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Manuel Montero Odasso

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Cross-Appointed Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Manuel Montero Odasso

Cross-Appointed Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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83 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 21 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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175

Publications

2,433

Citations

h-index

154

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Grants

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Gait Cognition, Aging, Brain Health Dementia Risk Factors Training Aging Clinical Guidelines Cognition Dementia

Latest papers

Same Patients, Different Health Care Systems-Revisited. Geriatric Care Models in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026
Ankle-worn accelerometers for gait analysis in people with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: reliability of a finite state machine approach.
Medical engineering & physics · 2026
Fall risk assessment using the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention Algorithm: Evidence from the ELSI-Brazil study.
European geriatric medicine · 2026

All 175 publications

Latest funding

Using circulating microglia extracellular vesicles to discriminate microglia activation phenotype, and cognitive outcomes in comorbid AD and stroke
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,227,826
Identifying dementia risk factor combinations that are responsible for high prevalence and largest impact on cognition
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$1,500
The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,070,656

All 10 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 175 publications.

Same Patients, Different Health Care Systems-Revisited. Geriatric Care Models in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

van der Velde N, Supiano MA, Montero-Odasso M, Rochon PA, Petrovic M

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70478 PMID: 42117876

Ankle-worn accelerometers for gait analysis in people with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: reliability of a finite state machine approach.

Cornish BF, Ooteghem KV, Pieruccini-Faria F, Montero-Odasso M, McIlroy WE

Medical engineering & physics2026

DOI: 10.1088/1873-4030/ae8dd0 PMID: 42480581

Fall risk assessment using the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention Algorithm: Evidence from the ELSI-Brazil study.

de Avelar NCP, Danielewicz AL, Moreira BS, de Souza Andrade AC, Torres JL, de Amorim JSC, Montero-Odasso M, Lima-Costa MF, Perracini MR

European geriatric medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s41999-026-01446-6 PMID: 41917319

Substantia Innominata : Atrophy, Gait Variability and Dual-Task Gait Across the Lewy Body Disease Spectrum.

Yeung AK, Gee M, Ba F, Almeida Q, Smith E, Nelles K, Sharma B, Masellis M, Black S, Pieruccini-Faria F, Montero-Odasso M, Camicioli R

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2026

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2026.10623 PMID: 42165216

Global education and training in geriatrics: mapping transnational initiatives and their complementarities.

Romero-Ortuño R, Arai H, Assantachai P, Avila Funes JA, Farrugia-Bonello R, Casey S, Chen LK, Cheung G, Dhesi J, Ecarnot F, Flicker L, Fülöp T, Goel A, Gordon AL, Gouiaa R, Gregson CL, Gutiérrez Robledo LM, Jauregui JR, Kotsani M, Macijauskienė J, Maggi S, Martin FC, Masud T, Merchant RA, Michel JP, Montero-Odasso M, Morsch P, Münzer T, Nair BK, Parodi JF, Pearson GME, Petrovic M, Piotrowicz K, Roller-Wirnsberger R, Sieber CC, Sneddon G, Tan MP, van der Velde N, Wee R, Vassallo M, Polidori MC

European geriatric medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s41999-026-01418-w PMID: 41632375

Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.

de Abreu DCC, Pieruccini-Faria F, Lang AE, Cornish B, McIlroy W, Jog M, Masellis M, Ramirez J, Scott C, Symons S, Black SE, Arnott SR, Binns M, Beaton D, Tan B, Marras C, Kwan D, Grimes D, Bartha R, Montero-Odasso M

GeroScience2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01727-1 PMID: 40481924

Validation of the World Falls Guidelines risk stratification algorithm. A systematic review.

Pieruccini-Faria F, Son S, Delbaere K, van der Velde N, Lord SR, Martin FC, Ryg J, Tan MP, Liu-Ambrose T, Amaris D, Hicks C, Masud T, Montero-Odasso M

Age and ageing2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag231 PMID: 42585559

Gait Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology: A Narrative Review on Mechanistic Links.

Sakurai R, Montero-Odasso M

Geriatrics & gerontology international2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/ggi.70675 PMID: 42543199

What Combinations of Modifiable Risk Factors Are Most Prevalent and Most Strongly Associated with Low Cognition? Results from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Son S, Speechley M, Zou G, Montero-Odasso M

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1159/000550244 PMID: 41557558

Improving the Delivery of Brain Health Care to All. Keeping our Eye on the Main Prize in an Era of Emerging Anti-Amyloid Therapies

Montero-Odasso M, Lee L, Hogan DB

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics20261 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.5770/cgj.29.941

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Gait Dear Professor Montero Odasso, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Same Patients, Different Health Care Systems-Revisited. Geriatric Care Models in the U.S., Canada, and Europe." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The Mobility, Exercise, and Cognition (MEC) Team: A Novel Approach to Dementia Prediction and Prevention by Integrating Cognitive, Mobility, and Exercise Interventions to Combat Neurodegeneration in Aging" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Manuel Montero Odasso

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Same Patients, Different Health Care Systems-Revisited. Geriatric Care Models in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Ankle-worn accelerometers for gait analysis in people with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: reliability of a finite state machine approach.

Fall risk assessment using the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention Algorithm: Evidence from the ELSI-Brazil study.

Substantia Innominata : Atrophy, Gait Variability and Dual-Task Gait Across the Lewy Body Disease Spectrum.

Global education and training in geriatrics: mapping transnational initiatives and their complementarities.

Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.

Validation of the World Falls Guidelines risk stratification algorithm. A systematic review.

Gait Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology: A Narrative Review on Mechanistic Links.

What Combinations of Modifiable Risk Factors Are Most Prevalent and Most Strongly Associated with Low Cognition? Results from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Improving the Delivery of Brain Health Care to All. Keeping our Eye on the Main Prize in an Era of Emerging Anti-Amyloid Therapies

Frequent collaborators

Robert Bartha

Mark Speechley

Mario Masellis

Louis Bherer

Louis Bherer

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Louis Bherer

Michael Borrie

Elizabeth Finger

Howard Chertkow

Zahinoor Ismail

Sarah Fraser

Howard Chertkow

Demetrios Sahlas

Dallas Seitz

Guangyong Zou

Dar Dowlatshahi

Gustavo Saposnik

Connie Marras

Olivier Beauchet

Kenneth Rockwood

Malcolm Binns

Sanjeev Kumar

Olivier Beauchet

David Grimes

Andrew Frank

Wendy Lou

John Turnbull

Isabelle Vedel

Howard Chertkow

Brian Levine

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Natalie Phillips

Isabelle Vedel

Serge Gauthier

Andrew Lim

Karen Li

Simon Duchesne

Marvin Chum

Stephen Strother