Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

威斯康星阿尔茨海默病研究中心(ADRC)将以威斯康星大学(UW)在神经科学研究方面的卓越优势为基础，提供阿尔茨海默病(AD)和相关疾病的最先进资源、基础设施和专业知识。随着主要关注阿尔茨海默病的临床前和早期诊断和进展，威斯康星州ADRC将扩大威斯康星州阿尔茨海默氏症预防注册中心(WRAP)的科学目标，并显著加强对遭受AD破坏的威斯康星州居民的护理。ADRC由六个核心(即行政、临床、数据管理和生物统计学、神经病理学和生物标志物、教育和转移以及少数族裔招募卫星计划)组成，建立在AD非常成功的华盛顿大学研究计划和最近几个趋同发展的基础上。这些进展包括弗吉尼亚大学领导层对AD的新关注、对AD研究的重大机构和州财政承诺、在UW校园开设了几个著名的神经科学项目、UW临床项目、在全州范围内建立的广泛的痴呆症诊断诊所网络、通过少数族裔招募卫星计划(MRSP)接触少数族裔、低收入和农村人口、承认几名UW研究人员在AD研究中的地位，以及UW多个中心和机构在老龄化和神经科学研究方面的密切合作。这些中心和研究所包括威斯康星州阿尔茨海默氏症研究所、威斯康星大学韦斯曼中心、威斯康星州韦斯曼大学脑成像和行为实验室、NIH/CTSA资助的临床和翻译研究所(ICTR)、老龄研究所、麦迪逊退伍军人事务部(VA)老年研究、教育和临床中心(GRECC)、国家灵长类动物研究中心、生物技术中心、基因组中心以及临床和翻译研究核心(以前称为UW GCRC)。鉴于能够获得杰出的资源和专业知识，威斯康星州ADRC已做好准备，为AD研究领域做出新的贡献，并为遭受疾病破坏的患者提供出色的临床护理。

The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) will build upon the remarkable strengths of the University of Wisconsin (UW) in neuroscience research to provide state-of-the-art resources, infrastructure, and expertise in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related illnesses. With the major focus on preclinical and early diagnosis and progression of AD, the Wisconsin ADRC will expand the scientific objectives of the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP) and significantly enhance care of Wisconsin residents suffering from the devastations of AD. Comprised of six Cores (i.e., Administrative, Clinical, Data Management and Biostatistics, Neuropathology and Biomarkers, Education and Transfer and the Minority Recruitment Satellite Program), the ADRC builds upon the highly successful UW research program in AD and several recent convergent developments. These developments include a new focus of the UW leadership on AD, substantial institutional and state financial commitment to AD research, presence of several renowned programs in neuroscience on the UW campus, outstanding UW clinical programs, an extensive statewide network of dementia diagnostic clinics, access to minority, low-income and rural populations through the Minority Recruitment Satellite Program (MRSP), acknowledged status of several UW investigators in AD research, and close collaborations between numerous UW centers and institutes in aging and neuroscience research. Among others, these centers and institutes include the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, the UW Waisman Center, the UW Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, the NIH/CTSA-funded Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), the Institute on Aging, the Madison Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), the National Primate Research Center, the Biotechnology Center, the Genome Center, and the Clinical and Translational Research Core (formerly known as the UW GCRC). Given the access to outstanding resources and expertise, the Wisconsin ADRC is well poised to make novel contributions to the field of AD research and provide outstanding clinical care to patients suffering from the devastations of the disease.