January 2026 de Tornyay Center Recent Research News

PhD in Nursing Science candidate Sarah McKiddy received an Osher Center grant on “A PRISM-Guided Planning Study for Co-Designing a Novel Partnership for Music-Based Memory Loss Programming in a Community Setting.” The grant will support McKiddy in exploring the creation of a partnership between a local organization, the Memory Hub, and the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s string quartet-in-residence.
Barak Gaster, UW Medicine Professor, published an editorial on, “Bringing Cognitive Assessment to the Front Lines of Primary Care”. The article mentions a paper co-authored with center director Basia Belza and PhD in Nursing Science candidate Sarah McKiddy.