Abstract

The Education and Information Core is a joint venture between our ADRC and Alzheimer's of Central Alabama (ACA; our non-profit caregiving group).
The Specific Aims of this Core are: 1) To enhance the knowledge about AD in paraprofessionals and physicians in urban and rural Alabama. To operationalize this Specific Aim this Core will provide up to date knowledge on AD to the many groups who conduct conferences on AD. In addition, our annual CME conference will be continued with every other one done in conjunction with our Roybal Center to help bring research about AD and aging to the real world of healthcare providers. 2) To provide information to the general and lay community about AD, and in particular the African American (AA) community. This will be accomplished through a free speakers bureau, caregivers' newsletter, packets of information on AD, attending health fairs and providing two workshops in Birmingham's largest AA church. 3) To provide specific targeted information to caregivers ACA and the ADRC are working with the Alabama Cares Program, to enhance caregivers' knowledge and mastery of caring for their loved one and to disseminate information about this to the aging network and the Alabama Gerontological Society. 4) To enhance the visibility of the ADRC by specifically disseminating information about research, both clinical and basic science, conducted by our ADRC faculty.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
2P50AG016582-06
Application #
6797489
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-ZIJ-4 (J5))
Project Start
2004-04-01
Project End
2009-03-31
Budget Start
2004-04-01
Budget End
2005-03-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$74,637
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Alabama Birmingham
Department
Type
DUNS #
063690705
City
Birmingham
State
AL
Country
United States
Zip Code
35294

  Publications

Lassen-Greene, Caroline L; Steward, Kayla; Okonkwo, Ozioma et al. (2017) Mild Cognitive Impairment and Changes in Everyday Function Over Time: The Importance of Evaluating Both Speed and Accuracy. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 30:220-227
Sims, Rebecca (see original citation for additional authors) (2017) Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Genet 49:1373-1384
Niccolai, Lindsay M; Triebel, Kristen L; Gerstenecker, Adam et al. (2017) Neurocognitive Predictors of Declining Financial Capacity in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Clin Gerontol 40:14-23
Jun, Gyungah R; Chung, Jaeyoon; Mez, Jesse et al. (2017) Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci. Alzheimers Dement 13:727-738
Karch, Celeste M; Ezerskiy, Lubov A; Bertelsen, Sarah et al. (2016) Alzheimer's Disease Risk Polymorphisms Regulate Gene Expression in the ZCWPW1 and the CELF1 Loci. PLoS One 11:e0148717
Mez, Jesse; Mukherjee, Shubhabrata; Thornton, Timothy et al. (2016) The executive prominent/memory prominent spectrum in Alzheimer's disease is highly heritable. Neurobiol Aging 41:115-121
Ridge, Perry G; Hoyt, Kaitlyn B; Boehme, Kevin et al. (2016) Assessment of the genetic variance of late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 41:200.e13-200.e20
Hohman, Timothy J; Bush, William S; Jiang, Lan et al. (2016) Discovery of gene-gene interactions across multiple independent data sets of late onset Alzheimer disease from the Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium. Neurobiol Aging 38:141-150
Jun, G; Ibrahim-Verbaas, C A; Vronskaya, M et al. (2016) A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein. Mol Psychiatry 21:108-17
Hohman, Timothy J; Cooke-Bailey, Jessica N; Reitz, Christiane et al. (2016) Global and local ancestry in African-Americans: Implications for Alzheimer's disease risk. Alzheimers Dement 12:233-43

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