Janina Pierce is an epi research assistant with the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, or RADC, epidemiologic studies. In this role, she collects neuropsychological, physical, and lifestyle data from participants of various epidemiologic studies of the RADC, including the Rush Religious Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project. Janina began work as a research assistant with the RADC in 2018. Before working with the RADC, she earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology from the University of Illinois-Urbana.