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The Division of Neuroscience's Minority Health and Health Disparities in Neuroscience Webinar Series presents “Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Across Diverse Populations: Lessons Learned, Opportunities to Advance Science, and Recent Findings in HABS-HD”.
Date and Time
April 25, 2024 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Webinar Recording
Presenters
Sid O'Bryant, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute for Translational Research
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Alexandra Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Clinical Neuropsychologist
University of Texas (UT) at Austin
Raul Vintimilla, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Institute for Translational Research
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Mohammad Housini, D.O., Ph.D. Candidate
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Health Equity Scholar Program (HESP) Fellow
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Biomedical Sciences in Pharmacology and Neuroscience
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Webinar Description
This webinar discuss opportunities for conducting cutting-edge research in health disparities in Alzheimer’s disease leveraging the Health & Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities infrastructure, network and database. We will provide an overview and history of the study, discuss lessons learned and provide information on access to the publicly available database as well as successful examples for seeking grant funding. Finally, a panel of junior investigators will discuss their research leveraging the HABS-HD database, infrastructure and network.
Registration
Please register in advance for this event.
Contact Information
Please contact Damali Martin at Damali.martin@nih.gov for questions about the webinar.
MHHD Webinar Committee Members
- Dallas Anderson, Division of Neuroscience
- Damali Martin, Division of Neuroscience
- Camille Pottinger, Division of Neuroscience
- Tayona Pearson, Division of Neuroscience
Reasonable Accommodation: If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the meeting organizer listed under Contact Information. Please make your request no later than 1 week before the event.