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...

Caregiver Corner: Tackling caregiving responsibilities as a family

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...

Inspiring Young Minds to Pursue Research

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...

The Community Advisory Council provides guidance to Layton Center

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,...

Caregiver Corner: Every gift counts

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...

Meet Neurologist Dr. Aimee Pierce

Article originally published in the Summer 2019 Alzheimer’s Update Meet Dr. Aimee Pierce! A native from Eugene, Oregon, Dr. Pierce began her training at Columbia University before completing her...

Caregiver Corner: Introducing a formal caregiver

Article originally published in the Summer 2019 Alzheimer’s Update Family members often ask us for tips on how to introduce a formal caregiver to their family member who has dementia. At some...

Confessions of a Research Junkie

Below is Ed Parker’s story about being a research participant. Reprinted with permission from 3550 magazine.  Article originally published in the Winter 2018 Alzheimer’s Update. Have you ever...

Caregiver Corner: Get by with a little help from friends

Article originally published in the Winter 2018 Alzheimer’s Update We sent our daughter off to college in August, and I’ve been reflecting on her schooling to date.  When she was in middle...