April Thames, Ph.D.

Professor

AThames@mednet.ucla.edu

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Publications

Bordes Edgar V, MacDonald B, Thames AD, McClintock SM. The time has come: discussing the clinical neuropsychology provider's role in cultural respect and inclusion.. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 2025.
Stradford J, Heyworth NC, Jackson M, Norman M, Banks SJ, Sundermann EE, Thames AD. Increasing research study engagement in minoritized populations: An example from the Black Women Inflammation and Tau Study.. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2024.
Kennedy E, Liebel SW, Lindsey HM, Vadlamani S, Lei PW, Adamson MM, Alda M, Alonso-Lana S, Anderson TJ, Arango C, Asarnow RF, Avram M, Ayesa-Arriola R, Babikian T, Banaj N, Bird LJ, Borgwardt S, Brodtmann A, Brosch K, Caeyenberghs K, Calhoun VD, Chiaravalloti ND, Cifu DX, Crespo-Facorro B, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Dams-O'Connor K, Dannlowski U, Darby D, Davenport N, DeLuca J, Diaz-Caneja CM, Disner SG, Dobryakova E, Ehrlich S, Esopenko C, Ferrarelli F, Frank LE, Franz CE, Fuentes-Claramonte P, Genova H, Giza CC, Goltermann J, Grotegerd D, Gruber M, Gutierrez-Zotes A, Ha M, Haavik J, Hinkin C, Hoskinson KR, Hubl D, Irimia A, Jansen A, Kaess M, Kang X, Kenney K, Kerková B, Khlif MS, Kim M, Kindler J, Kircher T, Knížková K, Kolskår KK, Krch D, Kremen WS, Kuhn T, Kumari V, Kwon J, Langella R, Laskowitz S, Lee J, Lengenfelder J, Liou-Johnson V, Lippa SM, Løvstad M, Lundervold AJ, Marotta C, Marquardt CA, Mattos P, Mayeli A, McDonald CR, Meinert S, Melzer TR, Merchán-Naranjo J, Michel C, Morey RA, Mwangi B, Myall DJ, Nenadic I, Newsome MR, Nunes A, O'Brien T, Oertel V, Ollinger J, Olsen A, Ortiz García de la Foz V, Ozmen M, Pardoe H, Parent M, Piras F, Piras F, Pomarol-Clotet E, Repple J, Richard G, Rodriguez J, Rodriguez M, Rootes-Murdy K, Rowland J, Ryan NP, Salvador R, Sanders AM, Schmidt A, Soares JC, Spalleta G, Španiel F, Sponheim SR, Stasenko A, Stein F, Straube B, Thames A, Thomas-Odenthal F, Thomopoulos SI, Tone EB, Torres I, Troyanskaya M, Turner JA, Ulrichsen KM, Umpierrez G, Vecchio D, Vilella E, Vivash L, Walker WC, Werden E, Westlye LT, Wild K, Wroblewski A, Wu MJ, Wylie GR, Yatham LN, Zunta-Soares GB, Thompson PM, Pugh MJ, Tate DF, Hillary FG, Wilde EA, Dennis EL. Verbal Learning and Memory Deficits across Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from an ENIGMA Mega Analysis.. Brain sciences, 2024.
