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Get the most interesting and important stories from the Â鶹´«Ã½.Jennifer Lingler earned $2.1 million to study patient reactions to Alzheimer’s diagnoses
, vice chair for research in Pitt’s Â鶹´«Ã½ of Nursing, will lead a study to advance understanding of real-world patient and family member reactions to biomarker-informed Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses. The research, which earned a $2.1 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, will inform best practices to monitor and support those most in need.
The study — co-led by Joshua Grill of the University of California, Irvine — seeks to better understand the psychological and social impact of using Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in clinical practice. Researchers will remotely interview a diverse, real-world representative population of 500 patients with memory impairment and one of their family members.
Professor Lingler leads the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Nursing’s Aging and Gerontological Research HUB as well as the Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core at Pitt’s Alzheimer Disease Research Center.