This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), provides $561,600 to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to characterize medication use and supports among people with dementia (PWD) who live alone, understand their medication-related experiences and needs, and develop a stakeholder-informed clinical decision framework to optimize medication use in this vulnerable population. The 3-year project aims...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support a 3-year, $199,263 research project titled "PROJECT GLORY: GOOD LIFE IN MEMORY CARE". The project aims to gain a deeper understanding of how to promote quality of life for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Key activities include: 1) collecting first-hand experiences from residents, families, and staff on care practices and quality of life; 2)...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $3,187,595 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to build primary care workforce capacity in the dementia diagnostic process. The goal is to assess the diagnostic journeys of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) across diverse clinical settings, analyze how primary care providers (PCPs) and their practice cultures impact the ADRD...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports research to evaluate clinical decisions made by primary care providers in caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The $209,067 award to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will fund a 3-year research project to use electronic health record data to assess the impact of three key clinical decisions: 1) referral to dementia...
This National Institute on Aging (NIA) Project Grant award (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $161,988 to Emory University to conduct research to improve preparedness and psychological health outcomes for experienced caregivers of persons living with dementia. The key project objectives are to: 1) Validate a self-report measure of dementia caregiver preparedness, 2) Characterize patterns in caregiving narratives to identify mechanisms for intervention development, and 3) Examine...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) totals $122,756 over a 2-year period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. The purpose of this research program is to enhance understanding of the roles and mechanisms of modifiable risk factors in racial/ethnic disparities in cognitive aging during midlife. The project will leverage longitudinal data from multiple diverse cohort...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research provides $2,288,327 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to investigate early determinants of Alzheimer's disease (AD) using age-equivalent neurons derived from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients. The research aims to better understand the intersection of polygenic risk factors, biological aging, and key molecular pathways that initiate and drive MCI, with the goal of...
This $234,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (part of the Department of Health and Human Services) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) aims to develop and pilot a patient decision aid to support shared decision-making between clinicians, patients, and families regarding pharmacologic therapies for dementia. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: 1) conducting a qualitative needs assessment on decision-making needs for...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support the mentoring activities of Dr. Winston Chiong, a behavioral neurologist and bioethicist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The $191,196 award, effective August 15, 2024 through May 31, 2029, will enable Dr. Chiong to mentor junior scholars from diverse backgrounds in an interdisciplinary research program addressing decision-making challenges for individuals...
The federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research), seeks to leverage data from the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) to examine end-of-life care for persons living with dementia (PLWD). The $2,303,477 award will support analyses to compare advance care preferences, overall end-of-life care quality, and healthcare utilization in the last 6 months of life between two community-based dementia care management interventions (health system-based and...