Wenjie Cai, MSc

Doctoral Student

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Wenjie Cai, doctoral student

Bio

Wenjie Cai, MSc is a doctoral student in the Epidemiology Department of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She earned her bachelor's degree in medicine and completed a neurology residency in China. Cai earned a master of science degree in epidemiology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is now working with and being advised by Alden Gross, PhD, MHS, and co-advised by Jennifer Deal, PhD, on her dissertation on the association of the interaction between vision impairment, social isolation, and dementia. 

Cai's research interest is in the association between vision impairment and cognitive aging, and cross-national heterogeneity of aging populations.
 

Cai W, Neitzel J, Glodzik L, Blacker D, Ma Y. Effect Modifiers of the Association of Blood Pressure With Brain Amyloid and Tau Pathology. Neurology. 2025;104(6):e213441. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000213441

Liu Y, Cai W, Wittenberg E, et al. The Relationships Between Subjective Well-Being and Frailty: Staying With a Positive Mind, Stepping Away From Accelerated Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025;80(4):glaf001. doi:10.1093/gerona/glaf001