Kimberly Sullivan

About

Dr. Sullivan is a Research Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health department of Environmental Health and the former Associate Scientific Director for the congressionally directed Research Advisory Committee (RAC) on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses. She is the former Principal Investigator (PI) on the large multi-site Gulf War Illness Consortium study that included 9 study sites and is designed to determine the pathobiology of Gulf War Illness (GWI). She is also PI of the large, multi-site Boston, Biorepository and Integrative Network for Gulf War Illness (BBRAIN). She is also the site PI on a treatment trial of n-acetyl cysteine to treat GWI and for a PET imaging study of neuroinflammation in veterans with GWI. She was also the Principal Investigator of a study of cognition and structural MRI neuroimaging in pesticide exposed Gulf War veterans. Dr. Sullivan has worked in the field of behavioral neurotoxicology since 1995. She has coordinated field studies in neurotoxicology (i.e., pesticides, methylmercury), neurobehavioral outcomes and the effects of physical stressors and genetic predisposition to disease on cognitive functioning.

Publications

RETRACTED: Abou-Donia et al. Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with Gulf War Illness from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls. Brain Sci. 2020, 10, 610

Brain Sciences

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Tai Chi and Wellness Interventions for Veterans with Gulf War Illness: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

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Gulf War Illness Is Associated with Host Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Is Linked to Altered Species Abundance in Veterans from the BBRAIN Cohort

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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RETRACTED: Abou-Donia et al. Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 148

Brain Sciences

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PON1 Status in Relation to Gulf War Illness: Evidence of Gene–Exposure Interactions from a Multisite Case–Control Study of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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PON1 Status in Relation to Gulf War Illness: Evidence of Gene–Exposure Interactions from a Multisite Case–Control Study of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Advancing the Role of Neuroimmunity and Genetic Susceptibility in Gulf War Illness

Brain Sciences

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Advancing the Role of Neuroimmunity and Genetic Susceptibility in Gulf War Illness

Brain Sciences

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Preliminary Findings from the Gulf War Women’s Cohort: Reproductive and Children’s Health Outcomes among Women Veterans

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Andrographolide Attenuates Gut-Brain-Axis Associated Pathology in Gulf War Illness by Modulating Bacteriome-Virome Associated Inflammation and Microglia-Neuron Proinflammatory Crosstalk

Brain Sciences

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Associations of Immune Genetic Variability with Gulf War Illness in 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans from the Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) Multisite Case-Control Study

Brain Sciences

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Associations of Immune Genetic Variability with Gulf War Illness in 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans from the Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) Multisite Case-Control Study

Brain Sciences

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Brain–Immune Interactions as the Basis of Gulf War Illness: Clinical Assessment and Deployment Profile of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans in the Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) Multisite Case-Control Study

Brain Sciences

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Andrographolide Attenuates Gut-Brain-Axis Associated Pathology in Gulf War Illness by Modulating Bacteriome-Virome Associated Inflammation and Microglia-Neuron Proinflammatory Crosstalk

Brain Sciences

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Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls

Brain Sciences

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The Gulf War Women’s Health Cohort: Study Design and Protocol

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Neuroimaging Markers for Studying Gulf-War Illness: Single-Subject Level Analytical Method Based on Machine Learning

Brain Sciences

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Obesity Worsens Gulf War Illness Symptom Persistence Pathology by Linking Altered Gut Microbiome Species to Long-Term Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Neuronal Inflammation in a Mouse Model

Nutrients

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Obesity Worsens Gulf War Illness Symptom Persistence Pathology by Linking Altered Gut Microbiome Species to Long-Term Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Neuronal Inflammation in a Mouse Model

Nutrients

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Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with Gulf War Illness from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls

Brain Sciences

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TLR Antagonism by Sparstolonin B Alters Microbial Signature and Modulates Gastrointestinal and Neuronal Inflammation in Gulf War Illness Preclinical Model

Brain Sciences

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TLR Antagonism by Sparstolonin B Alters Microbial Signature and Modulates Gastrointestinal and Neuronal Inflammation in Gulf War Illness Preclinical Model

Brain Sciences

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The Gulf War Women’s Health Cohort: Study Design and Protocol

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Rates of Chronic Medical Conditions in 1991 Gulf War Veterans Compared to the General Population

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Gut DNA Virome Diversity and Its Association with Host Bacteria Regulate Inflammatory Phenotype and Neuronal Immunotoxicity in Experimental Gulf War Illness

Viruses

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Rates of Chronic Medical Conditions in 1991 Gulf War Veterans Compared to the General Population

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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The Gut-Microbiome in Gulf War Veterans: A Preliminary Report

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Gut DNA Virome Diversity and Its Association with Host Bacteria Regulate Inflammatory Phenotype and Neuronal Immunotoxicity in Experimental Gulf War Illness

Viruses

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Meta-analysis of self-reported health symptoms in 1990-1991 Gulf War and Gulf War-era veterans.

