Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans

项目概要/摘要 关于非洲阿尔茨海默病风险和复原力的全国会议 美国人将于6月23日在新泽西纽瓦克的罗格斯大学-纽瓦克分校举行， 2022年24日尽管非裔美国人患与年龄相关的认知能力下降的风险较高， 记忆力丧失-与白色人相比，阿尔茨海默病（AD）的患病率增加一倍 美国人-我们不充分了解这种健康差距的原因，也不知道如何 最好将未来的干预努力集中在补救这一健康危机上。这一天半 会议将提出最新的数据，生物，行为，社会和环境 对老年非裔美国人衰老、大脑健康和AD的个体差异的影响， 桥接相关、纵向和干预方法。三个相关的具体 会议的目的是：（1）促进跨学科的合作和交流 在研究非裔美国人对AD的风险和恢复力的研究人员中;（2）支持 培训生和早期职业研究人员在这一领域;（3）促进更广泛的科学，临床， 公众对影响非裔美国人AD风险和恢复力的因素的认识。 最后，本次会议将在四个方面有所创新：（1）将注重跨学科 非裔美国人对AD的风险和恢复力的方法;（2）我们整合了非裔美国人 社区领导人和研究参与者的节目;（3）计划客人编辑 一卷阿尔茨海默病杂志与发言者的贡献将确保 广泛的传播和影响;（4）由于罗格斯-纽瓦克是一所城市公立大学， 《美国新闻与世界报道》是一家联邦政府认可的少数民族服务机构， 和NIH G-RISE少数民族研究生培训中心，这次会议将加强培训 和职业发展的本科生和研究生， 少数群体。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A national conference on Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans will take place at Rutgers University–Newark, in Newark, New Jersey, on June 23- 24, 2022. Although African Americans are at elevated risk for age-related cognitive decline and memory loss—with double the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) compared to white Americans—we do not sufficiently understand the causes of this health disparity, nor how to best focus future interventional efforts to remediate this health crisis. This day-and-a-half conference will present the latest data on biological, behavioral, social, and environmental influences on individual differences in aging, brain health, and AD in older African Americans, bridging correlational, longitudinal, and interventional methodologies. The three related specific aims of the conference are to: (1) Promote cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication among researchers who study risk and resilience to AD in African Americans; (2) Support trainees and early career investigators in this field; and (3) Promote wider scientific, clinical, and public awareness of the factors which affect risk and resilience to AD in African Americans. Finally, this meeting will be innovative in four ways: (1) It will focus on interdisciplinary approaches to risk and resilience to AD in African Americans; (2) We integrate African American community leaders and research participants in the programming; (3) A planned guest-edited volume of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease with contributions from the speakers will ensure wide dissemination and impact; (4) As Rutgers-Newark is an urban public university rated #1 in Ethnic Diversity by US News & World Report, a federally-qualified Minority-Serving Institution, and a NIH G-RISE minority graduate student training center, this meeting will enhance training and career development for undergraduate and graduate students from under-represented minority groups.