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-)
• 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)
• Kearney Visiting Professor, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria (2002)

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

• Raloxifene for Women With Alzheimer's Disease Recruiting

Publications

• A prospective study of the association between endogenous hormones and depressive symptoms in postmenopausal women. Ryan J, Burger HG, Szoeke C, Lehert P, Ancelin ML, Henderson VW, Dennerstein L. Menopause. 2009 May-Jun; 16 (3): 509-17
• Memory at midlife: perception and misperception. Henderson VW, Menopause. 2009 Jul-Aug; 16 (4): 635-6
• The Relationship Between Cognitive Function and Physical Performance in Older Women: Results From the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Atkinson HH, Rapp SR, Williamson JD, Lovato J, Absher JR, Gass M, Henderson VW, Johnson KC, Kostis JB, Sink KM, Mouton CP, Ockene JK, Stefanick ML, Lane DS, Espeland MA. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009
• Chapter 17 Cognitive assessment in neurology. Henderson VW, Handb Clin Neurol. 2009: 95 235-56
• Hormones, Cognition and Dementia Hogervorst E, Henderson VW, Gibbs RB, Brinton RD (eds.). Hormones, Cognition and Dementia. 2009