Leadership and Administrative Core

阿尔茨海默病（AD）是美国（US）的一个主要且日益严重的公共卫生危机， 健康差异，非裔美国人（AA）AD和相关痴呆（ADRD）的风险不成比例 与非西班牙裔白人相比。1，2我们寻求建立一个跨学科团队的经验， AD/ADRD相关研究，以支持不同的早期职业研究人员和中期职业科学家 向AD/ADRD相关研究过渡，开展旨在预防的高质量研究 少数老年人的认知和功能下降，并减少AD/ADRD的种族差异。学院 来自摩根州立大学约翰霍普金斯公共卫生、护理和医学学院 大学和汉普顿大学，并有几十年的经验，与非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔， 和亚裔美国老年人，以及为他们服务的社区组织。都是全国性的 在培训人数不足的少数民族学者方面具有丰富经验的公认导师。总体目标 对于领导和行政核心（LAC）的更新应用程序，将提供治理和 中心的管理，以促进RCMAR科学家的培训和发展， 代表性不足的背景，并推进AD/ADRD的少数民族老龄化研究领域。的LAC 将为AD-RCMAR及其指导、数据收集、分析提供必要的领导和结构， 干预、实施和传播活动，提供跨部门的协调和整合， 核心研究和试点研究，同时与RCMAR协调中心、其他国家执行机构 研究中心和外部供资和监督实体。法援会将与研究中心紧密合作， 教育部分，社区联络和招聘核心，以及完成这些任务的分析核心 目的，从而推进我们对少数民族老龄化的社会和行为方面的理解，以改善 与AD/ADRD相关的差异。MPI（Thorpe博士和Gallo博士）将负责监督所有 中心活动，以确保问责制和响应不断变化的科学机会和公众 健康需求，包括研究的质量控制，对人类研究参与者的保护， 行政职能，财政监督，与外部咨询委员会的接口，并与 资助机构和约翰霍普金斯大学及参与中心和大学的官员。

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a major and increasing public health crisis in the United States (US) and a growing health disparity, with African Americans (AAs) at disproportionate risk for AD and related dementias (ADRD) compared to non-Hispanic Whites.1, 2 We seek to build on the experience of an interdisciplinary team in AD/ADRD-relevant research to support diverse early career researchers and mid-career scientists newly transitioning into AD/ADRD-relevant research carrying out research of high quality intended to prevent cognitive and functional decline in minority older adults and reduce racial disparities of AD/ADRD. The faculty of this AD-RCMAR are from the Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine, Morgan State University, and Hampton University and have decades of experience working with African American, Hispanic, and Asian American older adults, and the community organizations that serve them. All are nationally recognized mentors with substantial experience training under-represented minority scholars. The overall aims for this renewal application of the Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC) are to provide governance and administration of the Center, to facilitate the training and development of RCMAR Scientists from underrepresented backgrounds, and to advance the field of minority aging research on AD/ADRD. The LAC will provide essential leadership and structure for this AD-RCMAR and its mentoring, data collection, analysis, intervention, implementation, and dissemination activities, providing coordination and integration across the Cores and Pilot Studies, while maintaining communications with the RCMAR Coordinating Center, other NIA Research Centers, and external funding and oversight entities. The LAC will work closely with the Research Education Component, Community-Liaison and Recruitment Core, and the Analysis Core to accomplish these aims, thereby advancing our understanding of social and behavioral aspects of minority aging to ameliorate disparities relevant to AD/ADRD. The MPI’s (Drs. Thorpe and Gallo) will be responsible for oversight of all Center activities to ensure accountability and responsiveness to evolving scientific opportunities and public health needs, including quality control of research, protection of human research participants, supervision of administrative functions, fiscal oversight, interfacing with the External Advisory Committee, and liaison with grant agencies and officials of Johns Hopkins University and participating Centers and Universities.