Elayna R. Seago

Postdoctoral Fellow

Affiliations

Postdoctoral Fellow, Monell Chemical Senses Center

Education

Ph.D., Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech
M.A., Psychology, Wake Forest University

Laboratory Of

Dr. Kyle S. Burger

Research Summary

I am interested in lifestyle factors that effect health, especially brain health, throughout the lifespan. Previously a lot of my work focused on factors related to cognitive change/dementia in older adults, but I am also really interested in how lifestyle factors (like diet) evolve over the life course and how early life health shapes later life health.

Keywords

MRI, aging, cognition, nutrition

Representative Publications

ER Seago, BM Davy, KP Davy, B Katz. Neuroprotective dietary patterns and longitudinal changes in cognitive function in older adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 125 (6), 785-795. e9(5), 2025.

ER Seago, MLM Rego, BM Davy, B Katz. Differential association of ultraprocessed food categories with risk of developing cognitive impairment in middle-aged and older adults in a longitudinal panel study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 121 (5), 965-971.