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The Multiple Hit Hypothesis for Gulf War Illness: Self-Reported Chemical/Biological Weapons Exposure and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain Sciences

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Neuropsychological characteristics of Gulf War illness: A meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

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Reprogramming cells from Gulf War veterans into neurons to study Gulf War illness.

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Neuropsychological functioning in military pesticide applicators from the Gulf War: Effects on information processing speed, attention and visual memory.

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A Review of Epidemiologic Studies of the Health of Gulf War Women Veterans.

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Multiple mild traumatic brain injuries are associated with increased rates of health symptoms and Gulf War illness in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans

Brain Sciences

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Multiple Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Associated with Increased Rates of Health Symptoms and Gulf War Illness in a Cohort of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans.

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Multiple Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Associated with Increased Rates of Health Symptoms and Gulf War Illness in a Cohort of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans

Brain Sciences

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Corticosterone potentiates DFP-induced neuroinflammation and affects high-order diffusion imaging in a rat model of Gulf War Illness.

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Neuropsychological characteristics of Gulf War illness: A meta-analysis.

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Pharmacologically increasing microtubule acetylation corrects stress-exacerbated effects of organophosphates on neurons

Traffic

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Pharmacologically increasing microtubule acetylation corrects stress-exacerbated effects of organophosphates on neurons.

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Phospholipid profiling of plasma from GW veterans and rodent models to identify potential biomarkers of Gulf War Illness

PLoS ONE

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Phospholipid profiling of plasma from GW veterans and rodent models to identify potential biomarkers of Gulf War Illness.

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Reprogramming cells from Gulf War veterans into neurons to study Gulf War illness

Neurology

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Screening for novel central nervous system biomarkers in veterans with Gulf War Illness

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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Screening for novel central nervous system biomarkers in veterans with Gulf War Illness.

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Translational potential of long-term decreases in mitochondrial lipids in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness.

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Long title: Translational potential of long-term decreases in mitochondrial lipids in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness.

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Translational potential of long-term decreases in mitochondrial lipids in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness

Toxicology

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Self-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury, Health and Rate of Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans From the 1990-1991 Gulf War.

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Self-reported traumatic brain injury, health and rate of chronic multisymptom illness in veterans from the 1990-1991 gulf war

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

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Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment

Cortex

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Traumatic brain injury, health and rate of chronic multisymptom illness in veterans from the 1990-1991 Gulf War.

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

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Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment.

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Report of the VA Federal Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses. Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans: Research Update and Recommendations, 2009-2013

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An overview of toxicant exposures in veteran cohorts from Vietnam to Iraq. In Amara, J. & Hendricks, A.(editors).Military Medical Care: From Predeployment to Post-separation

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An overview of toxicant exposures in veteran cohorts from Vietnam to Iraq

Military Health Care: From Pre-Deployment to Post-Separation

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Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel, prepared for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Massachusetts Department of Public Health

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Expert Panel Report for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

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Response to is Gulf War Illness “Real”: The jury is still out by DR Orme.

Federal Practioner

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Response to is Gulf War Illness “Real”: The jury is still out by DR Orme.

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Structural MRI and Cognitive Correlates in Pest-Control Personnel from Gulf War I

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Qualitative assessment of visuospatial errors in mercury-exposed Amazonian children

NeuroToxicology

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Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans. Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses

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Qualitative assessment of visuospatial errors in mercury-exposed Amazonian children.

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Qualitative assessment of visuospatial errors in mercury-exposed Amazonian children.

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Cognitive functioning in treatment-seeking Gulf War veterans: pyridostigmine bromide use and PTSD.

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Cognitive functioning in treatment-seeking Gulf War veterans: Pyridostigmine bromide use and PTSD

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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Impact of contrast sensitivity performance on visually presented neurobehavioral tests in mercury-exposed children

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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Impact of contrast sensitivity performance on visually presented neurobehavioral tests in mercury-exposed children.

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Impact of contrast sensitivity performance on visually presented neurobehavioral tests in mercury-exposed children.

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Lifetime risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The impact of mortality on risk estimates in the Framingham Study.

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Lifetime risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The impact of mortality on risk estimates in the Framingham Study.

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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 association with dementia in a population-based study: The Framingham study.

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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 association with dementia in a population-based study: The Framingham study.

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