This is a $3,996,255 definitive contract awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a civilian agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct research on the genetics of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in Latin American populations. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.
As the prime contractor, UCSF is leading a collaborative effort with several Latin American universities and research organizations as subcontractors, including Fundacion Para La Salud Y La Educacion DR. Salvador Zubiran, A.C. in Mexico, Universidad de Chile in Chile, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia, Fundacion Universidad De Antioquia in Colombia, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez in Chile, and Fundacion Universidad De San Andres in Argentina. These subcontractors will assist with collecting and shipping DNA samples, providing access to local clinical data, overseeing site-specific activities, and participating in training to enhance computational genetics expertise in the region. The overarching goal is to identify genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia within diverse Latin American populations, as well as improve diagnosis and research capabilities in this area.
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