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.
Center director Basia Belza and Sarah McKiddy received a Music Man Foundation grant “to lead a study that builds a partnership between a performing arts organization and a dementia-focused community center to provide music programs for elders living with memory loss.” Read more on the Music man Foundation website.
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.