Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities (CIRAD)
The Columbia Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer's Disease Disparities (CIRAD) is a Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) funded by the National Institute of Aging (NIA) that supports scientists from backgrounds historically excluded in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) research, to address gaps in knowledge about AD disparities.
Announcements and Recent Events
- CIRAD scientist Chinwe Ibeh, MD, has a new publication in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience titled "Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Prevalence among Patients with Heart Failure."
- CIRAD scientist Omonigho A Michael Bubu, PhD has been promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry/Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
- CIRAD scientist Indira Turney, PhD, invited to give the opening plenary talk at the 2023 Alzheimer’s Imaging Consortium (AIC)! The Plenary Session is titled "Neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: What Have We Learned?"
- CIRAD scientist Ganga Bey, PhD, has a new publication in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities titled "Biological Age Mediates the Effects of Perceived Neighborhood Problems on Heart Failure Risk Among Black Persons."
- CIRAD scientist Paris "AJ" Adkins-Jackson, PhD, MPH and Ganga Bey, PhD, accepted to the NIH's Butler-Williams scholars program!
- CIRAD scientist Paris "AJ" Adkins-Jackson, PhD, MPH received a K01 award titled "The role of adverse community-level policing exposure on disparities in Alzheimer's disease related dementias and deleterious multidimensional aging," and has a newly accepted publication in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association!
- NIA Funding Opportunities: Learn more here about funding opportunities, announcements, and notices published by the National Institute on Aging at NIH.
