{"id":214854,"date":"2025-12-22T13:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=214854"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:48:00","slug":"texastribune-org-dprit-impact","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/events\/2025\/12\/22\/texastribune-org-dprit-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia researchers say Texas&#8217; investment will drive breakthroughs in combating the disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understand Texas&#039; Big Investment In Dementia Research\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8xJX9QgMog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am me, but I am not me anymore\u201d is already a common phrase heard by those who work in dementia and Alzheimer&#8217;s research and care, and with the state\u2019s population aging at a rapid clip, the number of patients saying it is growing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas voters approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/11\/04\/texas-election-dementia-fund-dprit\/\">Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT)<\/a> last year, which would invest $3 billion in dementia research and up to $300 million annually thereafter. Experts say the initiative \u2014 which aims to make Texas a national leader in dementia research and prevention, driving scientific breakthroughs, attracting top researchers, and creating jobs across Texas \u2014 could be a game-changer in the fight against this mysterious disease.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe now know the genetic compounds for dementia account for 50% of diagnoses. The research we are going to do is going to account for the rest of it,\u201d said Karen Fingerman, the director of the Texas Aging and Longevity Center at The University of Texas at Austin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fingerman joined Melissa Sanchez, the state policy director of the Alzheimer\u2019s Association and Gladys Maestre, director of the Memory and Aging Center for UT Rio Grande Valley, for a Texas Tribune event on Wednesday about how these funds will impact the lives of Texans. They said the funds, although not yet distributed, have already given those who work in dementia fields a boost of energy and a feeling of togetherness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are driven by the idea that we are going to conquer this disease, and since the Legislature did this, the conversation and energy to seriously attack this has been phenomenal,\u201d said Fingerman. \u201cThe time is now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas is growing older faster than the rest of the nation. The Texas Department of State Health Services reports that 459,000 Texans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s, about 12% of the state\u2019s population over the age of 65.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s, the most common form of dementia, accounts for about 80% of cases, according to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. While a 2023 study shows that the eastern and southeastern United States have the highest prevalence of Alzheimer\u2019s, Texas is one of three states that have the highest estimated number of older residents who are at risk of Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new institute will research all brain diseases and be governed by a board of physicians and scientists with expertise in brain research. Grants could be awarded for projects addressing the causes, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients, as well as for developing new medicines and facilities to treat them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez said this allows organizations and advocacy groups that are not tied to an academic institution to access these funds and contribute to the effort to fight dementia in their own communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDPRIT isn\u2019t the beginning of anything but the boosting of momentum,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s bringing everybody together, and DPRIT is going to be a great conveyor for all the great work being done in Texas.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maestre said that for institutions like the Memory and Aging Center at UT Rio Grande Valley, attacking dementia has been an area where they have seen progress over the years, but this additional funding can take their research to the next level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we first started in 2018, we had an understanding of genetics and biomarkers. Now we know more about the individual person. Over the years, we have learned that lifestyle and history can also contribute to this, but how do we implement this? That is the question we now search for the answer to,\u201d she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lawsuit has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/12\/05\/texas-dementia-fund-constitutional-amendment-lawsuit\/\">delayed the implementation <\/a>of the DPRIT. Plaintiffs say the voting machines used in 251 of the state\u2019s 254 counties to tabulate the results in the Nov. 4 election were not properly tested for accuracy, invalidating any ballots tabulated on them, and they want a new election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal experts and lawmakers say faulty voting machines aren\u2019t the chief concern of the plaintiffs, who are typically conservative citizens who oppose any attempts at increasing government spending. 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