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Fall 2024 Research Symposium

Thursday, September 5, 2024 | 5:30PM – 8:00PM | Trent Semans Great Hall

Featured Presentation by Dr. Hussein Yassine

Kenneth and Bette Volk Endowed Chair of Neurology

Professor of Neurology and Department of Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Southern California

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In the News

Dr. Heather Whitson

Dr. Heather Whitson spoke with NPR News from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia, about Alzheimer’s Disease discovery in blood tests.  

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Learning Opportunity

NC State: Introduction to NIH

Join the NC State Proposal Development Unit for a summer grant writing workshop that will help you find NIH funding opportunities, navigate NIH proposal requirements, engage with relevant program officers, and discover tips and tricks for developing more competitive proposals for NIH’s peer review system.

August 8th & 9th | 9am – 12pm | Hybrid

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Funding Opportunity

Alzheimer’s Disease Strategic Fund: APOE Biology in Alzheimer’s (ABA) – Implications for Biological Underpinnings, Risk, Progression and Outcomes

The Alzheimer’s Association, in collaboration with the WoodNext Foundation, aims to support innovative, high-risk, collaborative team science opportunities that investigate and focus on outstanding questions related to the biological underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This funding call will focus on projects aimed to advance our understanding of the role of APOE in genetically diverse populations. Projects should address scientific questions that better understand the impact of this gene and its product on biological underpinnings, risk, progression and individual outcomes. This program aims to incentivize research focused on APOE related questions that would not happen otherwise, targeting unmet needs in the APOE space that are not being addressed through other funding mechanisms.

• Letter of Intent Now Open! Must be submitted online here.
• Letter of Intent Deadline: August 19, 2024 at 5pm EST
• Application Deadline (if invited to submit a full application): October 15, 2024 at 5pm EST

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Reminder to Cite the ADRC

To increase public awareness of the impact of the resources and data available through the Duke/UNC ADRC and associated infrastructures, when ADRC resources are utilized, please ensure the ADRC is accurately and adequately acknowledged.

Award Number P30AG072958

Please also acknowledge related infrastructures, such as NACC, NCRAD, SCAN, when relevant. ADRC and associated infrastructure acknowledgement should be included in:  

• Publications  
• Posters 
• Presentations
• Media interviews