{"id":694,"date":"2023-10-21T19:07:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T19:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:30:19","slug":"coast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers Stanford Chinese Older Adult Study | COAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"sample-permalink\"><span id=\"editable-post-name\"><\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-699 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-logo-300x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-logo-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-logo-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-logo-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-logo-1536x1002.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-logo-2048x1335.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"sample-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/?page_id=921&amp;preview=true\" target=\"wp-preview-921\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\u8acb\u9ede\u6b64\u8655<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/coast-\u7f57\u65b0\u82b1\u7532\u7814\u7a76\/\">\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\u8bf7\u70b9\u6b64\u5904<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Study Information\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Detecting early memory loss and dementia (like Alzheimer&#8217;s disease) in older Chinese Americans can be difficult.\u00a0 This is because doctors often don&#8217;t have the appropriate tools for the Chinese language or culture.\u00a0 Most of the current pencil-and-paper tests for memory and thinking assume English to be your only language.\u00a0 Even when translated, the understanding of your scores relies on how the brain processes alphabets and English words.<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are 60 years of age or older<\/li>\n<li>Speak Mandarin<\/li>\n<li>Can see and hear well enough to complete surveys and short pencil-and-paper tests<\/li>\n<li>Are able to undergo an MRI scan of the brain<\/li>\n<li>Are willing to donate several vials of blood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Testing Methods <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/11\/ai-english-1024x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/11\/ai-english-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/11\/ai-english-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/11\/ai-english-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/11\/ai-english-1536x620.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/11\/ai-english-2048x827.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If you live in New Jersey\/New York City and are interested in learning more, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gsu@ifh.rutgers.edu\">Guibin Su <\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(<a href=\"mailto:gsu@ifh.rutgers.edu\">gsu@ifh.rutgers.edu<\/a>)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"mailto:chunyuan.chang@ifh.rutgers.edu\">Chun-Yuan(Tracy) Chang<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> (<a href=\"mailto:chunyuan.chang@ifh.rutgers.edu\">chunyuan.chang@ifh.rutgers.edu<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">or <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"mailto:Memory411@rutgers.edu\">Memory411@rutgers.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-teams=\"true\"><strong>If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area (near Stanford University) and are interested in learning more, please contact:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-teams=\"true\"><a href=\"mailto:oceanna@stanford.edu\">Oceanna Li<\/a> (<a href=\"mailto:oceanna@stanford.edu\">oceanna@stanford.edu<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Interested in seeing more? Please visit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/?page_id=833&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COAST Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Recruitment status<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Rutgers: recruitment complete<\/p>\n<p>Stanford: still recruiting<\/p>\n<p>Chicago: recruitment pending NIH funding<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-695 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-NJ2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-NJ2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-NJ2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-NJ2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cndr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/10\/COAST-NJ2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\u8acb\u9ede\u6b64\u8655 \u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\u8bf7\u70b9\u6b64\u5904 Study Information\u00a0 Detecting early memory loss and dementia (like Alzheimer&#8217;s disease) in older Chinese Americans can be difficult.\u00a0 This is because doctors often don&#8217;t have the appropriate tools &hellip; 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