University of Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (USC AD/ADRD RCMAR)

项目摘要 领导力和管理核心(LAC) 与痴呆症有关的健康、社会和经济问题，以及全世界痴呆症不公平的负担 不同的种族/民族人口，是如此的庞大和复杂，需要从 多学科。生成科学证据以促进痴呆症健康公平需要严格的方法 应用于最佳可用数据。南加州大学的阿尔茨海默病和阿尔茨海默氏症 疾病相关痴呆症少数民族老龄化研究资源中心(南加州大学AD/ADRD RCMAR)带来了 整合众多学科的理论和工具的独特能力，包括但不限于经济学， 社会学和老年学，使用大型、复杂的数据集，并应用严格的小组数据和准 产生创新的AD/ADRD差异研究的实验方法。我们的跨学科教职员工 在我们的重点领域推进研究的支持和专业知识：社会、行为和 经济因素、政策和卫生系统影响AD/ADRD风险的差异，并影响 痴呆症患者的健康、保健和经济结果。我们建立在成功的基础上 促进代表不足的学者的研究和职业生涯的10年历史。我们汇聚了 基础设施、领导力、跨学科专业知识和资源，以：(1)增加数量、多样性和 痴呆症健康公平研究学者的学术成就；(2)开发新的创新路线 促进痴呆症健康公平的研究。USC AD/ADRD RCMAR位于谢弗中心，用于 卫生政策和经济学，汇集了南加州大学各学校在AD/ADRD方面的专业知识，以及 维护大型数据核心、分析编程团队和外部事务团队，以支持AD/ADRD 研究和传播Impact的研究结果。为此，我们增加了来自NIA资助的合作伙伴的资源和领导 中心：南加州大学罗伊巴尔老龄化行为干预中心，阿尔茨海默病研究中心， AD/ADRD经济和社会人口研究中心和南加州大学/加州大学洛杉矶分校生物人口学中心 和人口健康。重要的是，我们已经与两个HBCU合作，斯佩尔曼学院和霍华德 加州州立大学富勒顿分校--一所西班牙裔和拉丁裔服务机构。他们的后辈 研究人员、资深学者和领导者处于独特的地位，能够带来不同的视角和拓宽 AD/ADRD研究领域。我们建议设立领导和行政核心(LAC)，以提供有远见的 领导和管理有效实施拉丁美洲和加勒比地区研究、教育和分析活动 核心；支持挑选初级科学家及其试点研究提案，以满足#年的严格目标 研究和加强痴呆症健康公平学者的多样性；评估导师和奖学金 学习和改进我们的做法的活动；组织和保持积极有效的内部和外部 传播；传播研究成果以产生影响，并提升和建设学术 科学家和合作者的声誉。

Project Summary Leadership and Administration Core (LAC) The health, social and economic issues associated with dementia, and the inequitable burden of dementia across different racial/ethnic populations, are of such magnitude and complexity that they require a vantage point from multiple disciplines. Generating scientific evidence to advance dementia health equity requires rigorous methods applied to the best available data. The University of Southern California’s Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease Related Dementias Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (USC AD/ADRD RCMAR) brings a distinct capacity for integrating theories and tools from myriad disciplines including but not limited to economics, sociology, and gerontology, using large, complex data sets, and applying rigorous panel data and quasi- experimental methods to generate innovative AD/ADRD disparities research. Our interdisciplinary faculty have the support and expertise to advance research in our focus area: pathways by which social, behavioral and economic factors, and policies and health systems affect disparities in risk of AD/ADRD, and affect disparities in the health, health care and economic outcomes of persons living with dementia. We build upon our successful 10-year history of advancing the research and careers of underrepresented scholars. We bring together the infrastructure, leadership, interdisciplinary expertise and resources to: (1) increase the number, diversity, and scholarly achievements of scholars of dementia health equity research and; (2) develop new, innovative lines of research to advance dementia health equity. The USC AD/ADRD RCMAR is housed in the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, which brings together expertise in AD/ADRD from across USC’s schools, and maintains a large data core, analytical programming team, and external affairs team to support AD/ADRD research and disseminate findings for impact. To this we add resources and leaders from our partner NIA funded centers: USC’s Roybal Center for Behavioral Interventions of Aging, Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Center for Economic and Sociodemographic Study of AD/ADRD, and USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health. Importantly we have partnered with two HBCUs, Spelman College and Howard University, and California State University Fullerton - an Hispanic and Latinx serving institution. Their junior researchers and senior scholars and leaders are uniquely positioned to bring diverse perspectives and broaden the field of AD/ADRD research. We propose a Leadership and Administration Core (LAC) to provide visionary leadership and management for effective implementation of activities of LAC, Research Education and Analysis Cores; to support the selection of junior scientists and their pilot research proposals to meet goals of rigor in research and enhance diversity of dementia health equity scholars; evaluate mentorship and scholarship activities to learn and improve our practices; to structure and maintain active and effective internal and external communication; and to disseminate researching findings for impact and to elevate and build the scholarly reputation of scientists and collaborators.