Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium

The Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) is a collaboration between eleven of the state’s leading medical research institutions, working to improve early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's Facts

1 in 9 people age 65+ has Alzheimer's disease.

About 490,000 Texans are projected to have Alzheimer's by 2025.

1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia.

Every 66 seconds, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s.

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– Volunteer for AD Research
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Legislative Corner

Report from the Joint Interim Study on
Alzheimer’s Disease

View live testimony from the Joint Interim Study on Alzheimer’s Disease
(Length: 3 hrs 12 mins)

Save the Date - January 22, 2026:
TARCC 2026 Scientific Symposium

Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at the AT&T Executive Hotel and Conference Center for the TARCC 2026 Scientific Symposium. Details to follow...

2025 photos are now available: view the photo gallery here.

The 2025 excellence in research poster awards have been announced.

TARCC Research Updates

TARCC investigators have been involved in a number of new, important research studies. Recently published research is wide ranging, spanning the gamut from clinical trials to new cognitive diagnostics; blood-based biomarkers in Mexican-Americans; identification of additional risk genes; and validation of biomarker algorithms in AD patients and AD animal models.

View all TARCC researcher publications here.
View all TARCC Investigator Grant Awards here.

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