Race/ethnicity and Environmental Stressors: POtential drivers of Dementia and stroke inequities RESPOnD
Description: Excess risk for Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD) persists among older Black and Latino adults, and disparities in vascular risk factors (stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia) are likely major drivers of these inequities. To tackle racial inequities in ADRD and their vascular mechanisms we need to understand racially patterned, modifiable environmental stressors such as limited access to green space, high exposure to air pollution, noise, extreme heat, neighborhood deprivation and violence. The proposed research will quantify how multiple environmental stressors simultaneously are associated with stroke and vascular risk factors for ADRD among Black, Latino, and White middle-aged adults; as well as cognitive function, cognitive decline, and neuroimaging biomarkers of ADRD risk in older adulthood.
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R01
Start date: 2024-07-15
End date: 2029-06-30
Investigator: MARCIA IXCHEL PESCADOR JIMENEZ (lead)
Institutions: Boston University, BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
Funded outputs count: 12
Funder award ID: R01NS139186
OpenAlex ID: G9000857494