Briana N. Sprague, PhD

By developing behavioral interventions that promote will, skill, and thrill, can we promote resiliency to age-related mobility and cognitive decline?

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Research Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute
Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics

Dr. Sprague is an emerging scholar whose research agenda can be divided among three themes: (1) understanding the complex, dynamic relationship between physical and cognitive function in older adults, (2) identifying and optimizing behavioral interventions to improve either physical or cognitive function in older adults, and (3) implementing advanced statistical techniques to answer these questions and better inform future research and practice.

Dr. Sprague received her B.A. in psychology at the University of Kansas and her M.S. and PhD in human development and family studies at The Pennsylvania State University. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh’s department of epidemiology.

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October 2021

Functional correlates of self-reported energy levels in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

Publication: Journal of Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01788-0

Authors: Ehrenkranz RC, Rosso AL, Sprague BN, Tian Q, Gmelin T, Bohnen NI, Simonsick EM, Glynn NW, Rosano C

Dec 16, 2021

Feasibility and enjoyment of exercise video games in older adults

Publication: Innovation in Aging

doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1838

Authors: Freed SA, Sprague BN, Stephan AT, Doyle CE, Tian J, Phillips CB, Ross LA

2019

The impact of behavioral interventions on cognitive function in healthy older adults: A systematic review

Publication: Ageing Research Reviews

doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2019.04.002

Authors: Sprague BN, Freed SA, Webb CE, Phillips CB, Hyun J, Ross LA

June 2, 2020

Cognitive training attenuates decline in physical function across 10 years

Publication: The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa072

Authors: Sprague BN, Phillips CB, Ross LA

July 6, 2021

Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphism predicts rapid gait changes in healthy older adults

Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

doi: 10.1111/jgs.17351

Authors: Sprague BN, Rosso AL, Zhu X, Bohnen NI, Rosano C

Nov 2021

Declining energy predicts incident mobility disability and mortality risk in healthy older adults

Publication: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

doi: 10.1111/jgs.17372

Authors: Sprague BN, Zhu X, Ehrenkranz RC, Tian Q, Gmelin TA, Glynn NW, Rosso AL, Rosano C

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