Brain Health on College Campuses

NCT ID: NCT06724887

Last Updated: 2026-02-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-01-13

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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Center for BrainHealth is beginning a one-year pilot with local college campuses investigating the impact of (i) brain health assessment and training tools delivered through the online BrainHealth Platform and (ii) in-person educational brain health workshops delivered to college students and faculty/staff, with the overarching goal to better understand how to promote brain-healthier campuses (i.e., reflecting generally positive function across cognitive, social, emotional, and lifestyle domains). This initial study is intended to be a one-year pilot, with findings informing feasibility and efficacy as well as future, more extended and expanded study informing translation to other colleges/universities.

Detailed Description

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ONLINE Procedures

Assessments (3 times over 9 months): BrainHealth Index - An online battery of cognitive measures and questionnaires. Periodic surveys to assess new research questions (as IRB approved) and to assess participant experience

Training, habits, resources (available over 9 months): Micro-learning video modules that include Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART) and other trainings such as stress management, sleep, and lifestyle. The habit tool supports accountability and consistency of building new and personalized habits. Curated resources (articles, podcasts, videos) around the topic of brain health are also available.

Coaching Periodic access to group and one-on-one brain-health related virtual coaching sessions.

Link wearable data Participants have the option to link their wearable data with their data collected through the BrainHealth Platform

IN-PERSON Procedures

The investigators will offer in-person and/or virtual/hybrid educational sessions on a variety of high-interest topics such as stress management, sleep, resilience, and mental well-being, with an emphasis on how practicing and implementing brain healthy strategies can impact everyday life. For faculty/staff, the investigators will also offer interactive workshops on how to create a brain healthy environment and classroom, including ways to implement and provide brain-healthy strategies and resources in their everyday operations involving students (e.g., ways to enhance mental energy and focus in the classroom, brain-based approaches to promoting growth mindset and confidence, etc.).

Conditions

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Health Behavior Life Style, Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Brain Health Training and Education

Online and in-person training and education around brain-health strategies and lifestyle practices.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brain Health Strategy Training and Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Initial training strategies cover Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART), and subsequent training extends the SMART principles to other life-applications such as stress management, sleep, and lifestyle. Virtual and in-person workshops will expand on topics such as stress management, sleep, resilience, and mental well-being, with an emphasis on how practicing and implementing brain healthy strategies can impact everyday life. For faculty/staff, we will also offer interactive workshops on how to create a brain healthy environment and classroom, including ways to implement and provide brain-healthy strategies and resources in their everyday operations involving students.

Interventions

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Brain Health Strategy Training and Education

Initial training strategies cover Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART), and subsequent training extends the SMART principles to other life-applications such as stress management, sleep, and lifestyle. Virtual and in-person workshops will expand on topics such as stress management, sleep, resilience, and mental well-being, with an emphasis on how practicing and implementing brain healthy strategies can impact everyday life. For faculty/staff, we will also offer interactive workshops on how to create a brain healthy environment and classroom, including ways to implement and provide brain-healthy strategies and resources in their everyday operations involving students.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Minimum age of 18
* Either enrolled as a student and/or employed as staff/faculty at UTD or Dallas College
* Internet and device access
* Must be able to hear and read over the computer
* Fluent English speaker

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently or previously enrolled in The BrainHealth Project (NCT04869111)
* Diagnosed neurodegenerative disease
* History of stroke, concussion, or brain injury that currently hinders participant from functioning at their prior level
* Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and not functioning independently
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

110 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Meadows Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hoglund Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Texas at Dallas

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sandra Chapman, PhD

Professor, Chief Director of UTD Center for BrainHealth

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lori Cook, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Texas at Dallas

Locations

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Dallas College

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Lori Cook, PhD

Role: CONTACT

972-883-3409

Erin Venza, MS

Role: CONTACT

972-883-3208

Facility Contacts

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Tracie Lowe, PhD

Role: primary

Erin Venza, MS

Role: primary

972-883-3208

References

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Chapman SB, Fratantoni JM, Robertson IH, D'Esposito M, Ling GSF, Zientz J, Vernon S, Venza E, Cook LG, Tate A, Spence JS. A Novel BrainHealth Index Prototype Improved by Telehealth-Delivered Training During COVID-19. Front Public Health. 2021 Mar 16;9:641754. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.641754. eCollection 2021.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33796498 (View on PubMed)

Zientz J, Spence JS, Chung SSE, Nanda U, Chapman SB. Exploring how brain health strategy training informs the future of work. Front Psychol. 2023 Sep 12;14:1175652. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175652. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37771803 (View on PubMed)

Chapman SB, Aslan S, Spence JS, Hart JJ Jr, Bartz EK, Didehbani N, Keebler MW, Gardner CM, Strain JF, DeFina LF, Lu H. Neural mechanisms of brain plasticity with complex cognitive training in healthy seniors. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Feb;25(2):396-405. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht234. Epub 2013 Aug 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23985135 (View on PubMed)

Gamino JF, Chapman SB, Hull EL, Lyon GR. Effects of higher-order cognitive strategy training on gist-reasoning and fact-learning in adolescents. Front Psychol. 2010 Dec 9;1:188. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00188. eCollection 2010.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21833248 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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24-877

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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