Regenstrief playing major role in nationwide effort to improve care for dementia patients

(Regenstrief Institute) Regenstrief Institute research scientists Christopher Callahan, M.D., and Alexia Torke, M.D., will play a key role in a major nationwide effort to improve healthcare and quality of life for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The project, funded by the National Institute on Aging, will create a massive collaborative research incubator to develop trials aimed at evaluating interventions for the disease that affects more than 5 million Americans. Drs. Callahan and Torke will lead the Training Core of the IMPACT Collaboratory.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news