Quarterly news and updates from the 2021 Spring Issue Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
[email protected] and the Healthy Brain Aging Study MIND MATTERS e at the Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, W Research Center (ADRC) hope that Lewy body disease, mild cognitive 2021 is off to a great start for you and your impairment and related cognitive disorders. loved ones. We thank you for your As a part of this ongoing effort, the ADRC continued support and appreciate your supports research by qualified investigators efforts and willingness to continue at Stanford and from other institutions. Our accommodating our virtual and telephone center support takes various forms, visits. including de-identified data (clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, genetic, As we mentioned in a previous newsletter, biospecimen, or neuropathological data), we were awarded a $15 million grant from tissues and biospecimens, referrals to ADRC the National Institute on Aging. This award participants who have agreed in advance to is a 5-year renewal of a $7.3 million grant be contacted, imaging expertise, and that was initially awarded to us in 2015, and biostatistical expertise. We are currently it will allow us to continue to translate our looking for interested ADRC participants research into improving the who are willing to participate in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, following additional studies: and care for people with ADRC Health IQ Study Alzheimer Gut Microbiome Project Healthy Brain Aging Study As technology continues to develop The Alzheimer Gut Microbiome Project aims We are actively enrolling for the user friendly means of measuring to further our understanding of the Healthy Brain Aging Study and are communication between microbiomes in the cognition, we are pleased to eager to diversify our cohorts, gut and the brain.