Kennedy E, Vadlamani S, Lindsey HM, Lei PW, Jo-Pugh M, Adamson M, Alda M, Alonso-Lana S, Ambrogi S, Anderson TJ, Arango C, Asarnow RF, Avram M, Ayesa-Arriola R, Babikian T, Banaj N, Bird LJ, Borgwardt S, Brodtmann A, Brosch K, Caeyenberghs K, Calhoun VD, Chiaravalloti ND, Cifu DX, Crespo-Facorro B, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Dams-O'Connor K, Dannlowski U, Darby D, Davenport N, DeLuca J, Diaz-Caneja CM, Disner SG, Dobryakova E, Ehrlich S, Esopenko C, Ferrarelli F, Frank LE, Franz C, Fuentes-Claramonte P, Genova H, Giza CC, Goltermann J, Grotegerd D, Gruber M, Gutierrez-Zotes A, Ha M, Haavik J, Hinkin C, Hoskinson KR, Hubl D, Irimia A, Jansen A, Kaess M, Kang X, Kenney K, Kerková B, Khlif MS, Kim M, Kindler J, Kircher T, Knížková K, Kolskår KK, Krch D, Kremen WS, Kuhn T, Kumari V, Kwon JS, Langella R, Laskowitz S, Lee J, Lengenfelder J, Liebel SW, Liou-Johnson V, Lippa SM, Løvstad M, Lundervold A, Marotta C, Marquardt CA, Mattos P, Mayeli A, McDonald CR, Meinert S, Melzer TR, Merchán-Naranjo J, Michel C, Morey RA, Mwangi B, Myall DJ, Nenadic I, Newsome MR, Nunes A, O'Brien T, Oertel V, Ollinger J, Olsen A, de la Foz VOG, Ozmen M, Pardoe H, Parent M, Piras F, Piras F, Pomarol-Clotet E, Repple J, Richard G, Rodriguez J, Rodriguez M, Rootes-Murdy K, Rowland J, Ryan NP, Salvador R, Sanders AM, Schmidt A, Soares JC, Spalleta G, Španiel F, Stasenko A, Stein F, Straube B, Thames A, Thomas-Odenthal F, Thomopoulos SI, Tone E, Torres I, Troyanskaya M, Turner JA, Ulrichsen KM, Umpierrez G, Vilella E, Vivash L, Walker WC, Werden E, Westlye LT, Wild K, Wroblewski A, Wu MJ, Wylie GR, Yatham LN, Zunta-Soares GB, Thompson PM, Tate DF, Hillary FG, Dennis EL, Wilde EA. Bridging Big Data: Procedures for Combining Non-equivalent Cognitive Measures from the ENIGMA Consortium.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023.
Delfel E, Hammond A, Shields GS, Moore DJ, Slavich GM, Thames AD. Psychological grit moderates the relation between lifetime stressor exposure and functional outcomes among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative adults.. Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2023.
McIntosh RC, Clark US, Cherner M, Cysique LA, Heaton RK, Levin J, Remien RH, Thames A, Moore DJ, Rubin LH. The Evolution of Assessing Central Nervous System Complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Where Do We Go From Here?. The Journal of infectious diseases, 2023.
Umfleet LG, Bilder RM, Loring DW, Thames A, Hampstead BM, Bauer RM, Drane DL, Cavanagh L. The Future of Cognitive Screening in Neurodegenerative Diseases.. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023.
Wells K, Thames AD, Young AS, Zhang L, Heilemann MV, Romero DF, Oliva A, Jones F, Tang L, Brymer M, Elliott T, Arevian A, Together for Wellness/Juntos Collaborators and Writing Group. Engagement, Use, and Impact of Digital Mental Health Resources for Diverse Populations in COVID-19: Community-Partnered Evaluation.. JMIR formative research, 2022.
McIntosh EC, Beam C, Spahr CM, Slavich GM, Thames AD. Prefrontal Cortex Volume Mediates the Relationship Between Lifetime Chronic Stressor Exposure and Cognition in People Living With and Without HIV.. Psychosomatic medicine, 2022.
Thames AD, Nunez R, Slavich GM, Irwin MR, Senturk D. Racial differences in health and cognition as a function of HIV among older adults.. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 2021.
Weissberger GH, Núñez RA, Tureson K, Gold A, Thames AD. Socioeconomic Mobility and Psychological and Cognitive Functioning in a Diverse Sample of Adults With and Without HIV.. Psychosomatic medicine, 2021.
Byrd DA, Rivera Mindt MM, Clark US, Clarke Y, Thames AD, Gammada EZ, Manly JJ. Creating an antiracist psychology by addressing professional complicity in psychological assessment.. Psychological assessment, 2021.
Ssewamala FM, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Thames AD, Neilands TB, Damulira C, Mukasa B, Brathwaite R, Mellins C, Santelli J, Brown D, Guo S, Namatovu P, Kiyingi J, Namuwonge F, McKay MM. Suubi+Adherence-Round 2: A study protocol to examine the longitudinal HIV treatment adherence among youth living with HIV transitioning into young adulthood in Southern Uganda.. BMC public health, 2021.
