Our Data Sharing Program seeks to increase the use and usability of existing datasets related to Hispanic health. San Antonio CAPAS serves as the home for these studies focused on AD/ADRD
- The San Antonio Heart and Mind Study (SAHMS, R01 AG082360, PI: Satizabal). SAHMS aims to identify life-course factors contributing to dementia disparities in a representative sample of Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic white older adults in the San Antonio region. The study was initiated in 1979 with 5,100+ adults enrolled, with seven study waves until 2007. The study is currently enrolling survivors of this study to gather social determinants of health, psychosocial factors, cardiometabolic risk factors and outcomes, physical and cognitive function for those ages 65+ through the San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging. SAHMS includes detailed assessments of AD/ADRD biomarkers and leverages previous waves of data to inform life course determinants of AD/ADRD and brain aging.
- The Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) is a collaborative Alzheimer’s research effort funded by the State of Texas. Established by state law in 1999, Consortium medical school members now include 11 Texas medical institutions, 10 public and 1 privately funded. TARCC has greatly increased Texas’ capacity to advance research and discovery to improve early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. The TARCC Scientific Director, the Steering Committee, and the medical institutions they represent to set the research agenda for Texas’ state appropriated funds.
- The Multidimensional Assessment of Brain Health as A Marker of Dementia Risk and Resilience (R01 AG066524, PI: Seshadri). This study assesses brain health using “sensory- motor” measurements of smell, vision, hearing, gait, touch and balance via non-invasive tests to detect early signs of dementia or dementia risk, seeking more sensitive markers than currently used brain imaging and cognitive tests.
- The Mexican Cognitive Aging Ancillary Study (Mex-Cog), a component of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) (R01AG 018016, PI: Wong) uses a harmonized cognitive assessment protocol (HCAP) that provides in-depth cognitive data to enhance the study of cognitive aging. It links to MHAS longitudinal data on cognition, health, genetics, biomarkers, economic resources, health care, family arrangements, and psychosocial factors to expand the scope of information on cognitive impairment and dementia among Mexican adults; and harmonizes with other similar studies around the globe to promote cross-national studies on cognition with comparable data.