By Meghan McCarthy
Recently, the Penn Memory Center (PMC) welcomed Farraday Johnson as a clinical research coordinator for the Anti-amyloid Therapy Monitoring (ATM) study.A Personal Connection to Alzheimer’s Disease
Johnson grew up in Covington, Tennessee, a small town with a population of approximately nine thousand. Throughout her childhood, both of her parents were devout in attending her basketball games.
“In high school, I noticed things were off when my dad forgot one of my games,” Johnson shared. “One thing about my mom and dad is that they never forgot a game.”
Johnson’s interest in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is deeply personal. Her late grandmother had AD and her father has been diagnosed with late-onset dementia.