Anna Katharina Bonkhoff
| Anna Katharina Bonkhoff | |
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| File:Anna portrait.jpgAnna_portrait.jpg Bonkhoff in 2025 | |
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| 🏳️ Nationality | German |
| 🎓 Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University |
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| Known for | Research on sex differences in neurological disease, especially stroke and Alzheimer’s disease |
Anna Katharina Bonkhoff is a German neurologist and clinician–research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School. She is noted for her research into sex differences in neurological disease—particularly stroke and Alzheimer’s disease—and for her public engagement on the topic, including features in major publications such as the Harvard Gazette.[1]
Early life and education
Bonkhoff studied medicine at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, completing clinical rotations at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in London and at the University of Cambridge.[2]
Career
Bonkhoff began her neurology career at the University of Cologne before moving to the United States to join Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a research fellow in the Department of Neurology.[3] She is a resident physician in the Harvard Mass General Brigham Neurology Program.[4]
Personal experience with stroke
During her medical studies, Bonkhoff experienced an arterial dissection that led to an ischemic stroke. She underwent mechanical thrombectomy and subsequent neurorehabilitation.[5] This experience influenced her career path and inspired her to focus on stroke research and patient recovery.
Research
Bonkhoff’s work addresses sex-specific differences in brain lesions and functional outcomes after stroke. In a multicentre study using MRI-GENIE and GISCOME datasets, she and colleagues reported that certain lesion patterns—particularly in the left posterior cerebral circulation—were more strongly associated with stroke severity in women than in men.[6]
She has applied Bayesian modelling to identify sex-related differences in the white matter substrates of aphasia following stroke, finding distinct patterns between men and women.[7] Her broader research on sex differences in age-associated neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, was published in Science Advances in 2025.[8]
Her work and commentary have been featured in public and academic forums, including coverage in the Harvard Gazette highlighting epidemiological patterns of neurological disease by sex.[1]
Selected publications
- Bonkhoff, Anna K. (2023). "Bayesian stroke modelling details sex biases in the white matter substrates of aphasia". Communications Biology. 6 (1): 599. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04733-1.
- Bonkhoff, Anna K. (2025). "Sex differences in age-associated neurological diseases". Science Advances. 11 (28): eadl6537. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adl6537.
Profiles
- "Google Scholar – Anna Bonkhoff". Google Scholar. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- "ResearchGate – Anna Bonkhoff". ResearchGate. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- "Harvard Catalyst profile". Harvard Catalyst Profiles. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Why are women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's as men?". Harvard Gazette. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Anna Katharina Bonkhoff". Harvard Catalyst Profiles. Harvard Medical School. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Anna Katharina Bonkhoff". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Current Residents". Mass General Brigham Neurology. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Doctor Gains Insights After Having Stroke". Brain & Life. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Sex-Related Differences in Lesion Patterns in Acute Ischemic Stroke". Massachusetts General Hospital Advances in Motion. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ Bonkhoff, Anna K. (2023). "Bayesian stroke modelling details sex biases in the white matter substrates of aphasia". Communications Biology. 6 (1): 599. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04733-1.
- ↑ Bonkhoff, Anna K. (2025). "Sex differences in age-associated neurological diseases". Science Advances. 11 (28): eadl6537. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adl6537.
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