesman R.F., Palta P., Schneider, A.L.C. : Traumatic Brain Injury, Changes in Plasma Amyloid, Tau, and Neurodegenerative Biomarkers, and Dementia Risk. Alzheimer’s and Dementia 2025.
Griffith O, Fornini R, Walter AE, Wilkes J, Bai X, Slobounov SM.: Comorbidity of concussion and depression alters brain functional connectivity in collegiate student-athletes. Brain Res 1845: 149200, Dec 2024.
Walter AE, Savalia K, Yoon J, Morrison J, Schneider ALC, Diaz-Arrastia R, Sandsmark DK.: Change in Enlarged Perivascular Spaces over Time and Associations with Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep 5: 738-748, Jul 2024.
Hunzinger KJ, Walter AE, Rosenthal KA, Windham BG, Palta P, Juraschek SP, Hicks CW, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC.: Associations Between Prior Head Injury, Physical Functioning, and Frailty in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 79: glae032, Apr 2024.
Gugger JJ, Walter AE, Diaz-Arrastia R, Huang J, Jack CR, Reid R, Kucharska-Newton AM, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC, Johnson EL.: Association between structural brain MRI abnormalities and epilepsy in older adults. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 11(2): 342-354, Feb 2024.
Walter AE, Wilkes JR, Scaramuzzo M, Johns-Bostick T, Lynch S, Sebastianelli W, Seidenberg P, Bream T, Slobounov SM.: Head acceleration event exposure and cognitive and functional outcomes: a comparison of multiple football seasons. Res Sports Med 32(1): 122-131, Jan-Jun 2024.
Shaik, N., Law, C., Walter, A.E., Stulberg, E., Schneider, A.L.C. : Correlations Between County-Level Social Determinants of Health and Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Mortality in the United States. Neurotrauma reports 6(1): 32-38, Jan 2024.