Nir TM, Fouche JP, Ananworanich J, Ances BM, Boban J, Brew BJ, Chaganti JR, Chang L, Ching CRK, Cysique LA, Ernst T, Faskowitz J, Gupta V, Harezlak J, Heaps-Woodruff JM, Hinkin CH, Hoare J, Joska JA, Kallianpur KJ, Kuhn T, Lam HY, Law M, Lebrun-Frénay C, Levine AJ, Mondot L, Nakamoto BK, Navia BA, Pennec X, Porges EC, Salminen LE, Shikuma CM, Surento W, Thames AD, Valcour V, Vassallo M, Woods AJ, Thompson PM, Cohen RA, Paul R, Stein DJ, Jahanshad N. Association of Immunosuppression and Viral Load With Subcortical Brain Volume in an International Sample of People Living With HIV.. JAMA network open, 2021.
Gold AI, Meyerowitz BE, Thames AD. The influence of posttraumatic stress on memory complaints in neuropsychological settings.. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 2020.
McIntosh EC, Tureson K, Rotblatt LJ, Singer EJ, Thames AD. HIV, Vascular Risk Factors, and Cognition in the Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2020.
Ajilore O, Thames AD. The fire this time: The stress of racism, inflammation and COVID-19.. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020.
Heinzerling KG, Briones M, Thames AD, Hinkin CH, Zhu T, Wu YN, Shoptaw SJ. Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Targeting Neuroinflammation with Ibudilast to Treat Methamphetamine Use Disorder.. Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology, 2019.
Thames AD, Irwin MR, Breen EC, Cole SW. Corrigendum to "Experienced discrimination and racial differences in leukocyte gene expression. [Psychoneuroendocrinology, 106 (2019), 277-283]".. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019.
Kuhn T, Jin Y, Huang C, Kim Y, Nir TM, Gullett JM, Jones JD, Sayegh P, Chung C, Dang BH, Singer EJ, Shattuck DW, Jahanshad N, Bookheimer SY, Hinkin CH, Zhu H, Thompson PM, Thames AD. The joint effect of aging and HIV infection on microstructure of white matter bundles.. Human brain mapping, 2019.
Thames AD, Irwin MR, Breen EC, Cole SW. Experienced discrimination and racial differences in leukocyte gene expression.. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019.
Watson CW, Sundermann EE, Hussain MA, Umlauf A, Thames AD, Moore RC, Letendre SL, Jeste DV, Morgan EE, Moore DJ. Effects of trauma, economic hardship, and stress on neurocognition and everyday function in HIV.. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2018.
Lim AC, Thames AD. Differential relationships between cannabis consumption and sleep health as a function of HIV status.. Drug and alcohol dependence, 2018.
Mahmood Z, Hammond A, Nunez RA, Irwin MR, Thames AD. Effects of Sleep Health on Cognitive Function in HIV+ and HIV- Adults.. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2018.
Thames AD, Hammond A, Nunez RA, Mahmood Z, Jones F, Carter SL, Bilder RM, Fisher S, Bivens-Davis T, Jones L. Sexual Health Behavior and Mental Health Among Older African American Women: The Sistahs, Sexuality, and Mental Health Well-Being Project.. Journal of women's health (2002), 2018.
Kuhn T, Kaufmann T, Doan NT, Westlye LT, Jones J, Nunez RA, Bookheimer SY, Singer EJ, Hinkin CH, Thames AD. An augmented aging process in brain white matter in HIV.. Human brain mapping, 2018.
He Q, Huang X, Turel O, Schulte M, Huang D, Thames A, Bechara A, Hser YI. Presumed structural and functional neural recovery after long-term abstinence from cocaine in male military veterans.. Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2018.
Thames AD, Kuhn TP, Mahmood Z, Bilder RM, Williamson TJ, Singer EJ, Arentoft A. Effects of social adversity and HIV on subcortical shape and neurocognitive function.. Brain imaging and behavior, 2018.
Loeb TB, Joseph NT, Wyatt GE, Zhang M, Chin D, Thames A, Aswad Y. Predictors of somatic symptom severity: The role of cumulative history of trauma and adversity in a diverse community sample.. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 2017.
Jones JD, Kuhn T, Mahmood Z, Singer EJ, Hinkin CH, Thames AD. Longitudinal intra-individual variability in neuropsychological performance relates to white matter changes in HIV.. Neuropsychology, 2017.
Kuhn T, Sayegh P, Jones JD, Smith J, Sarma MK, Ragin A, Singer EJ, Albert Thomas M, Thames AD, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH. Improvements in brain and behavior following eradication of hepatitis C.. Journal of neurovirology, 2017.
