Sarah Walter
MSc
Biography
Sarah Walter is the Program Administrator for the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) and for the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) at the University of Southern California. Her role is to ensure efficient operation of the consortium and to foster collaboration both within the community and with external partners.
Sarah is the Lead for Public and Participant Involvement (PPI), co-chairs the Research Partnership Alliance and has founded the first Research Partnership Group for Down Syndrome. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh.
Publications
Podcasts
Partnering with Research Participants for More Inclusive Alzheimer’s Research with Sarah Walter
Sarah Walter, MSc knows that participant feedback is vital for effective Alzheimer’s research. As program administrator for the ACTC and ATRI, Sarah has done important work to foster collaboration both within the community and with external partners. In this episode, Sarah joins the podcast to explain why it’s so important to involve participants in the research process. She also discusses some key shifts that can help make Alzheimer’s trials more accessible to diverse populations, and she shares a few success stories of implementing participant feedback.