Naoko Muramatsu
University of Illinois Chicago, IL·Public Health & Epidemiology
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias do not affect everyone equally. Behavior, social ties, health systems and the places people live may all shape who develops dementia and how well people and their caregivers manage it.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Social Science
Medicine & Clinical Research
- Topics
Alzheimer's disease
dementia
cognitive aging
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jun 2028
What they work on
- Build behavioral and social research infrastructure for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias at the University of Illinois Chicago, linking population science and health promotion approaches.
- Strengthen the dementia research workforce by mentoring and training early-career faculty (RCMAR Scientists) on behavioral and social pathways to dementia and dementia caregiving.
- Fund and support pilot studies on environmental, sociocultural and behavioral causes of dementia disparities, and on interventions such as physical activity programs, technologies and social support.
- Train scientists in community-engaged research and build two-way collaborations with community partners through a Community Liaison Recruitment Core.
More about the research
Researchers often call these behavioral and social pathways. This grant creates a center to study them and to train the next generation of researchers working on these questions.
Why it matters
Adults aging with or at risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and the people who care for them, could benefit from studies that find why some groups carry a heavier burden and that test practical supports such as physical activity programs, technologies, and help from communities and health care providers. Training early-career researchers may also grow the workforce studying these disparities.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Manka Nkimbeng
University of Minnesota, MN·Public Health & Epidemiology·Early-career
Explore the experiences and care strategies of high-risk New American older adults with dementia and their informal family caregivers.
David Hancock
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY·Public Health & Epidemiology·Early-career
Develop and refine candidate items for the EM-AD, a new measure of elder mistreatment tailored to dementia family caregivers, using feedback from caregivers and geriatric professionals to establish that the items cover the right content.
Pablo Martinez Amezcua
Johns Hopkins University, MD·Public Health & Epidemiology
Examine whether the association between hearing loss and cognitive decline over about six years in Hispanic adults differs by language acculturation, using HCHS/SOL data.
The school
University of Illinois Chicago: 42 labs on PI Pages, $532M a year on research, 359 research doctorates a year.
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