Wyatt GE, Thames A, Simbayi L, Stein DJ, Burns J, Maselesele M. Trauma and mental health in South Africa: Overview.. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 2017.
Williamson TJ, Mahmood Z, Kuhn TP, Thames AD. Differential relationships between social adversity and depressive symptoms by HIV status and racial/ethnic identity.. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2016.
Thames AD, Kuhn TP, Williamson TJ, Jones JD, Mahmood Z, Hammond A. Marijuana effects on changes in brain structure and cognitive function among HIV+ and HIV- adults.. Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016.
Kuhn T, Schonfeld D, Sayegh P, Arentoft A, Jones JD, Hinkin CH, Bookheimer SY, Thames AD. The effects of HIV and aging on subcortical shape alterations: A 3D morphometric study.. Human brain mapping, 2016.
Arentsen TJ, Panos S, Thames AD, Arbid JN, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH. Psychosocial Correlates of Medication Adherence among HIV-Positive, Cognitively Impaired Individuals.. Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services, 2016.
Arentoft A, Van Dyk K, Thames AD, Thaler NS, Sayegh P, Hinkin CH. HIV-transmission-related risk behavior in HIV+ African American men: Exploring biological, psychological, cognitive, and social factors.. Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services, 2016.
Singer EJ, Thames AD. Neurobehavioral Manifestations of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS: Diagnosis and Treatment.. Neurologic clinics, 2016.
Thames AD, Mahmood Z, Burggren AC, Karimian A, Kuhn TP. Combined effects of HIV and marijuana use on neurocognitive functioning and immune status.. AIDS care, 2015.
Anderson AE, Kerr WT, Thames A, Li T, Xiao J, Cohen MS. Electronic health record phenotyping improves detection and screening of type 2 diabetes in the general United States population: A cross-sectional, unselected, retrospective study.. Journal of biomedical informatics, 2015.
Thames AD, Sayegh P, Terashima K, Foley JM, Cho A, Arentoft A, Hinkin CH, Bookheimer SY. Increased subcortical neural activity among HIV+ individuals during a lexical retrieval task.. Neurobiology of disease, 2015.
Arentoft A, Van Dyk K, Thames AD, Sayegh P, Thaler N, Schonfeld D, LaBrie J, Hinkin CH. Comparing the unmatched count technique and direct self-report for sensitive health-risk behaviors in HIV+ adults.. AIDS care, 2015.
Thames AD, Briones MS, Magpantay LI, Martinez-Maza O, Singer EJ, Hinkin CH, Morgello S, Gelman BB, Moore DJ, Heizerling K, Levine AJ. The role of chemokine C-C motif ligand 2 genotype and cerebrospinal fluid chemokine C-C motif ligand 2 in neurocognition among HIV-infected patients.. AIDS (London, England), 2015.
Thaler NS, Sayegh P, Arentoft A, Thames AD, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH. Increased neurocognitive intra-individual variability is associated with declines in medication adherence in HIV-infected adults.. Neuropsychology, 2015.
Barkhordarian A, Thames AD, Du AM, Jan AL, Nahcivan M, Nguyen MT, Sama N, Chiappelli F. Viral immune surveillance: Toward a TH17/TH9 gate to the central nervous system.. Bioinformation, 2015.
Chiappelli F, Bakhordarian A, Thames AD, Du AM, Jan AL, Nahcivan M, Nguyen MT, Sama N, Manfrini E, Piva F, Rocha RM, Maida CA. Ebola: translational science considerations.. Journal of translational medicine, 2015.
Thames AD, Castellon SA, Singer EJ, Nagarajan R, Sarma MK, Smith J, Thaler NS, Truong JH, Schonfeld D, Thomas MA, Hinkin CH. Neuroimaging abnormalities, neurocognitive function, and fatigue in patients with hepatitis C.. Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 2015.
Chiappelli F, Santos SM, Caldeira Brant XM, Bakhordarian A, Thames AD, Maida CA, Du AM, Jan AL, Nahcivan M, Nguyen MT, Sama N. Viral immune evasion in dengue: toward evidence-based revisions of clinical practice guidelines.. Bioinformation, 2014.
Sayegh P, Arentoft A, Thaler NS, Dean AC, Thames AD. Quality of education predicts performance on the Wide Range Achievement Test-4th Edition Word Reading subtest.. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 2014.
