Racial Differences in Late-Life Cognitive decline and risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This study will integrate postmortem brain examination into an ongoing cohort study of risk factors for AD in older Blacks and compare them to matched Whites to identify racial differences in the pathologic substrates of AD. These data are critical t reduce disparities and the burden of AD and cognitive decline in a rapidly growing and understudied population.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: RF1
Start date: 2004-09-30
End date: 2021-08-31
Investigator: LISA L BARNES
Institution: RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 120
Funder award ID: RF1AG022018
OpenAlex ID: G3004476995
