The Institute of Gerontology Research Colloquia is pleased to present:

The Brain Gifting Counseling Program: A Community Engaged and Family-Centric Approach to Recruitment and Retention in Alzheimer's Disease Brain Donation Programs 

by
Annalise Rahman-Filipiak

Assistant Professor, IOG and Psychology, Wayne State University

Brain Donation is essential to scientific progress in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), as it remains the source of neuropathological 'ground truth' and enables the identification of novel biomarkers and candidate treatment
targets. However, brain donation rates have been declining since the 1950s. Limited awareness of the need for brain donation, combined with significant myths and misconceptions about the process, drives a large part of this decline. Additionally, standard protocols rarely integrate family members in a shared decision making and planning process, leading to disjointed communication, poor understanding of familial and cultural practices, and limited buy-in from those
who will eventually be asked to execute the donors wishes after death. The Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center aims to address these targets using novel approaches grounded in recruitment science and community engaged research.

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