Amber Bahorik, PhD

Research Project Coordinator
Psychiatry
[email protected]

Amber Bahorik received her PhD in social work from the University of Pittsburgh and completed a
postdoctoral fellowship in substance abuse treatment and research at UCSF and the Kaiser Permanente
Division of Research. She processes data requests for clinical researchers and fellows and manages the
data core for the lab.

Publications: 

A Prognostic Model to Predict Risk of Dementia or Death in Older Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Deborah E Barnes, Yixia Li, W John Boscardin, Amber L Bahorik, Carrie B. Peltz, Kristine Yaffe

Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome and Incidence of Dementia among Older Adults.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Xiaqing Jiang, Amber L Bahorik, Christina S. Dintica, Kristine Yaffe

Regional Difference in Dementia Incidence in Older Adults.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Christina S. Dintica, Amber L Bahorik, Feng Xia, W John Boscardin, Kristine Yaffe

Psychiatric Disorders Are Common Among Older US Veterans Prior to Traumatic Brain Injury.

The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation

Albrecht JS, Gardner RC, Bahorik AL, Xia F, Yaffe K

Association of Plasma Amyloid-ß and Dementia Among Black and White Older Adults.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Jiang X, Bahorik AL, Graff-Radford NR, Yaffe K

Understanding Racial Disparities in Dementia Prevalence Among Veterans.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Arenson M, Bahorik A, Xia F, Peltz C, Cohen B, Yaffe K

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cognition in a Diverse Population.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Carrie Peltz, Amber L Bahorik, Yue Leng, Susan Redline, Sid E. O'Bryant, Kristine Yaffe

The Bidirectional Association of TBI and Dementia/MCI among older US Veterans.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Kristine Yaffe, Raquel C. Gardner, Carrie Peltz, Amber L Bahorik, Feng Xia, Jennifer S Albrecht

The association between the area deprivation index and dementia in a Veteran Population.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Christina S. Dintica, Amber L Bahorik, Feng Xia, Amy J. Kind, Kristine Yaffe

Risk of dementia in older veterans with multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders

Fleming NH, Bahorik A, Xia F, Yaffe K

Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, and Aging-Related Health Among Men and Women Veterans Across the Lifespan.

Journal of general internal medicine

Gibson CJ, Bahorik A, Xia F, Peltz C, Yaffe K

Dementia Risk and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.

JAMA neurology

Dintica CS, Bahorik A, Xia F, Kind A, Yaffe K

Traumatic Brain Injury and Long-Term Risk of Stroke Among US Military Veterans.

Stroke

Schneider ALC, Peltz CB, Li Y, Bahorik A, Gardner RC, Yaffe K

Cognitive and Functional Trajectories in Older Adults With Prediagnostic Parkinson Disease.

Neurology

Bock MA, Vittinghoff E, Bahorik AL, Leng Y, Fink H, Yaffe K

Cognitive and Functional Trajectories in Prediagnostic Parkinson’s Disease.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Meredith A Bock, Eric Vittinghoff, Amber L Bahorik, Yue Leng, Kristine Yaffe

Increased Dementia Incidence among Black and Hispanic Veterans across Regions of the United States.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Erica S Kornblith, Amber L Bahorik, W John Boscardin, Feng Xia, Deborah E Barnes, Kristine Yaffe

Medical and Psychiatric Risk Factors for Dementia in Veterans with and without Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Raquel C. Gardner, Deborah E Barnes, Amber L Bahorik, Yixia Li, Carrie Peltz, Kristine Yaffe

Comparison Groups Matter in Traumatic Brain Injury Research: An Example with Dementia.

Journal of neurotrauma

Albrecht JS, Gardner RC, Wiebe D, Bahorik A, Xia F, Yaffe KC

Sex Differences in the Risk of Dementia in Older Veterans.

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

Eastman J, Bahorik A, Kornblith E, Xia F, Yaffe K

Association of Race and Ethnicity With Incidence of Dementia Among Older Adults.

JAMA

Kornblith E, Bahorik A, Boscardin WJ, Xia F, Barnes DE, Yaffe K

Abstract 024: Traumatic Brain Injury And Long-term Risk Of Stroke Among U.S. Military Veterans.

Circulation

Andrea L Schneider, Carrie Peltz, Yixia Li, Amber Bahorik, Raquel Gardner, W. J Boscardin, Kristine Yaffe

Remote Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognition in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Proof-of-Concept Study.

JMIR Formative Research

Eastman JA, Kaup AR, Bahorik AL, Butcher X, Attarha M, Marcus GM, Pletcher MJ, Olgin JE, Barnes DE, Yaffe K

Traumatic brain injury, cardiovascular disease, and risk of dementia among older US Veterans.

