Category D. Population Studies - List of Cohorts and Studies

1. U.S.-Based Cohorts

  • Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Adult Health and Behavior (AHAB) Project (U.S.; Biobehavioral Risk Factors; 30-54 years)
  • African American Brain Health Initiative (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Multiracial (Black/ African-American and White; 65+)
  • Agricultural Health Study (AHS) (U.S.; Pesticide and Agricultural Exposures; Rural Communities)
  • Alcoa Cohort (US; Multiple Risk Factors; Employers/Occupational)
  • Alzheimer's Disease Patient Registry (ADPR) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Assessing Population-based Radiological brain health in Stroke Epidemiology (U.S; Cardiovascular Risk Factors)
  • Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 45-64)
  • Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) study (U.S.; mental health)
  • Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging (BLSA)(U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 65+)
  • Baltimore Memory Study (U.S., Multimodal Risk; Factors; 50+)
  • Boston Puerto Rican Health study (BPRHS) (U.S.; Hispanic/ Latinos- Puerto Ricans; 45-74)
  • Brain in Kidney Disease (BRINK) Study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 65+)
  • Cache County Study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 65+)
  • California Families Project (US; Multimodal Risk Factors; Latino/Hispanic; Midlife)
  • Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 65+)
  • Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Multiracial (Black/ African-American and White); 65+)
  • Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 18-30)
  • Dallas Lifespan Brain Study (DLBS) (U.S; Traumatic Brain Injury; 20+)
  • Diabetes Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Study (Look AHEAD-MIND)(U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors)
  • Diabetes Heart Study (DHS) (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors)
  • Disparities in Sleep and Cognition in Older Adults (DISCO) (US; Sleep and circadian rhythms; Multi-racial cohort)
  • Einstein Aging Study (EAS) (U.S., Multimodal Risk Factors; 70+)
  • Electronic Medical Records (U.S.; Health care system)
  • Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects (LEFFTDS) (US; Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Framingham Heart Study (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors)
  • Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study (GEMS) (U.S.; Nutrition and Other Environmental Factors; 75+)
  • Hawaii Personality and Health Cohort (U.S.; life course)
  • Health & Aging Brain among Latino Elders (HABLE) study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Hispanic/ Latinos)
  • Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 30-64)
  • Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study (U.S; Multimodal Risk Factors; 70-79)
  • Healthy Brain Initiative (U.S., Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Heart Strategies Concentrating on Risk Evaluation (Heart SCORE) study (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 45-75)
  • High School & Beyond (HSB) Cohort (U.S.; Educational Factors; 55+)
  • Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latino (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; Hispanic/ Latinos; 18-74)
  • Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (H-EPESE) (U.S; Multimodal Risk Factors; Hispanic/Latinos)
  • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study (HAAS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Japanese-Americans; Men only)
  • Indian Health Service (IHS) Data Project (U.S; Multimodal Risk Factors; Native American and Alaska Natives)
  • Katrina@10 (US; Socio-ecological Model of post-Disaster Recovery; Multiethnic)
  • KU Brain Aging Project (U.S., Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 65+)
  • Los Angeles Latino Eye Survey (LALES) (U.S.; Ocular Disease; Hispanic/ Latinos; 40+)
  • Mayo Clinic Study of Aging (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 30-89)
  • Minnesota Twin Registry (MTR) (U.S.; Psychosocial Factors)
  • Minority Aging Research Study (MARS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Black/ African-American; 70+)
  • Monongahela-Youghiogheny Healthy Aging Team (MYHAT) study(U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 65+)
  • MsHeart cohort (U.S., Women only; 40-60)
  • Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) study (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; Multiethnic; 45-84)
  • Multiphashic Healthy Study (MHC) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Multiethnic; Health System)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S.)
  • National Health and Trends Study (NHATS)(US; Late Life Disability)
  • National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) (U.S.; Social Connectivity and Health; 20+)
  • Neurobiology of Late-life Depression Study (NBOLD) (U.S.; Mental Health)
  • Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly (NCODE) (U.S.; Mental Health)
  • Normative Aging Study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Veterans, Males only)
  • Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS) (U.S; Cardiovascular Risk Factors)
  • Northern Manhattan Study of Metabolism and Mind (NOMEM) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 50-64)
  • Nurses' Health Study (NHS) ( U.S.; Multimodal Factors; Women only)
  • Oregon Brain Aging Study (U.S., Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Eating, Shopping, and Health (PHRESH) (US; Multimodal Risk Factors; Black/African-American)
  • Project Talent (U.S., High school students; Life course)
  • PROSPER-HIV (U.S.; People Living with HIV (PLWH))
  • Rancho Bernardo Study (RBS) of Healthy Aging (U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors)
  • Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study ( U.S.; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors; 45+)
  • Religious Orders Study (ROS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Multiethnic)
  • Research Program for Genes Environment and Health (RPGEH) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Sexual and Gender Minority/LGBT; 60+)
  • RUSH Memory and Aging Project (RUSH MAP) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Multiethnic)
  • Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Hispanic/ Latino- Mexican-Americans)
  • Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; 40-79)
  • Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA) (US; Multimodal Risk Factors; Latino/Hispanic)
  • Survey of Social Relations (SRS) (U.S.; Arab-Americans; 65+)
  • The 90+ Study (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Oldest-Old)
  • The Longevity Genes Project (Genetic/ Epigenetic Risk Factors; Ashkenazi Jewish descent)
  • Veterans (U.S., medical center; records)
  • Veterans (U.S.,Health Records, Duke Twins Study)
  • Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Veterans, Males only; 50+)
  • Virginia Cognitive Aging Project (VCAP) (U.S., 18+)
  • Washington Heights and Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP) (U.S.;  Multimodal Risk Factors; Multiethnic; 65+)
  • Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Life course)
  • Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP) (U.S., Genetic/ Epigenetic Risk Factors; 54+)
  • Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS)  (U.S., Multimodal Factors; Women only; 65-80)
  • Woodlawn Study (U.S; Multimodal Risk Factors; Black/African American; 0-60 years)
  • World Trade Center Health Program (U.S., First responders)

