Participate in studies
If you are looking for opportunities to participate in our research or to find out more about what we do and whether you qualify to take part in some of our studies, please email memory@rice.edu for more information. Below you will find a list of ongoing studies that are actively recruiting:
MRI studies
If you choose to participate in an MRI study, we will collect structural images of your brain as well as functional images in which we would look at activity in different regions of your brain while you are performing various cognitive tasks in the scanner. The magnetic field contains no ionizing radiation and repeat MRI scans can be conducted safely.
Mental Health and Aging Study (click here for more information)
We are looking for individuals 55 and older with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and/or bipolar disorder. The study will include a 1-hour MRI scan as well as cognitive tasks and questionnaires. For more information about these studies, email memory@rice.edu.
Women’s Health Study: Hormones and the Brain (click here for more information)
We are looking for healthy individuals 35 and older. The study will include computerized as well as paper/pencil tasks. For more information about these studies, email memory@rice.edu.
PET studies at UCLA (COMING SOON)
We are looking for healthy individuals age 50 and older to participate in our PET studies. Both brain aging and dementia are characterized by the deposition of beta-amyloid and tau proteins that abnormally aggregate in the brain. Both of these proteins are characteristically found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The combination of amyloid and tau imaging have opened the door to understanding how normal aging might be different from early AD, to define the earliest stages of AD, and to understand basic mechanisms of aging and dementia. For more information about these studies, email lealmemorylab@ucla.edu.
Join the lab at Rice University
We have no open positions in the lab at this time. If you are an undergraduate looking for research experience, please fill out our google form for possible future opportunities. The lab will not be taking any new graduate students or postdocs this coming year.