Research Education Component

研究教育部分（REC）的总体目标是继续提供一个仔细的 结构化的课程和全面和创新的指导，导致下持久的职业生涯， 代表阿尔茨海默病（AD）和AD相关痴呆（ADRD）研究的研究人员， 健康公平和考虑社会因素，卫生系统因素和整个生命的结构性种族主义 当然了我们的续约申请支持指导JHAD-RCMAR科学家的研究， 痴呆症的流行病学和发展，测试和实施新的干预措施， 少数老年人和护理提供者，以加强健康和功能。指导关系包括 早期职业研究人员和/或职业中期科学家新过渡到AD/ADRD研究，重点是 少子老龄化REC利用以健康为重点的基础设施和高级指导实践 约翰霍普金斯医院内部和之间的差异和健康公平性、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，以确保成功的指导，并与合作，不同的研究人员追求的职业生涯， 本AD-RCMAR的重点领域：增强和维持认知健康和功能的新方法 降低少数老年人AD/ADRD痴呆风险。我们的REC旨在指导JHAD- RCMAR科学家成功开发和开展试点项目，包括结构化 RCMAR科学家的纵向指导，这将支持独立的，NIA资助的研究事业 重点关注老年人，特别是少数老年人的健康差异和AD/ADRD研究。 区域环境中心还将制定和维持一个程序，以促进和跟踪科学家的发展， 通过与国家协调委员会合作， 中心并参与年度报告程序。为了实现具体目标，区域经济委员会将 维持必要的基础设施，以征聘、培养和支持代表性不足的少数族裔调查人员。 这将通过培养一批新的研究人员的能力， 代表性不足的背景谁致力于研究投资组合集中在健康差距， 少数民族老龄化研究，因为它涉及到AD/ADRD。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，将导致更好地了解AD/ADRD的健康差异，以及AD/ADRD之间的差异。 代表性不足的群体。

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.