Brain injury

Kornblith E, Bahorik A, Li Y, Peltz CB, Barnes DE, Yaffe K

Markers of periodontal disease and cognitive decline in a diverse, older cohort.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Benjamin Nikitin, Amber L Bahorik, Claire T Mcevoy, Kristine Yaffe

Abstract P202: Early To Midlife Smoking Trajectories And Cognitive Function In Middle Aged Us Adults: The Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults Study.

Circulation

Amber Bahorik, Stephen Sidney, Jonathan Kramer-Feldman, David R Jacobs, Amanda Mathew, Jared Reis, Kristine Yaffe

Race and Sex Differences in Risk of Dementia Diagnosis Among Older Veterans (2126).

Neurology

Erica Kornblith, Carrie Peltz, Feng Xia, Amber Bahorik, Deborah Barnes, Amy Byers, Kristine Yaffe

Atrial Fibrillation is Associated With Greater Risk of Dementia in Older Veterans.

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Rouch L, Xia F, Bahorik A, Olgin J, Yaffe K

Increased risk of dementia in older female US veterans with alcohol use disorder.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)

Bahorik A, Bobrow K, Hoang T, Yaffe K

Atrial fibrillation and dementia.

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

AARTJAN TF Beekman, Laure ROUCH, Feng Xia, Amber Bahorik, Jeffrey Olgin, Kristine Yaffe

Early to Midlife Smoking Trajectories and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged US Adults: the CARDIA Study.

Journal of general internal medicine

Bahorik AL, Sidney S, Kramer-Feldman J, Jacobs DR, Mathew AR, Reis JP, Yaffe K

Early adult to midlife trajectory of inflammation and midlife cognition.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Kristine Yaffe, Myron Gross, Deborah A Levine, David R Jacobs, Amber L Bahorik

Novel insights into risk of dementia after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and heterogeneity analysis.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Raquel C. Gardner, Amber L Bahorik, Paul Mangal, Isabel Elaine Allen, Kristine Yaffe

Web-based assessment of cardiovascular risk factors and cognition in older adults: Findings from the Brain eHealth feasibility study.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Kristine Yaffe, Allison R Kaup, Amber L Bahorik, Xochitl Butcher, Mouna Attarha, Gregory M Marcus, Mark J Pletcher, Jeffrey E Olgin

Relationships of inflammation trajectories with white matter volume and integrity in midlife.

Brain, behavior, and immunity

O'Donovan A, Bahorik A, Sidney S, Launer LJ, Yaffe K

Cardiovascular risk factors and accelerated cognitive decline in midlife: The CARDIA Study.

Neurology

Yaffe K, Bahorik AL, Hoang TD, Forrester S, Jacobs DR, Lewis CE, Lloyd-Jones DM, Sidney S, Reis JP

ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IN FEMALE VETERANS AND THE IMPACT ON DEMENTIA RISK.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Amber L. Bahorik, Deborah E. Barnes, Feng Xia, Tina D. Hoang, Ekaterina A. Tangog, Kristine Yaffe

EARLY ADULT TO MID-LIFE CIGARETTE SMOKING AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION: FINDINGS FROM THE CARDIA STUDY.

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Amber L. Bahorik, Stephen Sidney, Jonathan Kramer-Feldman, David R. Jacobs, Amanda R. Matthew, Jared Reis, Kristine Yaffe

Psychiatric Disorders and Comorbid Cannabis Use: How Common Is It and What Is the Clinical Impact?

The Journal of clinical psychiatry

Satre DD, Bahorik A, Zaman T, Ramo D

Alcohol and Drug Use Among Older Adults: Associations with Widowhood, Relationship Quality, and Physical Health.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

Satre DD, Bahorik AL, Mackin RS

Use of a prescription opioid registry to examine opioid misuse and overdose in an integrated health system.

Preventive medicine

Campbell CI, Bahorik AL, VanVeldhuisen P, Weisner C, Rubinstein AL, Ray GT

Adverse impact of marijuana use on clinical outcomes among psychiatry patients with depression and alcohol use disorder.

Psychiatry research

Bahorik AL, Campbell CI, Sterling SA, Leibowitz A, Travis A, Weisner CM, Satre DD

Alcohol, marijuana, and opioid use disorders: 5-Year patterns and characteristics of emergency department encounters.

Substance abuse

Bahorik AL, Satre DD, Kline-Simon AH, Weisner CM, Young-Wolff KC, Campbell CI

Serious mental illness and medical comorbidities: Findings from an integrated health care system.

Journal of psychosomatic research

Bahorik AL, Satre DD, Kline-Simon AH, Weisner CM, Campbell CI

Serious mental illness and medical comorbidities: Findings from an integrated health care system

Psychosomatic Research

Bahorik AL, Satre DD, Kline-Simon AH, Weisner CM, Campbell CI.

