COSMIC: An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethno-racial groups and geographical settings
Description: Project Narrative COSMIC is an international consortium of prospective longitudinal population based cohorts examining the risk and protective factors for cognitive decline and the development of dementia in old age. From the time of its inception in 2012, COSMIC has developed into a consortium of 26 studies from 16 countries in five continents, with a combined sample size of >70,000, and it continues to grow. It is now uniquely placed to address some of the salient questions in relation to the epidemiology and biomarkers of neurocognitive disorders.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: RF1
Start date: 2017-09-15
End date: 2022-08-31
Investigator: PERMINDER S SACHDEV
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 63
Funder award ID: RF1AG057531
OpenAlex ID: G3115535785