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Now everyone can power life-saving dementia research

We are expanding our understanding of dementia and other age-related diseases by learning how biological and environmental factors influence our health and aging.

Now everyone can contribute to these discoveries by providing samples, like blood and saliva, when samples are already scheduled to be collected as part of your routine medical care. This means no extra appointments are needed to be a part of life-saving research.

Your donation will then be used to save valuable time and resources by providing researchers a library of information to use to complete research studies.

Being a part of dementia research is easy and convenient

Our researchers need biological samples like blood, saliva and tissue.

As a volunteer, you will only provide these samples at the same time you are providing samples for a medical evaluation.

If there are any samples you do not feel comfortable providing, simply inform us of your wishes and the sample will not be saved in our biobank.

Your name, address, phone number and any other identifying information will not be used. We will only be able to identify samples with a barcode number.

Enroll today!

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    Notify our clinical team of your wishes to donate and complete a consent form.
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    After signing up, you may be asked to provide a blood and/or saliva sample.
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    Samples will then only be collected if they are also being collected for another purpose during a clinic or research study appointment.

After a donation, you may be contacted by a member of our clinical team to provide information on your demographic and medical history.

Questions and Referrals

If you are interested in powering dementia research through our bio sample donation program or need additional information, we are here to help.

Contact Tiffany Kautz, PhD

Email: kautz@uthscsa.edu

Phone: 210-450-8684


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