Alzheimer's Impact Movement Leadership Society / Alzheimer's Ambassador Third District CT/ CT Chapter Advocacy Committee / New Haven Walk To End Alzheimer's Planning Committee/ Board of Managers Hamden/North Haven YMCA
The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement at Cleveland Clinic recognizes that women are at the epicenter of the global Alzheimer’s epidemic and believe that cutting edge research on women’s brains is necessary to change the course of the disease. We raise money for critical women-based research and instigate the creation of women-based initiatives at leading scientific institutions, universities, foundations and organizations. We partner with leading researchers and non-profit organizations that share our vision and hope to create women’s Alzheimer’s research funds that finance high potential, gender-based scientific investigations. We are aggressively seeking answers to the question: Why are women disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias? Answering that question requires a sharp focus on what is particular to women’s biology, genetics, and lifestyle. While we recognize there is some gender specific research underway in labs around the country, we also know that there has not been a sufficient emphasis placed on determining the relationship between a women’s biological and genetic make-up and the fact that women are being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, dementias and other neurological disorders at staggering rates. The myriad of gender specific factors like hormone levels, genetic composition, age-related variables, and lifestyle practices, provide a broad basis for the research that is essential to finding the answer that we hope will lead to breakthrough discoveries with far-reaching impact on the future of Alzheimer’s disease for women, men, and families everywhere. Since 2016, WAM at Cleveland Clinic has funded $4.65 million for 44 studies at 17 leading institutions and positioned its grantees to earn an additional $83 million more in government and foundation funding.
