UNM Center for Memory & Aging Receives $21.7 Million NIH Grant to Fund its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
The University of New Mexico’s Center for Memory & Aging has received a five-year $21.7 million program grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC).
Read More (Interview on Telemundo with Dr. Rosenberg announce the ADRC grant funding)
NIH expands nation’s Alzheimer’s and related dementias research capacity
To further incentivize innovative ideas and opportunities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has funded four exploratory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). These new centers will broaden current ADRC research initiatives with underrepresented populations such as African Americans, Native Americans, and those in rural communities — all of which have different risk factors for developing these devastating diseases.
NM DELEGATION APPLAUDS OVER $1 MILLION GRANT TO UNM MEMORY AND AGING CENTER
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the National Institute on Aging, has awarded $1,069,505 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) Memory and Aging Center to conduct research on health disparities in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease among rural populations, with a particular focus on underserved Native American and Hispanic communities.
UNM Memory and Aging Center Update with Dr. Janice Knoefel
Dr. Knoefel joins us to go over the health services offered thru UNM’s Memory and Aging Center. Along with this we talk plans for the center’s future with regard to specialized services for those living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease.
Center for Memory and Aging
Mind Research Network
Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall
1101 Yale NE Albuquerque, NM 87106 (map)
Main phone number: 505-272-3315
Fax: 505-272-7652