CARE-Supported Studies
CARE is actively supporting participation from AANHPI communities in health research.
Below is a list of studies that CARE has already supported ("Completed") and those still looking for participants ("In Recruitment"). Check back for more updates as new studies get funding or approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB*).
*An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is made up of qualified individuals who carefully review research involving human participants. They ensure that these studies are ethical, follow all laws, and protect participants’ rights and safety.
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Last Updated: 12/03/2025
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| Study Name | Principal Investigator | Institution | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Community-Based Approach for ALDH2 Genetic Testing in East Asian Americans | Jennifer Young | Northwestern University | Completed |
| A needs assessment by examining marginalized East Asian Americans' perceived discrimination | Kathy Lee | University of Texas Arlington | Completed |
| A Novel Use of a Sleep Intervention to Target the Emotion Regulation Brain Network to Treat Depression and Anxiety | Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski | Stanford University | Completed |
| Adaptation of PATH-Pain for Dementia Family Caregivers Living with Persistent Pain and Negative Emotions | Shelbie Turner | Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University | In Recruitment |
| All of Us Research Program | Hoda Anton-Culver | UC Irvine | Completed |
| An Egocentric Social Network Analysis of Older Adults | Carson De Fries | Denver University | Completed |
| Asian American Caregivers of Pediatric Cancer Patients Study | William Tsai | New York University | In Recruitment |
| Asian Americans & Racism: Individual and Structural Experiences (ARISE) | Van Ta Park | UC San Francisco UC Irvine UC Davis ADRC | In Recruitment |
| Asian Cohort for Alzheimer's Disease | Van Ta Park Victor Henderson | UC San Francisco Stanford University | In Recruitment |
| Assessing the effect of Anti-Asian American Pacific Islander Hate Incidents on older adults | Alexander Smith | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| Attitudes toward and experiences of family involvement in end-of-life care among older Southeast Asian Americans and Chinese Americans: How does family relationship matter? | Kaipeng Wang | Denver University | Completed |
| BEAM: An internet-based psychoeducational intervention for Asian Americans | Kaylin Jones | Palo Alto University | Completed |
| Bilingual Language Processing in Applied Contexts | Viorica Marian | Northwestern University | In Recruitment |
| Breast Cancer Risk among AsiaN AmEricans Study (CRANE) Study | Scarlett Gomez | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| CARE 2.0 Focus Group | Van Ta Park | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| CARE Study: Cancer, Asian Americans, and Relationship Enrichment | Lilian Shin-Cho | Fox Chase Cancer Center | Completed |
| Caregiver-Provided Life Review for Persons with Dementia in Care Facilities | Christina Miyawaki | University of Houston | Completed |
| Characterizing middle aged South Asian and MENA individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, the SAMENA cohort | Michal Schnaider Beeri | Rutgers University | In Recruitment |
| Chinese American Cancer Survivors Writing Study | William Tsai | New York University | In Recruitment |
| Chinese American Family Caregiver Writing Study | William Tsai | New York University | Completed |
| CNS Deficits: Interaction of Age and Alcoholism | Adolf Pfefferbaum | SRI International | In Recruitment |
| Co-creating an ethical framework for social media use in prevention trials | Julie Robillard | University of British Columbia | Completed |
| Cognitive Assessments for Tagalog Speakers | Jessica de Leon | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| CONNECTing to LungCare | Judith Walsh-Cassidy | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| COVID-19 Effects on the Mental & Physical Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Survey Study (COMPASS) | Van Ta Park | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| Cultural and ethnic differences in dementia caregiving: A comparison of the experiences of Chinese American and non-Chinese American dementia caregivers | Robert Santulli | Dartmouth College | Completed |
| Cultural influences on treatment engagement in serious mental illness (SMI): A comparison of US Korean immigrants and native Korean citizens | Christina Bomnae Babusci | University of Pittsburgh | In Recruitment |
| Daily experiences among caregivers for Lewy Body Dementias | Karen Fingerman | University of Texas Austin | In Recruitment |
| DAWN (Describing Asian American Well-being & Needs in Cancer) Study | Jacqueline H. J. Kim | UC Los Angeles | Completed |
| Dementia Stigma Study Among Southeast Asian Older Adults | Rita X. Hu | University of Chicago | In Recruitment |
| Describing Asian American Well-being and Needs in cancer - Cultural Adaptation Preparation (DAWN-CAP) Study | Jacqueline Kim | UC Irvine | In Recruitment |
| Developing and Piloting a Substitution-Focused Sodium Reduction Intervention for Asian Americans with Hypertension | Jessica Cheng | Massachusetts General Hospital | In Recruitment |
| Dyadic Study on Empathy in Caregiving | Meng Huo | UC Davis | Completed |
| Effect of meal timing and composition on glucose control, body temperature, microbiome, and sleep physiology | Michael Snyder | Stanford University | In Recruitment |
| Effects of China's one-child policy on contraceptive decision-making in the United States: a mixed methods study | June Ng | Montefiore Medical Center | Completed |
