Stationed in Durham and Chapel Hill, the Duke & UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is a dedicated collaboration between researchers, physicians, staff, and patients in Eastern North Carolina.

Our Center is committed to the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) through comprehensive education and innovative research. We focus on identifying early- and mid-life factors contributing to AD and investigating how elements like culture, environment, or societal inequalities influence the onset and experience of AD.

Our Center is divided up into six different Cores: Administration; Biomarkers; Clinical; Data Management & Statistics (DMS); Neuropathology; Outreach, Recruitment & Education (ORE); and Research Education Component (REC).

A central activity of our center is the Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s Memory & Aging Study. This study aims discover the impacts that biology, environment, and social factors (such as race/ethnicity or rural vs. urban living) have on normal and diseased brain aging.

Beyond Duke & UNC, the ADRC includes our partner institutions at North Carolina Central University, Eastern North Carolina University, and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Through these collaboration, we engage early career scholars in AD research – supporting the next generation of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia experts.

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NIA – Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

The Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is one of 38 National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded centers dedicated to advancing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) research. Located at two leading academic medical institutions, the Duke/UNC ADRC brings together researchers, clinicians, and community partners to improve diagnosis, treatment, and care for individuals affected by dementia while working toward strategies to prevent these diseases.

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