Project Grant K99AG090817
- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113), awarded a $777,041 Project Grant to the University of Miami to investigate the impact of urban heat island exposure on Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) outcomes among older adults in South Florida. The 5-year study aims to: (1) examine the association between recent urban heat island exposure and cognitive function, (2) determine if cumulative...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will fund a study on the cumulative demographic and health effects of climate exposures across the life course in Indonesia and Mexico. The $171,498 award, effective September 20, 2024 through August 31, 2026, will enable researchers at the Pennsylvania State University to analyze how temperature and precipitation anomalies during critical life stages (early childhood, adolescence, early adulthood)...
- The Project Grant titled "The Role of Neighborhood Social Exposome Dynamics in Risk and Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias" was awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under CFDA Program 93.866 - Aging Research. The $3,039,714 grant, with a performance period from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2029, will investigate the pathways between 30 years of neighborhood-level social exposome change, individual modifiable Alzheimer's disease and related...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113) supports research to assess the mid-to-long term health and work disability consequences of exposure to heat-sensitive jobs among older workers. The $441,027 award, spanning September 2025 to August 2027, will leverage longitudinal Health and Retirement Study data linked with extreme heat and occupational data to investigate how...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), will fund a research project to investigate how environmental exposures such as temperature, greenspace, and the built environment influence cognitive function and dementia risk. The $5,164,012 award to the University of California, Davis will support a study using data from the Nurses' Health Study II and Rush University cohorts to estimate the links between...
- The federal Project Grant award of $473,523 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) will support Dr. Xiao Wu's research to develop an evaluation framework for assessing the effectiveness of heat warning systems and an implementation framework for informing when and where to issue heat alerts to maximize health benefits. The research will study the causal effects of heat alerts on daily, cause-specific health...
- This $2,107,715 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to the Regents of the University of Michigan aims to determine the extent to which exposure to hurricanes affects mortality among older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The project will: 1) Examine all-cause mortality following hurricane exposure and identify associated causes of death among the ADRD population; 2) Determine the living environments...
- The University of Washington received a $760,779 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to conduct a geographically granular assessment of the present and future impacts of extreme temperature on aging populations in the United States by race and ethnicity. The 5-year research project, beginning January 1, 2025, aims to estimate the burden of extreme temperature, understand how risk factors modify the effects, and assess the potential for risk...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) aims to equip the candidate with skills to establish an independent research program focused on identifying modifiable lifestyle factors, such as physical activity and sleep, that can enhance cognitive resilience in aging and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRDs). The $129,659 award, with a project period from June 15, 2025 to March 31, 2030, will support a longitudinal study to assess whether...
- This $3,264,260 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under CFDA 93.866 (Aging Research) aims to determine whether olfactory impairment caused by exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution is a causal factor in the development of late-onset dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. The award will fund a comprehensive research project conducted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore to investigate the role of the cGAS/STING/IKK2/NF-κB inflammatory...
This K99/R00 project grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) in the amount of $107,946 is intended to support Dr. Choi in establishing an independent research program on the relationship between ambient outdoor heat and the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The key objectives of this project are to: 1) assess if high outdoor temperatures increase ADRD risks, and 2) evaluate how socioeconomic and environmental factors at the individual and community levels modify these heat-related ADRD risks. The project will merge longitudinal climate data with the Health and Retirement Study to analyze the neurobiological and social vulnerability factors associated with heat exposure and cognitive decline. The K99 phase will provide training for the researcher to develop expertise in heat exposure assessment, the social vulnerability approach, the biological underpinnings of neurodegeneration, and advanced data analysis methods. This research aims to advance scientific understanding of how climate hazards, such as extreme heat, may impact cognitive health and dementia risk, particularly among vulnerable older adult populations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $107.9k | 8/20/25 |