Prescription opioid registry in an integrated health system

Am J Manag Care

Ray GT, Bahorik AL, Van Veldhuisen V, Weisner CM, Rubinstein AL, Campbell CI.

Prescription opioid registry protocol in an integrated health system.

The American journal of managed care

Ray GT, Bahorik AL, VanVeldhuisen PC, Weisner CM, Rubinstein AL, Campbell CI

Motivation deficits and use of alcohol and illicit drugs among individuals with schizophrenia.

Psychiatry research

Bahorik AL, Greeno CG, Cochran G, Cornelius JR, Eack SM

Patterns of marijuana use among psychiatry patients with depression and its impact on recovery.

Journal of affective disorders

Bahorik AL, Leibowitz A, Sterling SA, Travis A, Weisner C, Satre DD

Longitudinal health service patterns of patients with alcohol, cannabis, and opioid use disorders.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Amber L. Bahorik, Derek Satre, Andrea H. Kline-Simon, Kelly C. Young-Wolff, Constance Weisner, Cynthia Campbell

Use of a prescription opioid registry to examine opioid misuse and overdose.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Cynthia Campbell, Amber Bahorik, Constance Weisner, Paul VanVeldhuisen, Andrea Rubinstein, Tom Ray

Alcohol, Cannabis, and Opioid Use Disorders, and Disease Burden in an Integrated Health Care System.

Journal of addiction medicine

Bahorik AL, Satre DD, Kline-Simon AH, Weisner CM, Campbell CI

The role of hazardous drinking reductions in predicting depression and anxiety symptom improvement among psychiatry patients: A longitudinal study.

Journal of affective disorders

Bahorik AL, Leibowitz A, Sterling SA, Travis A, Weisner C, Satre DD

Racial Disparities in Community Outcomes Among Individuals with Schizophrenia and Cooccurring Substance Use Disorders.

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Amber L. Bahorik, Courtney C. Queen, Shuangzhou Chen, Lovie J. Jackson Foster, Ralph L. Bangs

Racial disparities in community outcomes among adults with schizophrenia and comorbid substance use disorders

J SocWork Prac Addict

Bahorik, AL, Queen CC, Chen S, Jackson Foster LJ, Bangs RL

Integrated cognitive enhancement therapy and personal therapy for substance misusing schizophrenia patients: interim results on the first 6 months of treatment

Drug Alcohol Depend

Eack SM, Hogarty SS, Greenwald DP, Bahorik AL, Litschge MY, Bangalore SS, Pogue-Gelie MF, Cornelius JR

BRIEF REPORT: THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS MISUSE ON COGNITION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA.

Schizophrenia research. Cognition

Bahorik AL, Cornelius JR, Bangalore SS, Newhill CE, Keshavan MS, Eack SM

Integrated cognitive enhancement therapy and personal therapy for substance misusing schizophrenia patients: Interim results on the first 6 months of treatment.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Shaun M. Eack, S.S. Hogarty, D.P. Greenwald, A.L. Bahorik, M.Y. Litschge, S.S. Bangalore, M.F. Pogue-Geile, J.R. Cornelius

Underreporting of drug use among individuals with schizophrenia: Prevalence and predictors.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Amber Bahorik, C.E. Newhill, C. Queen, Jack R. Cornelius, S. Eack

Correction to “Commonalities in social and non-social cognitive impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia” [Schizophr. Res. 148 (2013) 24–28].

Schizophrenia Research

Shaun M. Eack, Amber L. Bahorik, Summer A.F. McKnight, Susan S. Hogarty, Deborah P. Greenwald, Christina E. Newhill, Mary L. Phillips, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Nancy J. Minshew

Cognitive enhancement therapy for adults with autism spectrum disorder: results of an 18-month feasibility study.

Journal of autism and developmental disorders

Eack SM, Greenwald DP, Hogarty SS, Bahorik AL, Litschge MY, Mazefsky CA, Minshew NJ

Brief report: is cognitive rehabilitation needed in verbal adults with autism? Insights from initial enrollment in a trial of cognitive enhancement therapy.

Journal of autism and developmental disorders

Eack SM, Bahorik AL, Hogarty SS, Greenwald DP, Litschge MY, Mazefsky CA, Minshew NJ

Commonalities in social and non-social cognitive impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia Research

Eack SM, Bahorik AL, McKnight SA, Hogarty SS, Greenwald DP, Newhill CE, Phillips ML, Keshavan MS, Minshew NJ

Under-reporting of drug use among individuals with schizophrenia: prevalence and predictors.

Psychological medicine

Bahorik AL, Newhill CE, Queen CC, Eack SM

Interviewer-perceived honesty as a mediator of racial disparities in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Eack SM, Bahorik AL, Newhill CE, Neighbors HW, Davis LE