Skip to main content

Ongoing Grants and Projects

PARADE Study

RF1 AG080591

The PARADE research study is a collaboration between Jennifer Lingler, PhD, CRNP at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and Joshua Grill, PhD of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and in cooperation with the New IDEAS study (funded by the American College of Radiology).

PARADE is an observational longitudinal cohort study enrolling 500 real-world patients with memory impairment to participate with a family member. The study seeks to better understand the experiences and potential psychological impact of learning Alzheimer’s biomarker results through remote interviews from staff based at sites on the US east and west coasts.

Recruiting and Retaining Participants from Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in Registries

R01 AG077628

This collaboration with Drs. Dan Gillen from UCI and Amy Kind from Wisconsin conducts studies to understand recruitment and retention in research recruitment registries using the UCI Consent-to-Contact (C2C) Registry as a laboratory. Studies include an Interrupted Time Series design experiment to text multimodal, multilingual interventions, all stratified by Area Deprivation Index (ADI), a key measure of social determinants of health.

The Collaborative Approach for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Research and Education CARE 2.0

R01 AG083926

CARE 2.0 is a team science effort to increase representation of AANHPI individuals in AD/ADRD research by establishing and growing an innovative research registry exclusively for people of these racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Utility of prodromal Alzheimer’s disease trial recruitment incentives (BrightFocus)

The Decision to Undergo a Lumbar Puncture for Research

Recruiting diverse populations to preclinical Alzheimer’s disease trials (R21)

Recruiting and retaining participants from disadvantaged neighborhoods in registries (R01)

The preclinical AD study partner requirement

Retention of participants in longitudinal studies of Alzheimer’s disease

Attitudes toward direct-to-consumer genetic testing

To learn more about our studies or research opportunities, visit Participate in a Study