Who is behind INSPIRE

INSPIRE is led by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, neurologists and brain health researchers who have spent their careers on the question of how lifestyle shapes cognitive aging. They set the program's scientific direction and its curriculum.

CDU is the academic research partner. The university's Clinical and Translational Research Center supports the study's design, data handling, and analysis, and the CDU Institutional Review Board provides independent oversight of participant protections.

Congregations, community health workers, and local organizations recruit, host, and lead groups. They are not a distribution channel for the program — they shape it. Session format, language, and pacing are set with them, not handed to them.

• Findings return to participating communities in plain language, first.
• No participant data is ever sold or shared with insurers or employers.
• Materials are offered in the languages our communities actually speak.
• Participation is free, and stays free.

If you lead a congregation or organization and want INSPIRE in your community, start at our partner page and a member of the team will follow up.