Victor W. Henderson

Clinical Focus

• Memory Disorders
• Neurology

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Stanford University (2004 - present)
• Chief, Division of Epidemiology (2010 - present)
• Senate Steering Committee, Faculty Senate, School of Medicine (2008 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Chair, Geriatric Neurology Section, American Academy of Neurology (2008-2011)
• Kenneth and Bette Volk Endowed Professorship, University of Southern California (1999-2001)
• Visiting Professor / Visiting Research Scholars Award, University of Melbourne / University of Melbourne Collaborative Research Program (2002)
• Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988-1989)
• President, North American Menopause Society (2007-2008)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Epidemiology
• Health Research and Policy
• Neurology and Neurol Sciences

Current Research Interests

Research interests:

(1) Risk factors for age-associated cognitive decline and dementia,

(2) Therapeutic strategies to improve cognitive function in aging and dementia, and

(3) Brain–behavior relations as they pertain to human cognition.

Our research focuses on pharmacological and behavioral interventions to remediate cognitive aging and to improve symptoms of dementia. One major emphasis concerns the role of estrogens and other sex steroids in human cognition and dementia.

Clinical Trials

• ACE-Seniors (Activities for Cognitive Enhancement of Seniors) Recruiting
• Raloxifene for women with Alzheimer's disease Active, not recruiting

Publications

• Hormone levels and cognitive function in postmenopausal midlife women. Ryan J, Stanczyk FZ, Dennerstein L, Mack WJ, Clark MS, Szoeke C, Kildea D, Henderson VW. Neurobiol Aging. 2012; 33 (3): 617.e11-22
• Hormone therapy and the risk of stroke: perspectives 10 years after the Women''s Health Initiative trials. Henderson VW, Lobo RA. Climacteric. 2012; 15 (3): 229-34
• Effects of endogenous and exogenous estrogen exposures in midlife and late-life women on episodic memory and executive functions. Henderson VW, Popat RA. Neuroscience. 2011: 191 129-38
• Executive functions in recently postmenopausal women: absence of strong association with serum gonadal steroids. Ryan J, Stanczyk FZ, Dennerstein L, Mack WJ, Clark MS, Szoeke C, Henderson VW. Brain Res. 2011: 1379 199-205
• Gonadal hormones and cognitive aging: a midlife perspective. Henderson VW, Womens Health (Lond Engl). 2011; 7 (1): 81-93