Alzheimer's Association Interdisciplinary Summer Research Institute (AA-ISRI) on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）研究的广度和深度 目前还不符合全球问题的紧迫性和重要性。虽然资金 代表了一个限制因素，第二个是需要更多的跨学科的兴趣，专业知识， 和合作，特别是对于早期的研究人员。阿尔茨海默氏症协会（AA） 有30多年的历史，提高认识，支持研究，并提供 老年痴呆症教育和培训的各种成分。我们在芝加哥的总部提供 最先进的会议空间和通信技术。与AA的10年一致 愿景，以加速科学进步，实现预防和有效地 到2025年治疗阿尔茨海默氏症，因此，我们建议制定并提供年度阿尔茨海默氏症 协会夏季跨学科研究所（AA-ISRI）对ADRD新兴 独立研究人员（MD，PhD或其他博士学位）。针对专家和 公众呼吁加强对心理社会和公共卫生方面的研究， 痴呆症，课程将包括小组教学法和双轨部分，其中与会者 将更深入地了解他们选择的轨道：心理社会（包括心理 ADRD研究的社会学方面）和公共卫生（包括卫生服务 与ADRD有关的研究和保健政策）。为了实现这一目标，我们将开发 培训、指导、招聘、评估、修改、传播和可持续性计划 每年执行AA-ISRI，为期五年（目标2）; 通过调查和电子邮件定期评估课程，教师和正在进行的指导 调查表，并在必要时作出修改（目标3）;以及促进传播和 可持续性（通过参加课程建立的辅导/网络的可持续性 以及课程本身在五年资助机制后的可持续性）（目标4）。的混合 将提供教学、小组讨论和一对一的指导，重点是 网络和职业建设机会。我们的短期目标是为与会者提供 进入、扩展和在痴呆症领域取得成功所需的工具和资源 research.我们的长期目标是鼓励更多来自广泛领域的早期研究者 将痴呆症相关研究纳入其研究职业计划，从而 增加研究人员的总数和跨学科的广度， 痴呆症科学，促进更快的发现步伐。

The breadth and depth of research on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) does not currently match the urgency or significance of the issue worldwide. While funding represents one limiting factor, a second is the need for more interdisciplinary interest, expertise, and collaboration, particularly for early stage investigators. The Alzheimer's Association (AA) has a 30 plus year history of increasing awareness, supporting research, and providing dementia education and training to a variety of constituents. Our headquarters in Chicago offer state-of-the-art conference space and communication technologies. In line with the AA's 10-year vision to accelerate scientific progress toward the national goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer's by 2025, we therefore propose to develop and offer an annual Alzheimer's Association Summer Interdisciplinary Research Institute (AA-ISRI) on ADRD for emerging independent researchers (MD, PhD, or other doctoral level degree). In response to expert and public calls for greater research emphasis on the psychosocial and public health aspects of dementia, the course will include group didactics and a dual track portion, in which attendees will learn more intensively about their chosen track: psychosocial (encompassing psychological and sociological aspect of ADRD research), and public health (encompassing health services research and health care policy in relation to ADRD). To accomplish this, we will develop the training, mentoring, recruitment, evaluation, modification, dissemination, and sustainability plans and materials for the course (Aim 1); implement the AA-ISRI annually for five years (Aim 2); regularly evaluate the curriculum, faculty, and ongoing mentoring via surveys and emailed questionnaires and make modifications where needed (Aim 3); and facilitate dissemination and sustainability (both the sustainability of the mentoring/networks created via course attendance and the sustainability of the course itself past the 5-year grant mechanism) (Aim 4). A mix of didactic, small group discussion, and one on one mentoring will be offered, with an emphasis on networking and career building opportunities. Our short term goals are to provide attendees the tools and resources needed to enter, expand upon, and succeed in the field of dementia research. Our long-term goal is to encourage more early stage investigators from a broad range of backgrounds to include dementia-related research in their research career plans, thereby increasing the overall number and interdisciplinary breadth of the research workforce in dementia science, facilitating a faster pace of discovery.