The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a $205,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to develop a summer research education program focused on computational neuroimaging for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD).
The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year grant include:
Designing a hybrid curriculum of computational neuroimaging courses and hands-on tutorials for high school students to gain skills in imaging physics, biomedical image processing, statistical inference, machine learning, and clinical applications in AD/ADRD
Developing a cloud-based neuroimaging processing platform to provide computational resources and analysis tools for the student participants
Offering one-on-one mentoring and research exploration opportunities for students with AD/ADRD experts at UNC-CH, Duke University, and Wake Forest University
The project aims to engage a diverse group of high school students in AD/ADRD research and build a pipeline of future computational neuroimaging talent to advance this critical field.