Stepping Up for Alzheimer’s Research
Family history and professional experiences encouraged an Oregonian to volunteer for the AHEAD clinical trial Volunteering for the AHEAD clinical trial has given Jennifer Weiss more than one way to...
Family history and professional experiences encouraged an Oregonian to volunteer for the AHEAD clinical trial Volunteering for the AHEAD clinical trial has given Jennifer Weiss more than one way to...
Family history and professional experiences encouraged an Oregonian to volunteer for the AHEAD clinical trial Volunteering for the AHEAD clinical trial has given Jennifer Weiss more than one way to...
Sisters share what they learned from caring for their mother Gahlena Maxey Easterly and Donna Maxey cared for their mother, Johnnie Maxey, for twenty-four years before she passed away at the age of...
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, BUILD EXITO is a three-year program at Portland State University (PSU) designed to train undergraduate students in health science research. This program...
A community activist and long-term participant of the AADAPt study reflects upon her experience together with her daughter....
Sometimes you realize that another person’s journey is as complex and vivid as your own. When three caregivers enrolled in the virtual TeleSTELLA study last fall, they didn’t expect to realize...
What can you do with your lived experience and expertise? For Sherril Gelmon, being a health services researcher, a research study partner, and a care partner for many years inspired her to donate to...
Last year a new group of research advocates came together to try and solve an issue: how do we get more participants from diverse communities involved in research studies? Since last September,...
As the lead of Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement at the Layton Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, I often meet people who want to donate to our center. We are dependent on families like the...
Winter is a difficult season for many in the Pacific Northwest. The days are dark, cold, and wet. Many of us, including our family members with dementia, feel a little lethargic and blue. There are...
Leslie Richards and Gregg Olson share how their academic and medical backgrounds helped them make the decision to enroll in clinical trials at OHSU Deciding to join a clinical trial was easy for...