Aging and dementia now top the list of health concerns among Americans surveyed, surpassing even cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Gifts in support of HAARC Center, the SuperAging Research Initiative, and the Communication Bridge Research Program play a critical role in accelerating breakthroughs for patients and families afflicted by neurodegenerative diseases and for helping to establish pathways for healthy aging.

The HAARC Center and it’s research programs have deep multidisciplinary expertise, which bridge gaps between scientific disciplines to accelerate breakthroughs in cognitive resilience. The HAARC Center brings together neuroscientists, geneticists, clinical neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropathologists, radiologists, data scientists, immunologists and other stakeholders to advance research and patient care.

For questions about making a gift or to learn more about how philanthropy advances Dr. Rogalski’s work, please contact Audrey Carie, Senior Director for Individual Giving, Medicine & Biological Sciences Development, at acarie@bsd.uchicago.edu or 773-702-8470.

Give to the HAARC Center

The University of Chicago’s Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center seeks to serve as an aging and dementia research hub dedicated to the discovery of factors that promote resilience, resistance, and increased healthspan through multidisciplinary research, community engagement, education, and the development of new evidence-based interventions. 

Give to the SuperAging Research Initiative

“SuperAgers” are defined as adults over age 80 with memory abilities at least at the level of individuals 20-30 years younger. The University of Chicago is the new hub for the SuperAging Research Initiative– an international multi-center study enrolling across the United States and Canada. Our goal is to uncover the factors that contribute to extended healthspan and potentially avoid Alzheimer’s pathology or its effects.

Give to Communication Bridge 

The trial is designed to identify evidence-based strategies to maximize communication participation and quality of life and minimize burden for persons with PPA and their communication partners.