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Alzheimer’s Research Needs Your Help
Alice Bailey, a GAP Citizen Scientist Award nominee, wrote an Op-Ed piece in the Cambridge Chronicle about her experience as an Alzheimer’s patient and clinical trial volunteer. For many seniors, Alzheimer’s disease is surrounded by fear. Fear of the diagnosis can be so strong that some don’t want to learn about or talk about the […]
Alzheimer’s Researchers Fight Delays Caused by COVID-19
GAP President John Dwyer and GAP-Net Site Roper St. Francis Healthcare Research and Innovation Center in Charleston, South Carolina were featured on LIVE 5 WCSC News about the need for Alzheimer’s clinical trials to begin again. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Medical experts are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic has put delays on the search for […]
In the Wake of COVID-19: Trials Interrupted, Delayed, Cancelled
GAP President John Dwyer was quoted in AlzForum about the challenges and changes in Alzheimer’s clinical trials due to COVID-19. As Alzheimer’s research comes to, scientists are taking stock of the damage. In the academic world, the main cost was time (see Part 1 of this story). For most clinical studies, the damage was more tangible, with […]
Critical Medical Research Put on Hold Amid Pandemic
GAP-Net Site, Brigham and Women’s Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment, and GAP President, John Dwyer, were featured on Boston 25 News talking about how Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial volunteers and researchers are getting back on track after COVID-19 setbacks. The pandemic has put a pause on critical medical research. At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, some […]
Clinical Trials Press Forward in Age of COVID
GAP-Net site Great Lakes Clinical Trials in Chicago was featured in the Chicago Sun Times, where they discussed the difficulties of attracting Alzheimer’s disease trial participants during COVID-19. Jim Butler is receiving his monthly 45-minute infusion of drugs. What kind of drugs? He doesn’t know. Nor do the nurses administering them. Could be an experimental […]
Improv Improves How Caregivers Work with Patients
In February, Stomping Ground Comedy Theater lead a workshop for caregivers about how to best interact with loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. They also attended our 2020 GAP-Net Site Optimization Conference at the end of February. Above Photo: Lindsey Goldsapp of Stomping Ground Comedy Theater leads a workshop for caregivers at the […]
GAP Statement on Racial Inequality
June 2, 2020 The events that spurred the reaction around the country this weekend are painful reminders that injustice remains in our world. At the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP), we agree that monumental changes on local and national levels are necessary to address the issues plaguing Black and African American people in our country […]
Guest Column: Another Growing Health Crisis
This editorial was run in the Kelowna Daily Courier on May 20, 2020, on Clinical Trials Day during Clinical Trial Awareness Week. Dr. Kim Christie is the President of GAP-Net Site Okanagan Clinical Trials in Kelowna, British Columbia in Canada. Today is Clinical Trials Day, an observance commemorating the first controlled clinical trial conducted by […]
KU Alzheimer’s Disease Center Team Earns Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award
GAP-Net Site, the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center’s (KU ADC) Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core earned the 2020 University of Kansas Medical Center Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. The University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center’s Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core earned the 2020 University of Kansas Medical Center Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. Presented […]
Results of GERAS-US Study Demonstrate Societal Cost Burden for Patients and Caregivers During Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
Dorene M. Rentz, PsyD, from GAP-Net site Brigham and Women’s Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment, and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School co-authored Costs of Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease in the United States: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study (GERAS-US)1. You can find the study posted in The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease […]