ADNI Aims for Representative Subject Pool

Michael Weiner, MD, Professor in Residence in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF, is the founder and Principal Investigator (PI) of The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Since its inception in 2004, ADNI is the largest multi-site longitudinal study on Alzheimer’s, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia funded by a consortium of public and private partners. 
 
In a recent interview reflecting on ADNI’s significance in advancing Alzheimer’s research, Dr. Weiner observed that a major challenge for all clinical trials is that the trial participants do not fully represent the populations of people who need treatment. “ADNI is not representative. And this problem of representation is present across the entire medical research field. But we are always looking to do better. We need to engage and enroll people from underrepresented…