Research

IDCAresearch is a private research organization that collaborates with local and global institutions in conducting and promoting research on Brain and Aging in the Philippines. The research focus is on epidemiology, genetics, early diagnosis, and non-pharmacologic interventions for cognitive impairment that are apropos to Filipino communities.

IDCAresearch hosts researchers from the diverse fields of neuroscience – psychology, neurology, psychiatry, physics, human kinetics, genetics, geriatrics, epidemiology, applied math, imaging and neurotechnology. As a hub for researchers, it connects and directs teams towards finding ways to promote brain health and improve dementia care in the Philippines.  

We are currently working with collaborators for shared research on:

• Cohort expansion of the 10-year Marikina Memory and Aging Project

• Characterization and extension of recruitment of members of familial Frontotemporal Dementia with mutations in progranulin and optineurin genes

• Neuroimaging Analysis of fMRIs of participants in the Filipino Multicomponent Intervention to Maintain Cognitive Performance among High Risk Population (FINOMAIN)

• Analysis of blood-based biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease