Alzheimer's Research Studies

The Human Spatial Cognition Lab at the University of Arizona (UA) is recruiting adult volunteers to participate in research investigating memory and spatial navigation.

The Autism Brain Aging Laboratory is among the first to study age-related changes in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through neuropsychological evaluations and multi-modal neuroimaging.

This study is recruiting adults WITHOUT ASD to participate as healthy controls to compare to similar participants with ASD.

CARE (Collaborative Approach for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Research and Education) is creating a research registry of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) who are interested in participating in various types of research, particularly those related to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), aging, caregiving, and other factors that affect health across the lifespan.

The overarching purpose of this study is to develop non-invasive, painless repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) protocols to prevent cognitive decline in individuals at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

University of Arizona – Tucson researchers are looking for volunteers living with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) to participate in a research study that investigates therapeutic effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on language.

The USC Healthy Minds Research Volunteer Registry is comprised of individuals who are interested in helping research labs at the University of Southern California. USC researchers are working towards a greater understanding of how aging can affect physical, mental and emotional health. Our goal is to learn how we can maintain healthy minds and bodies across our lifespan.

Informal caregiving for persons with dementia (PWD) who are living at home typically involves multiple caregivers, but limited research has been done to examine the full scope of caregiving experienced by the many family members and/or friends involved in caregiving for PWD in the community. This novel study aims to characterize informal caregiving networks of PWD over time to help identify strategies for alleviating caregiver burden.

• As more people live to advanced old age it is critical to gain a greater understanding of their health status and functional abilities during their life in relation to aging and cognition as a whole. Knowledge gained from the Longevity Study will have a great impact in our understanding of the continual aging spectrum.
• This study is currently enrolling individuals, who are 50 years old and above who are willing to share information about their life.  There is a wait list to enroll into the study with the oldest individuals called first.

MindCrowd is a first-of-its-kind web-based memory study to identify cognitive performance outliers and to better understand their genetic differences. In Phase I, the goal is to have 1 million individuals, aged 18+, take the 10-minute online test and gather information for a more detailed Phase II study. 

The National Institute of Aging (NIA) - Family Based Study - Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (FBS EOAD) is a study to understand the genetic factors influencing early-onset Alzheimer disease (EOAD) risk. The study includes individuals with EOAD, mild cognitive impairment, or other dementias. The study also recruits additional family members without dementia or memory problems that are willing to participate.