Ece Bayram, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Movement Disorders Center
Contact Information
Email: Ece.Bayram@cuanschutz.edu
Education
Fellowship, University of California San Diego
Fellowship, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
MD, PhD, Ankara University, Turkey
Professional Titles
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Movement Disorders Center
Biography
Ece Bayram, MD, PhD was born and raised in her hometown of Kebabs, Adana in Turkey. Her research is focused on differences in sex, gender, ethnicity and race in Parkinsonian disorders, and is funded by the NIH and Lewy Body Dementia Association. She is also actively involved with professional societies where she has served in leadership roles, including International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society, Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Lewy Body Dementias Professional Interest Area, and Lewy Body Dementia Association. She volunteers for several local and international outreach and education programs to support underrepresented communities in science. She is a Star Wars, Marcel Proust and rock/metal music fan, and you can usually spot a reference to these in her talks.
Recent Publications
Bayram E, Banks SJ. Risk of impairment in cognitive instrumental activities of daily living for sexual and gender minority adults with reported Parkinson’s disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist (Special Issue). 2024. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2024.2350096
Bayram E, Reho P, Litvan I, International LBD Genomics Consortium, Ding J, Gibbs JR, Dalgard CL, Traynor BJ, Scholz SW, Chia R. Genetic analysis of the X chromosome in people with Lewy body dementia nominates new risk loci. npj Parkinsons Dis. 2024;10,39. doi: 10.1038/s41531-024-00649-7
Bayram E, Liu H, Luo S, Di Luca DG, Skipworth M, Damron Solomon L, Dahodwala N, Litvan I. Ethnoracial differences for caregiving burden in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105927
Bayram E, Holden SK, Fullard M, Armstrong MJ; Lewy Body Dementia Association Community Engagement Working Group. Race and Ethnicity in Lewy Body Dementia: A Narrative Review. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023 Jun 19. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230207.
Bayram E, Coughlin DG, Banks SJ, Litvan I. Sex differences for phenotype in pathologically-defined dementia with Lewy bodies. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Jul;92(7):745-750. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325668
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