| Elucidating lung cancer etiology among Asian American female never smokers | Scarlett Lin Gomez | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-being among Cancer Caregiver-Patient Dyads | William Tsai | New York University | In Recruitment |
| Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Depression and Anxiety Monitoring Tool among Racial and Ethnic Minority Cancer Caregivers | Chiara Acquati | University of Houston | In Recruitment |
| Everyday information and communication technology use and well-being in older Asian American dementia caregivers: Applying the social determinants of health framework | Kun Wang | University of Alabama at Birmingham | In Recruitment |
| Evidence-based Video Intervention to promote COVID-19 vaccination among Korean Americans/Immigrants | Angela Chia-Chen Chen | Arizona State University | Completed |
| Examining racial microaggressions in clinical research | Jennifer Kim | Tufts University | Completed |
| Examining the Differences in Caregiving and Carereceiving Strategies, Perceptions and Attitudes between South Asian and Caucasian Dyads | Alyssa Weakley | UC Davis | In Recruitment |
| Examining the relationship between death attitude and AD completion and attitude among older Chinese Americans | Kaipeng Wang | Denver University | Completed |
| Exploring dementia caregiving in communities | Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho | University of Southern California | In Recruitment |
| Exploring the role of family caregivers as "health care sociocultural navigators" for older minority immigrants | Minakshi Raj | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Completed |
| Family caregivers as sociocultural navigators with the health care system and involvement in clinical trials | Minakshi Raj | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | In Recruitment |
| Feasibility and Acceptability Testing of a Culturally Tailored Music Therapy Intervention for Persons Living with Dementia and their Care Partners | Karen Barrett | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Feasibility of the PAin Control Enhancement (PACE-app) for Dementia Family Caregivers | Nai-Ching Chi | University of Iowa | In Recruitment |
| Fiber 2.0: Multiomic Signatures of Microbial Metabolites Following Prebiotic Fiber Supplementation | Michael Snyder | Stanford University | Completed |
| FitSitt for Older Adults | Stacey Schepens Niemiec | University of Southern California | Completed |
| Focus Groups and One-on-One Interviews with Dementia Family Caregivers Experiencing Their Own Physical Pain | Shelbie Turner | Weill Cornell Medicine | Completed |
| Greater Sacramento Women's Brain Health (GROW) Study | Rachel Whitmer | UC Davis Health ADRC | In Recruitment |
| Harmony in Decision-making: Balancing Individual Rights and Family Roles in Advance Care Planning among Chinese Americans | Yifan Lou | Virginia Commonwealth University | In Recruitment |
| Help-Seeking Behaviors and Service Use for Mental Health in East Asian American Informal Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia | Karen M. Rose | Ohio State University | Completed |
| High Gender Role Conflict and Stigma by Association in Husband Caregivers of Women with Alzheimer's Disease: Effects on Vulnerability to Self-Isolation | Nicole Brundige | UC Los Angeles | Completed |
| Hospice Equity for people impacted by Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (HEARD) | Krista Harrison | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Identifying the nutrition-related education needs and preferences of family caregivers of adults with diet-related health conditions | Mina Raj | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | In Recruitment |
| Improving dementia knowledge, diagnosis and care in Filipino Americans | Jessica de Leon | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Improving Health Disparities by Promoting Physical Activity Among Asian American Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: A Pilot Study (The ACTION Study) | Linda Park | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| Influence of swallowing impairment on burden among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias | Samantha Shune | University of Oregon | In Recruitment |
| INFORMED: Brain Health Project for Korean American Dementia Caregivers | JiWon Choi | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Investigating Novel Dietary and Lifestyle Habits Associated with Aging | Tianying Wu | San Diego State University | Completed |
| Investigating racial disparities among cancer survivors | Tianying Wu | San Diego State University | In Recruitment |
| Knowledge and Approaches to Preserving Wellness Among Caregivers (KAPWA Caregivers) | Annalyn Valdez-Dadia | CSU Dominguez Hills | In Recruitment |
| Koreans Invested in Making Caregivers Health Important (KIMCHI) | Van Ta Park | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| Longitudinal Study of Sleep Deficiency Mechanisms among Filipino Migrants | Gilbert Gee | UC Los Angeles | In Recruitment |
| Looking to Understand Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease | Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski | Stanford University | Completed |
| Lung Cancer Registry Caregiver Survey | Heather Law | Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer | In Recruitment |
| Measuring Dementia Caregiving Styles | Amanda Leggett | Wayne State University | Completed |
| Memory Impairment through Nicotine Dosing Study | Clara Li | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Completed |
| Menopause Experiences Among Filipino Women: A Pilot Study | Caitlin Haas | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Mindwalk Research Study | Sumithra Murthy | University of Illinois Chicago | In Recruitment |
| Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) Clinical Core B Project | Clara Li | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Completed |
| NYUCI-ES: Psychosocial Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes for Chinese and Korean ADRD Caregivers | Bei Wu | New York University | In Recruitment |
| OurHealth - Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians | Pradeep Natarajan | Massachusetts General Hospital | In Recruitment |
| Personal Relevance of Psychotherapy for Asian Americans: A mHealth problem-solving intervention to reduce stress | Gordon C. Nagayama Hall | University of Oregon | In Recruitment |
| Physical Activity Smartphone App for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia | Stacey Schepens Niemiec | University of Southern California | Completed |
| PMM American Samoa Project | Vaatausili Tofaeono | ASCCC | In Recruitment |
| PRescription exercise for Older men with Urinary Disease (PROUD) pilot study | Scott Bauer | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Research as Healing: A Critical Participatory Action Research Approach to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Emerging Adults Healing from Racial Trauma | Stephanie Yu | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Research Infrastructure for the study of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-related dementias in older Asian Americans | Clara Li | Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai | In Recruitment |
| Revision and Psychometric Evaluation of the Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire to Address Health Disparities among Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes | Ya-Ching Huang | Texas State University | Completed |
| SHARE (Share History, Activity, Resilience, and Experience) project among Asian American older adult caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias | JiWon Choi | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| SilverBills: A Financial and Legal Tech Tool for Caregivers | Eric Chess | Denver University | Completed |
| Smoking cessation and mental health needs among older Vietnamese Americans | Vuong Do | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Social networks in people with dementia | Gian Pal | Rutgers University | In Recruitment |
| South Asian Family Approaches to Disease (SAFAD) | Ranak Trivedi | Stanford University | Completed |
| Stress & Coping in Asian Americans with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer | Jacqueline Kim | UC Irvine | In Recruitment |
| Targeted smoking cessation messages for Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese American smokers | Minji Kim | University of South Carolina | In Recruitment |
| Technology-Based Information and Coaching/Support Program Tailored for Asian American Midlife Women who are Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Alzheimer's Disease | Wonshik Chee | University of Texas at Austin | Completed |
| Testing the feasibility of an empowerment-based intervention for Chinese immigrant women experiencing intimate partner violence | Yang Li | University of Texas at Austin | Completed |
| The ACHIEVE Study | Karen Hooker | Oregon State University | Completed |
| The Impact of Music on Well-Being after Diagnosis with Alzheimer's Disease or its Related Dementias | Theresa Allison | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| The MUM-URMA1 study: Multimorbidity and Medications: The Unheard Perspectives of Older Under-Represented Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults - Phase 1 | Janice Schwartz | UC San Francisco | Completed |
| The Rhythm Evaluation for AntiCoagulaTion With Continuous Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation (REACT-AF) | David Cho | UC Los Angeles | In Recruitment |
| Tobacco exposure as a breast cancer risk factor among Vietnamese American women in California | Jimi Huh | University of Southern California BPSOS-Center for Community Advancement | In Recruitment |
| Tobacco-related misinformation and Asian Americans in California: A user-centered approach to tobacco information literacy | Eileen Han | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Tools To Be Fit | Erin Van Blarigan | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Toward Personalized Cancer Screening Recommendations in Older Adults | Grace Lin | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| US Study to Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Risk (US POINTER) | Rachel Whitmer | UC Davis | Completed |
| Using mixed methods research to characterize the health and quality of life of caregivers of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | Alexandra (Lexie) Jackson | Pacific University | Completed |
| Video Technology Social Engagement Program for Family Care Partners | Raksha Mudar | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Completed |
| Vietnamese Insight into Cognitive Aging Program (VIP) | Oanh Meyer | UC Davis UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |
| Wellness Enhancement for Chinese American Caregivers (WECARE): A pilot study | Alicia Hong | George Mason University | Completed |
| Wellness Enhancement for Chinese American Caregivers (WECARE) 2.0 | Alicia Hong | George Mason University | Completed |
| What do the female partners think? Exploration of perceived male partner roles by Asian American female partners in the context of prenatal testing | Soohyun Yoo | Northwestern University | Completed |
| What's my risk?: Experiences and risk perceptions of East Asian Americans with a family history of breast cancer | Min Seon Park | Northwestern University | Completed |
| Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of risk (The WISDOM & WISDOM 2.0 Study) | Laura Esserman | UC San Francisco | In Recruitment |