Expanding the Pipeline to Graduate Research in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (EPGRAD) Program

扩大阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症研究生研究 (EPGRAD) 项目的渠道

• 批准号: 10628447
• 负责人: Hugo Javier Aparicio
• 金额: $ 36万
• 依托单位: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10628447
• 关键词: Address; Age; Aging; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; American; Area; Boston; Caring; Collaborations; Data Science; Dedications; Dementia; Education; Evidence based practice; Faculty; Fostering; Foundations; Framingham Heart Study; Goals; Institution; Journals; Knowledge; Learning; Mentors; Mentorship; Methods; Participant; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Research; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Solid; Structure; Students; Training; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Vocational Guidance; Washington; Work; aging brain; brain health; career; cohort; disadvantaged background; diversity and inclusion; economic disparity; epidemiology study; ethnic diversity; ethnic minority; ethnic minority population; experience; graduate school; human old age (65+); interest; meetings; posters; prevention practice; programs; public health research; racial diversity; racial minority; racial minority population; recruit; skill acquisition; skills; social; summer program; summer research; teacher; training opportunity; undergraduate student

Project Summary The proportion of Americans over the age of 65 is expected to increase over the next few decades and the number of those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) is also expected to increase substantially. To adequately serve this growing population, we need to make considerable progress in understanding ADRD and in developing evidence-based practices for prevention and care. As the US population ages, it is also becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Despite this fact, the racial and ethnic diversity of those focusing on ADRD research does not reflect the diversity of the population that bears the high burden of ADRD. This is problematic, as the ability to be responsive to ADRD needs of such a population will require culturally informed approaches and diverse investigators with appropriate knowledge and skills. Information about and opportunities to enter the ADRD research workforce are not equally available to all, which may be why few students from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds pursue graduate study or careers in this area. In order to address these issues, we propose to establish a summer program and mentorship network that expands the pipeline of students from underrepresented groups who decide to pursue graduate study and, ultimately, careers in ADRD-related research areas. The proposed program will be jointly administered by two world-class research institutions in two of the nation’s biomedical and public health research hubs: George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC and Boston University (BU) in Boston, MA. Faculty from GWU’s Institute for Brain Health and Dementia will work in collaboration with faculty from BU’s Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program (FHSBAP) to mentor program participants as they work on ADRD-related research projects. The program will provide structured and suitably-tailored didactic, research, and social experiences for participants that will serve to elicit and magnify interest in ADRD research, develop skills that will make them competitive applicants for graduate study, and provide a network of mentors who will engage with them as they navigate the path from undergraduate to graduate study.

项目概要 预计未来几十年，65 岁以上美国人的比例将会增加， 患有阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）的人数预计也会增加 基本上。为了充分服务这一不断增长的人口，我们需要在以下方面取得重大进展： 了解 ADRD 并制定基于证据的预防和护理实践。正如美国 人口老龄化的同时，种族和族裔也变得更加多样化。尽管如此，种族和 那些专注于 ADRD 研究的人的种族多样性并不能反映承担人口的多样性 ADRD 的沉重负担。这是有问题的，因为响应 ADRD 需求的能力 人口将需要了解文化的方法和具有适当知识的多元化调查人员 和技能。有关 ADRD 研究队伍的信息和进入 ADRD 研究队伍的机会并不相同 对所有人来说，这可能就是为什么很少有来自种族和族裔背景的学生继续攻读研究生或 该领域的职业。为了解决这些问题，我们建议建立一个暑期项目 导师网络，扩大了来自代表性不足群体的学生的渠道，这些学生决定追求 研究生学习，并最终从事 ADRD 相关研究领域的职业。拟议的计划将联合 由两个国家生物医学和公共卫生领域的两个世界级研究机构管理 研究中心：华盛顿特区的乔治华盛顿大学 (GWU) 和华盛顿特区的波士顿大学 (BU) 马萨诸塞州波士顿乔治华盛顿大学脑健康和痴呆症研究所的教师将与教师合作 来自 BU 弗雷明汉心脏研究脑老化项目 (FHSBAP) 的指导项目参与者 从事 ADRD 相关研究项目。该计划将提供结构化和适当定制的教学， 参与者的研究和社会经验将有助于激发和扩大对 ADRD 研究的兴趣， 培养技能，使他们有竞争力的研究生申请者，并提供导师网络 在他们从本科到研究生学习的道路上，谁将与他们互动。