Trump funding cuts may force Alzheimer’s disease study to shut down, affecting 600 aging adults

Trump funding cuts may force Alzheimer’s disease study to shut down, affecting 600 aging adults

The Trump administration canceled a grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh Scientific funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration may force researchers to close a study on Alzheimer’s disease risk among 600 aging people without sharing the results of cognitive tests with participants – even though researchers have all the data to do so.

The Trump administration canceled a federal research grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in August. Researchers were given 90 days to shut down the study – more than five months earlier than planned. Now, they lack the time and money to assess data collected from trial participants.

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