The National Institute on Aging at NIH https://nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-disease-research-centers awarded $3.3 million to the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health https://clevelandclinic.org/Nevada to establish the Nevada exploratory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (NVeADRC) to focus on reducing disparities with individuals living with dementia rural settings.
Health disparities in rural areas have long been recognized. Alzheimer’s and Alzheimer disease-related dementias offer no exception. People living with dementia in rural communities often go undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed due to lack of access to dementia specialists.
In addition, data in rural areas is scarce and usually confined to a small number of individuals with limited sets of biomedical data. The NVeADRC is going to develop novel methodologies and technology to enroll research volunteers into a rural Nevada cohort.
The NVeADRC is a national network of researchers and clinicians at major medical institutions. Researchers are working to translate research advances into improve diagnosis and care for people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias, as well as finding a way to treat and possibly prevent the disease.
According to Marwan Sabbagh, M.D., Director of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas and Director of NVeADRC, “ Alzheimer’s is a looming public health crisis and the grant will play an important role in advancing the science by contributing critical data from a massively understudied, underserved, and under supported rural population”.
For more information on the NVeADRC, call (702) 701-7944.