The Ohio State University - Department of Neurology

Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund in Neurology

The mission of the Memory Disorders Clinic at the Ohio State University Medical Center includes conducting research in improving the diagnosis and eventual cure of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and other related memory disorders.

A research fund has been set up to provide an opportunity for individuals, families, and organizations to become a part of the cure by donating funds to help facilitate and support the research efforts here in the Memory Disorders Clinic. This money is used directly for research conducted at Ohio State. The research has provided substantial benefits to the local Ohio patients and families that participated in the studies and has contributed important knowledge regarding Alzheimer's disease and other dementing conditions to the research community and the world.

The generous contributions and memorials, large and small, from individuals to this fund have gone a long way in supporting our important research projects. Some of our current research projects include:

Clinical drug trials to treat Alzheimer's disease: Rivastigmine, Galantamine
Clinical drug trials to treat frontotemporal dementia: Memantine, MKC-231
Clinical drug trials to treat behavioral symptoms in dementia: Quetiapine, Citalopram, Divalproex sodium
SPECT imaging
Ultra high field MRI imaging for early dementia diagnosis
Blood and cerebrospinal fluid test development for early dementia diagnosis
Physician office screening tests for early dementia diagnosis
Problem solving tasks for early dementia diagnosis
Autopsy neuropathology research - free autopsies and brain banking
Functional neuroimaging of treatement response to mild cognitive impairment

Researchers include Douglas W. Scharre, M.D.; David Q. Beversdorf, M.D.; Rebecca A. Davis, R.N., L.I.S.W.; Shu-Ing Chang, Pharm.D.; Jennifer L. Warner, B.A.; Jennifer Knick, B.A.; Ashleigh Hillier, Ph.D.; Heather Campbell, B.S.; Madalina Tivarus, M.S.; Joseph Kitzmiller, Ph.D.; Adam Mereitich, B.S.; Ryan Smith

For further information regarding the studies, please call:
Douglas W. Scharre, MD at (614) 293-8531.

For donation information, please call Vickie VanAllen DeLuca at (614) 293-3736 or Leigh Briggs at (614) 293-5522, OSU Medical Center Development, 1375 Perry Street, 5th Floor, Columbus, OH 43201.
The account number for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund in Neurology is 302185. Thank you for your consideration and generosity.