Environmental Exposome as a Driver of Race/Ethnicity Differences in Alzheimer's Disease

$12.06M USD

Funder	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
Recipient Organization	Ut Southwestern Medical Center
Country	United States
Start Date	Aug 01, 2024
End Date	Jun 30, 2029
Duration	1,794 days
Number of Grantees	3
Roles	Principal Investigator; Co-Investigator
Data Source	NIH (US)
Grant ID	`10985843`

Grant Description

Project Summary This project seeks to examine the role of the exposome as a significant risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among non-Hispanic whites, African Americans and Mexican Americans. This work will utilize blood samples from the 3,000 participants in the ongoing Health & Aging Brain Study

– Health Disparities study (NIA, U19AG078109). This work can lead to strategies to lower environmental exposures in at-risk populations in order to reduce their risk for developing AD.