Ta Park Lab

CARE stands for Collaborative Approach for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders Research and Education.

Our Mission

To improve research participation and reduce health disparities on Alzheimer's disease, aging, caregiving, and other health issues in AANHPI communities.

Our purpose

- CARE is a research registry designed to connect AANHPI communities to opportunities to participate in health research

- Some of the research focuses on cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, aging, and caregiving-related topics

Who Can Participate?
To be eligible for CARE, you must:

• Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and/or Pacific Islander
• 18 years old or older
• Able to read and speak one of the following languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hawaiian, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Tagalog, or Vietnamese
• Reside in the United States (US) or US Associated Pacific Islands (USAPI)
• Willing to be contacted to participate in health research

Please visit the CARE website to learn more!

CARE Registry Enrollment

ACAD stands for Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease.

Chinese, Chinese American, or Chinese Canadian research volunteers needed! The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease invites you to join us in our research to find out more about Alzheimer’s disease, what causes it, and how we might prevent it for future generations.

Our Goal:

Help find a way to prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease for future generations. We are looking for healthy volunteers, people concerned about their memory and thinking, and people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease.

Eligibility Requirements:

• 60 years old or older
• Identify as Chinese, Chinese American, or Chinese Canadian
• Lives in the United States or Canada
• Can speak English, Mandarin and/or Cantonese

Participation involves:

• Interviews and assessments about your health, memory and thinking abilities (4-5 hours)
• Provide a saliva or blood sample
• Compensation is provided up to $100 for your time and effort

Please visit the ACAD website to learn more!

ACAD Research Interest Form

ARISE stands for Asian Americans & Racism: Individual and Structural Experiences.

Forging Health Equity Through Research

ARISE is a research project aimed at studying the effects of multi-level discrimination on cognitive performance and Alzheimer's disease with older Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese adults in California.

To be eligible for ARISE, you must:

• Be 65 years old or older
• Self-identify as Chinese, Korean, and/or Vietnamese
• Speak English, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, or Vietnamese

What to expect (up to 3 hours):

• Interviews and assessments about your health, memory and thinking abilities
• Physical exam (e.g., height, weight, blood pressure)
• Provide a blood sample
• Compensation is provided up to $115 for your time and efforts

Please visit the ARISE website to learn more!

ARISE Research Interest Form

KIMCHI stands for Koreans Invested in Making Caregivers Health Important. 

KIMCHI is an educational outreach project on different health topics tailored to the Korean American culture for caregivers and other stakeholders that serve Korean Americans. The initiative ensures the delivery of accurate, updated, and culturally relevant content in the Korean language, making it easier for caregivers to utilize new research and improve the care they provide.

Our Goals:

- To enhance the health knowledge of Korean Americans, specifically in areas like healthy cognitive aging, dementia caregiving, and advanced care planning.

- To provide accessible information, in aims of empowering individuals to better care for themselves and their loved ones.

Please visit the KIMCHI website to learn more!

VIP stands for Vietnamese Insights into Aging Program.

Disparities in Health and Research in Vietnamese American Community

- Although Vietnamese Americans are the 4th largest Asian American subgroup, the community’s risk of dementia is unknown.

- Certain health conditions put Vietnamese Americans at higher risk for ADRD compared to Non-Hispanic Whites. These include experiences of early life adversity, war trauma and immigration stress, hypertension, stress, diabetes, and depression.

VIP aims to better understand these factors and how they impact thinking and memory in the Vietnamese American community.

Study Goal

- To enroll 285 people at UC Davis and 285 people at UC San Francisco with a total of about 570 people in Northern California

Please visit the VIP website to learn more!

COMPASS stands for COVID-19 Effects on the Mental and Physical Health of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Survey Study.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing crisis that could last at least a couple of years, with a high likelihood that it will occur in waves for an unpredictable period of time. As a result, not only does the US need to adapt to a new “normal”, but it is imperative that the US gathers critical data (e.g., comprehensive assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the population) and respond to the needs of diverse populations as part of the public health infrastructure.

COMPASS is a nationwide online survey dedicated to understanding the mental and physical health impacts of COVID-19 on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Our mission is to recruit 2,500 participants, forming a collective voice that informs future policies, programs, and groundbreaking research initiatives.

Please visit the COMPASS website to learn more!