2. Multinational Cohorts

  • COSMIC (COhort Studies of Memory in International Consortium) (U.S./ International; Multimodal Risk Factors; Database)
  • Cross-Cohort collaboration (CCC) (U.S.; International; Multimodal Factors)
  • Genes and Environments across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) (U.S; / International; Twin Study)
  • Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Project (IIDP) (U.S./ International- Nigeria, Multimodal Risk Factors; Multi-Racial/ Cross-cultural)
  • Long Life Family Study (LLFS) (U.S./ International; Genetic/ Epigenetic Risk)
  • Multiple Cohorts ( U.S./ International)
  • Multiple Cohorts ( U.S./ International- Mexico)
  • Multiple Cohorts ( U.S./ International- Netherlands)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- Australia)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- Dominican Republic)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- Iceland)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- India)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- Italy)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- Mexico)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- Sweden)
  • Multiple Cohorts (U.S./ International- UK)

3. International Cohorts

  • English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) (International-U.K.; 50+)
  • Estudio Familiar de Influencia Genetica de Alzheimer (EFIGA) [Family Study of the Genetic Influence of Alzheimer's Disease](International- Dominican Republic; Genetic/ Epigenetic Risk Factors)
  • Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies of an INDEPTH Community (HAALSI) (International- Africa; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Factors)
  • International- Australia (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Bolivia (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Brazil (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Canada (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Chile (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- China (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Colombia (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Costa Rica (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Denmark (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Germany (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Israel (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Italy (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Kazakhstan (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Netherlands (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- New Zealand (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Poland (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Puerto Rico (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- South Africa (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Sweden (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- United Kingdom (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • International- Venezuela (Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) (Multimodal Factors)
  • Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) (International; Multimodal Factors; 45+)
  • Maracaibo Aging Study (MAS) (International- Venezuela; Multimodal Factors; Hispanic/ Latinos)
  • Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) (International- Mexico; Multimodal Risk Factors)
  • Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (International- Europe; Multimodal Risk Factors)

4. Other

  • ADRC at Washington University (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (Genetic/ Epigenetic Risk; Multiethnic; Resources)
  • Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) (Genetic/ Epigenetic Risk; Resources)
  • Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Washington University (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Ancillary/ Community-Based Studies
  • Boston University ADC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Columbia University ADC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Electronic Medical Records (U.S.; Health care system)
  • Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center (IADC) (U.S; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital ADRC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • NACC UDS (Database; Resources)
  • National Institute on Aging- Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease Family Study (NIA LOAD) (Genetic/ Epigenetic Factors)
  • NIA Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) (Genetic/ Epigenetic Factors; Data Storage; Resources)
  • Northwestern ADC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • RUSH ADC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • UCSF Memory and Aging Center (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • University of Pittsburgh ADRC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • University of Wisconsin ADRC  (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Vanderbilt Memory & Aging Project  (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)
  • Wisconsin ADRC (U.S.; Multimodal Risk Factors; Alzheimer's Disease Center)