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Wash U researchers seek to unlock Alzheimer's by recruiting more Black participants
Black Americans are about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as non-Hispanic white Americans.
But historically, clinical studies have recruited mostly white participants.
Washington University associate neurology professor Joyce Balls-Berry, a Black woman herself, is on a mission to change that.
She received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Aging to enroll 2,000 Black research participants from Missouri and Illinois for Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related studies.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-01-07/alzheimers-researchers-seek-more-black-participants