/ The University of South Florida is conducting a $44 million study on dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Researchers are looking to enroll 7,600 people in the cognitive training study, including 3,000 in the greater Tampa Bay region. Researchers at the University of South Florida are looking to enroll thousands of volunteers to take part in a computer-based study that could decrease their chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease. The university received $44 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue its research into whether computer-based cognitive training can prevent and even improve disorders like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The study is a culmination of 30 years of research on cognitive training to help adults maintain brain function, said Jerri Edwards, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and the lead researcher on the study.