The Science of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

摘要 该副刊将建立一个关于阿尔茨海默病和相关科学的新计划 社会科学家痴呆症(ADRD)。该节目的目的是让不同的青少年群体 和更先进的社会科学家，他们感兴趣的是更好地理解并最终为 阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症的研究，以及ADRD的生物医学基础。 该计划支持南加州大学RCMAR的目标，其中包括指导和教育试点资助的 RCMAR科学家支持实现试点研究的目标，并通过在#年授予独立赠款 阿德勒。这一补充满足了当前RCMAR社会科学家对生物医学培训的需求 建立ADRD基金会，以便对种族和民族问题进行更有见地和更有影响力的研究 ADRD风险、诊断和治疗的差异，以及降低风险和改善风险的机会 不同人群的结果。在衰老的生物医学科学方面的有限背景，以及 具体地说，ADRD可能会阻碍一些社会科学家在这一重要研究领域做出贡献。 目前在ADRD工作、征求试点建议的社会科学家人数很少， 拟议的计划将有助于扩大这一池。该计划支持南加州大学RCMAR实现多样化的目标 ADRD研究社区。我们将专门招募种族/民族多元化的社会科学学者。 以及传统上在经济领域中代表不足的妇女参与 程序。 该计划包括为期一天的一系列讲座，由国家专家就一系列生物医学 对ADRD的看法。讲座之间预定的互动时间将有助于研究人员之间的联系 来自不同的学科和机构。该计划的最终目标是为这些学者提供 进行这一领域的高影响力研究并更好地为他们在这一领域的研究提供信息的背景。它还将 促进ADRD研究领域的新的多学科合作。

Summary The supplement will establish a new program on the science of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) for social scientists. The purpose of the program is to expose a diverse group of both junior and more advanced social scientists, who are interested in better understanding and ultimately contributing to research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, to the biomedical foundations of ADRD. The program supports the goals of USC RCMAR, which include mentoring and educating pilot‐funded RCMAR scientists to support achievement of pilot studies’ goals and through award of independent grants in ADRD. This supplement fills a need expressed by current RCMAR social scientists for training in biomedical foundations of ADRD in order to produce better informed and more impactful research on the racial and ethnic differences in ADRD risk, diagnosis and treatment of ADRD, and opportunities for reducing risk and improving outcomes across diverse populations. A limited background in the biomedical science of aging generally, and ADRD specifically, may discourage some social scientists from contributing to this important research domain. The pool of social scientists currently working in ADRD from which solicit pilot proposals is small and the proposed program will help grow this pool. The program supports the goal of USC RCMAR of diversifying the ADRD research community. We will specifically recruit racially/ethnically diverse scholars of the social sciences as well as women who are traditionally underrepresented in the field of economics for participation in the program. The program consists of a one‐day series of lectures by national experts on a range of biomedical perspectives on ADRD. Scheduled interaction time between lectures will facilitate the connection of researchers from diverse disciplines and institutions. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide these scholars with the background to pursue high‐impact research in this area and better inform their research in this area. It will also facilitate new multi‐disciplinary collaborations in the area of ADRD research.