ur first batch of genetic data is available, and the quality is outstanding, indicating the sample collection protocol is robust. Since most ACAD participants are immigrants, immigration experience (languages, education, occupation transitions) could be a unique feature in disease development. Analyzing lifestyle data highlights the importance of the environment in AD risks and how genetics may interact with major life transitions.
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ACAD investigator, Dr. Li-San Wang, presented at the Illuminating Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Architecture via Diversity webinar. The program explored the lack of genome research for Black, Latino, and Asian populations while highlighting the organizations fighting for more. Dr. Wang discussed the need for more research infrastructure to study AD in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders […]
In high school, Tiffany Chow was granted early admission to the accelerated Wharton School of Business MBA program. She discovered, however, that the ethics and humanity of Medicine would be a more compelling draw. Now, she’s coming full circle back to Penn as a new Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Associated Faculty, Adjunct Track, associated with her work for the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease Study (ACAD).
We have received a $40.5M grant from the National Insitute of Aging (NIA) that will fund our research for the next five years. As of May 2023, more than 1,800 individuals have joined the interest list for the study, with 713 formally consented to enroll. The new grant aims to expand enrollment and recruit at […]