The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) Pilot Study

Asian Americans and Canadians (ASACs) are the fastest growing minority group in the US and Canada. ASACs are under‐sampled in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. Culturally appropriate, community‐based approaches to recruit these understudied communities are urgently needed, and in 2021 the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) began recruitment to the first large dementia genetics cohort to examine genetic and non‐genetic risk factors for AD among ASACs. Our clinical and community‐based participatory research (CPBR) scientists have a long collaborative history and specific experience in leading AD and CBPR research.