Research Education Component

研究教育部分（REC）的总体目标是继续提供仔细的研究 结构化的课程和全面、创新的指导，使欠缺的人能够持久的职业生涯 代表阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 和 AD 相关痴呆 (ADRD) 研究的研究人员，重点关注 健康公平以及对社会因素、卫生系统因素和一生中结构性种族主义的考虑 当然。我们的续订应用程序支持指导 JHAD-RCMAR 科学家的研究，包括 痴呆症的流行病学以及针对不同人群的新型干预措施的开发、测试和实施 少数民族老年人和护理提供者，以增强健康和功能。指导关系包括 新近转向 AD/ADRD 研究的早期职业研究人员和/或职业中期科学家，重点关注 少数民族老龄化。 REC 利用专注于健康的基础设施和先进的指导实践 约翰·霍普金斯大学内部和内部的差异和健康公平、认知能力下降、AD/ADRD 和少数民族老龄化 中心以及摩根州立大学和汉普顿大学的相关教师和资源。我们设定 制定一项计划，确保对从事以下领域职业的不同研究人员进行成功指导和合作 本次 AD-RCMAR 的重点领域：增强和维持认知健康和功能的新方法 降低少数民族老年人患 AD/ADRD 痴呆的风险。我们的 REC 旨在指导 JHAD- RCMAR 科学家将成功开发和实施试点项目，包括结构化的 为 RCMAR 科学家提供纵向指导，这将支持 NIA 资助的独立研究事业 重点关注老年人，特别是少数族裔老年人的健康差异和 AD/ADRD 研究。 REC 还将开发和维护一个流程，以促进和跟踪科学家从 通过与国家协调中心合作，向独立调查员进行试点，并对 REC 进行评估 中心并参与年度报告程序。为了实现具体目标，REC 将 维持招募、培养和支持代表性不足的少数族裔调查员所需的基础设施。 通过培养来自不同领域的新研究人员的能力，可以产生更加多样化的生物医学队伍。 致力于以健康差异为重点的研究组合的代表性不足的背景和 与 AD/ADRD 相关的少数群体老龄化研究。这一目标将在很大程度上通过培养尖端人才来实现 试点研究将有助于更好地了解 AD/ADRD 以及 AD/ADRD 人群之间的健康差异 代表性不足的群体的人口。

The overarching objective of the Research Education Component (REC) is to continue to provide a carefully structured curriculum and comprehensive and innovative mentoring leading to enduring careers of under- represented investigators in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) research focusing on health equity and consideration of social factors, health system factors, and structural racism across the life course. Our renewal application supports mentoring JHAD-RCMAR Scientists’ research encompassing the epidemiology of dementia and development, testing, and implementation of novel interventions for diverse minority older adults and care providers to enhance health and functioning. Mentoring relationships include early-career researchers and/or mid-career scientists newly transitioning into AD/ADRD research focusing on minority aging. The REC leverages infrastructure and advanced mentoring practices that focus on health disparities and health equity, cognitive decline, AD/ADRD, and minority aging within and across Johns Hopkins centers, as well as relevant faculty and resources at Morgan State University and Hampton University. We set out a plan to assure successful mentoring of, and collaboration with, diverse researchers pursuing careers in the focused area of this AD-RCMAR: novel approaches to enhance and maintain cognitive health and function and reduce AD/ADRD dementia risk among minority older adults. Our REC is structured to mentor JHAD- RCMAR Scientists to be successful with developing and carrying out pilot projects and includes structured longitudinal mentorship for RCMAR Scientists, which will support independent, NIA-funded research careers focused on health disparities and AD/ADRD research among older adults, particularly minority older adults. The REC will also develop and maintain a process for facilitating and tracking the evolution of scientists from pilot to independent investigators, and evaluation of the REC, by collaborating with the National Coordinating Center and participating in an annual reporting procedure. To accomplish the specific aims, the REC will maintain the infrastructure necessary to recruit, develop, and support under-represented minority investigators. This yields a more diverse biomedical workforce by building the capacity of a cadre of new investigators from under-represented backgrounds who are committed to a research portfolio focused on health disparities and minority aging research as it relates to AD/ADRD. This goal will be largely achieved by cultivating cutting edge pilot studies that will lead to a greater understanding of health disparities in AD/ADRD, and AD/ADRD among populations of under-represented groups.