Thames AD, Panos SE, Arentoft A, Byrd DA, Hinkin CH, Arbid N. Mild test anxiety influences neurocognitive performance among African Americans and European Americans: identifying interfering and facilitating sources.. Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology, 2014.
Thames AD, Arbid N, Sayegh P. Cannabis use and neurocognitive functioning in a non-clinical sample of users.. Addictive behaviors, 2014.
Arentoft A, Thames AD, Panos S, Patel S, Hinkin CH. A deconstruction of gambling task performance among HIV+ individuals: the differential contributions of problem solving and risk taking.. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 2013.
Panos SE, Hinkin CH, Singer EJ, Thames AD, Patel SM, Sinsheimer JS, Del Re AC, Gelman BB, Morgello S, Moore DJ, Levine AJ. Apolipoprotein-E genotype and human immunodeficiency virus-associated neurocognitive disorder: the modulating effects of older age and disease severity.. Neurobehavioral HIV medicine, 2013.
Panos SE, Del Re AC, Thames AD, Arentsen TJ, Patel SM, Castellon SA, Singer EJ, Hinkin CH. The impact of neurobehavioral features on medication adherence in HIV: evidence from longitudinal models.. AIDS care, 2013.
Patel SM, Thames AD, Arbid N, Panos SE, Castellon S, Hinkin CH. The aggregate effects of multiple comorbid risk factors on cognition among HIV-infected individuals.. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 2013.
Thames AD, Hinkin CH, Byrd DA, Bilder RM, Duff KJ, Mindt MR, Arentoft A, Streiff V. Effects of stereotype threat, perceived discrimination, and examiner race on neuropsychological performance: simple as black and white?. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2013.
Thames AD, Arentoft A, Rivera-Mindt M, Hinkin CH. Functional disability in medication management and driving among individuals with HIV: a 1-year follow-up study.. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 2012.
Skinner J, Carvalho JO, Potter GG, Thames A, Zelinski E, Crane PK, Gibbons LE, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive-Plus (ADAS-Cog-Plus): an expansion of the ADAS-Cog to improve responsiveness in MCI.. Brain imaging and behavior, 2012.
Thames AD, Moizel J, Panos SE, Patel SM, Byrd DA, Myers HF, Wyatt GE, Hinkin CH. Differential predictors of medication adherence in HIV: findings from a sample of African American and Caucasian HIV-positive drug-using adults.. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2012.
Nagarajan R, Sarma MK, Thames AD, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH, Thomas MA. 2D MR Spectroscopy Combined with Prior-Knowledge Fitting Is Sensitive to HCV-Associated Cerebral Metabolic Abnormalities.. International journal of hepatology, 2012.
Thames AD, Streiff V, Patel SM, Panos SE, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH. The role of HIV infection, cognition, and depression in risky decision-making.. The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2012.
Thames AD, Foley JM, Wright MJ, Panos SE, Ettenhofer M, Ramezani A, Streiff V, El-Saden S, Goodwin S, Bookheimer SY, Hinkin CH. Basal ganglia structures differentially contribute to verbal fluency: evidence from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected adults.. Neuropsychologia, 2011.
Becker BW, Thames AD, Woo E, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH. Longitudinal change in cognitive function and medication adherence in HIV-infected adults.. AIDS and behavior, 2011.
Thames AD, Becker BW, Marcotte TD, Hines LJ, Foley JM, Ramezani A, Singer EJ, Castellon SA, Heaton RK, Hinkin CH. Depression, cognition, and self-appraisal of functional abilities in HIV: an examination of subjective appraisal versus objective performance.. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 2011.
Thames AD, Kim MS, Becker BW, Foley JM, Hines LJ, Singer EJ, Heaton RK, Castellon SA, Hinkin CH. Medication and finance management among HIV-infected adults: the impact of age and cognition.. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 2010.
Ventura J, Thames AD, Wood RC, Guzik LH, Hellemann GS. Disorganization and reality distortion in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of the relationship between positive symptoms and neurocognitive deficits.. Schizophrenia research, 2010.
Foley J, Ettenhofer M, Wright MJ, Siddiqi I, Choi M, Thames AD, Mason K, Castellon S, Hinkin CH. Neurocognitive functioning in HIV-1 infection: effects of cerebrovascular risk factors and age.. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 2010.
Ventura J, Hellemann GS, Thames AD, Koellner V, Nuechterlein KH. Symptoms as mediators of the relationship between neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.. Schizophrenia research, 2009.