Inside the HATS Study on Aging, Memory, and Dementia Risk

The Healthy Aging in the Senior Years (HATS) study explores why older Black adults have twice the risk of dementia compared to older white adults in the United States. The study is one of the current aging and dementia research projects at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute's (HHRI) Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research.

The HATS study is recruiting African American participants 55 years and older from the Twin Cities, with or without memory problems. Researchers are collecting clinical information to learn how to prevent or reduce dementia and memory loss in the Black community. It is co-led by Berman Center Medical Director, Geriatrician and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Anne Murray, MD, MSc, and HHRI geriatrician and Co-investigator Kerry Sheets, MD, MS, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic Co-PI, David Knopman, MD, and community engagement partners Hue-MAN, the LinC, and Robbin Frazier with the University of Minnesota.

More information about the HATS study can be found here.

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