Expanding the Pipeline to Graduate Research in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (EPGRAD) Program

扩大阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症研究生研究 (EPGRAD) 项目的渠道

• 批准号: 10628447
• 负责人: Hugo Javier Aparicio
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10628447
• 关键词: Address; Age; Aging; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; American; Area; Boston; Caring; Collaborations; Data Science; Dedications; Dementia; Education; Evidence based practice; Faculty; Fostering; Foundations; Framingham Heart Study; Goals; Institution; Journals; Knowledge; Learning; Mentors; Mentorship; Methods; Participant; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Research; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Solid; Structure; Students; Training; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Vocational Guidance; Washington; Work; aging brain; brain health; career; cohort; disadvantaged background; diversity and inclusion; economic disparity; epidemiology study; ethnic diversity; ethnic minority; ethnic minority population; experience; graduate school; human old age (65+); interest; meetings; posters; prevention practice; programs; public health research; racial diversity; racial minority; racial minority population; recruit; skill acquisition; skills; social; summer program; summer research; teacher; training opportunity; undergraduate student

Project Summary The proportion of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to increase over the next few decades and the number of those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) is also expected to increase substantially. To adequately serve this growing population, we need to make considerable progress in understanding ADRD and in developing evidence-based practices for prevention and care. As the US population ages, it is also becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Despite this fact, the racial and ethnic diversity of those focusing on ADRD research does not reflect the diversity of the population that bears the high burden of ADRD. This is problematic, as the ability to be responsive to ADRD needs of such a population will require culturally informed approaches and diverse investigators with appropriate knowledge and skills. Information about and opportunities to enter the ADRD research workforce are not equally available to all, which may be why few students from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds pursue graduate study or careers in this area. In order to address these issues, we propose to establish a summer program and mentorship network that expands the pipeline of students from underrepresented groups who decide to pursue graduate study and, ultimately, careers in ADRD-related research areas. The proposed program will be jointly administered by two world-class research institutions in two of the nation’s biomedical and public health research hubs: George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC and Boston University (BU) in Boston, MA. Faculty from GWU’s Institute for Brain Health and Dementia will work in collaboration with faculty from BU’s Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program (FHSBAP) to mentor program participants as they work on ADRD-related research projects. The program will provide structured and suitably-tailored didactic, research, and social experiences for participants that will serve to elicit and magnify interest in ADRD research, develop skills that will make them competitive applicants for graduate study, and provide a network of mentors who will engage with them as they navigate the path from undergraduate to graduate study.

项目摘要 预计65岁以上的美国人的比例将在Thext上增加几十年，而您 患有阿尔茨海默氏病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）的人数也将增加 为了充分地为不断增长的人口服务 了解ADRD并开发基于证据的投影和护理 人口年龄，它在种族和种族上也更加多样化。 关注ADRD研究的人的种族多样性并不能反映人口人口所承担的人口的多样性 ADRD的高负担是有问题的，因为 人口将需要具有适当知识的文化知情方法和多样化的研究人员 和技能。 对所有人来说，这可能就是为什么很少有来自种族和少数民族背景的学生Pursee研究生学习或或 该地区的职业为了添加问题，我们建议建立一个夏季计划 指导网络扩大了决定追求的人数不足的团体的学生的管道 研究生研究，最终与ADRD相关的研究领域的职业。 由两个世界一流的研究机构在美国两个生物医学和公共卫生中管理 研究中心：华盛顿特区的乔治华盛顿大学（GWU）和波士顿大学（BU） 马萨诸塞州波士顿。 从BU的Framingham心脏学习大脑衰老计划（FHSBAP）到指导计划参与者 与ADRD相关的研究项目的工作。 将为参与者提供研究和社交经验，这些参与者将引起和扩大对ADRD研究的兴趣， 开发的技能将使他们成为研究生学习的竞争申请人，并提供导师网络 谁将与从地下学习到研究生学习的道路。