Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center

Your gift supports research efforts including:

Religious Orders Study (ROS)
Started in 1994, ROS is a “site based” study comprised of Catholic clergy (nuns, priests and brothers), who live in religious retirement communities throughout the United States. ROS looks at protective factors and risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.

Memory and Aging Project (MAP)
Started in 1997, MAP is also a “site based” study whose participants are lay persons and live in senior housing facilities and retirement centers across Illinois. MAP looks at protective factors and risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.

Minority Aging Research Study (MARS)
One of the largest studies of its kind, MARS which started in 2004, is a “community based” study that looks at the health disparities and risk factors associated with aging in African American seniors living in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

Latino Core Study (LATC)
Started in 2015, LATC is a “community based” study whose focus is to collect cognitive and neuropsychological information on the LatinX population living in the Chicago Metropolitan area. 

Aging and Alzheimer’s Clinical Core Study (AA CORE)
Started in the 1990's, AA Core is a “community based” study currently enrolling persons aged 65 and older who live in the Chicago area. The goal of AA Core is to identify risk factors for changes in cognitive function.

Rush Memory Clinic
The Memory Clinic acts as a consultation clinic by completing a full cognitive and neurological assessment and care plan for individuals with cognitive complaints.

Without Warning Support Group For Those Living with Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s
The Without Warning program provides support, education and the opportunity for connections with other families who have a person experiencing younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Visit the RADC website to learn more.