About ARISE

About ARISE

Asian Americans & Racism:
Individual and Structural Experiences

ARISE is a research project aimed at studying the effects of various risk and resilience factors on cognitive performance and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) biomarkers within the Chinese American, Korean American, and Vietnamese American populations aged 65 years old and older.

Why ARISE?

Asian Americans are the most rapidly growing group of older Americans at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). In California, Asian Americans had the greatest increase (746%) in Alzheimer's Disease-related deaths in 2000-2018. Yet, there has been insufficient involvement of Asian Americans in existing ADRD research.1

To address this, ARISE is:

  • Building the first known cohort of older Asian Americans with high levels of limited English proficiency to study the impact of risk and resilience factors on cognitive performance and ADRD
  • Creating a large AD biomarkers dataset on Asian Americans with newer and larger amounts of AD biomarkers
  • Evaluating protective and risk factors that modify the effects of multi-level discrimination on cognitive performance and levels of AD biomarkers among ARISE participants

Funded by NIH/NIA #R56AG079510-01A1

1. Ross L, Beld M, Yeh J. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Facts and Figures in California: Current Status and Future Projections. University of California, San Francisco. Accessed October 11, 2021.

Interested in Participating?

Are you...

65 years of age or older?

Chinese, Korean, and/or Vietnamese?

Able to speak Cantonese, English, Korean, Mandarin, and/or Vietnamese?

Willing to spend 2-3 hours for a study visit at home, community site, or on Zoom?

Those who are unable to provide consent or complete assessments, are institutionalized, have a self-reported AD diagnosis, have a major unstable medical condition or a serious mental illness, with substance abuse or dependence in the last 5 years, or already have blood relatives or spouse/partner enrolled in the ARISE study are not eligible.

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We are recruiting in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento County, and Orange County.