Rutgers Stanford Chinese Older Adult Study | COAST
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Study Information
Detecting early memory loss and dementia (like Alzheimer’s disease) in older Chinese Americans can be difficult. This is because doctors often don’t have the appropriate tools for the Chinese language or culture. Most of the current pencil-and-paper tests for memory and thinking assume English to be your only language. Even when translated, the understanding of your scores relies on how the brain processes alphabets and English words.
We are bilingual clinicians and neuroscientists developing new tools to assess memory and thinking in Mandarin speakers to account for linguistic, cultural, and learning differences from English-only speakers. We are looking for study volunteers in the New Jersey/New York City (Rutgers) and the San Francisco Bay (Stanford) areas who:
- Are 60 years of age or older
- Speak Mandarin
- Can see and hear well enough to complete surveys and short pencil-and-paper tests
- Are able to undergo an MRI scan of the brain
- Are willing to donate several vials of blood
Testing Methods 
If you live in New Jersey/New York City and are interested in learning more, please contact:
Guibin Su (gsu@ifh.rutgers.edu),
Chun-Yuan(Tracy) Chang (chunyuan.chang@ifh.rutgers.edu)
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area (near Stanford University) and are interested in learning more, please contact:
Oceanna Li (oceanna@stanford.edu)
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Recruitment status
Rutgers: recruitment complete
Stanford: still recruiting
Chicago: recruitment pending NIH funding
