Meetings/Webinars

PBS North Carolina

“Independent Lens’ Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s” Preview and Screening + Discussion

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 7:00PM – 8:00PM | Virtual

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DCNN & ADRC Progress in Neurodegeneration Research Symposium

Tuesday, April 8th | Semans Center, Duke University

A Scientific Symposium to bring together Duke’s neurodegenerative disease research community. Cash prizes for best abstracts! Dedicated time for ESI interaction with the external speakers. Registration and Abstracts must be submitted through the website.

6th Floor, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education, Duke University

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Funding Opportunities

RCASIA

RCASIA Call for Pilots 2025!

Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans (RCASIA). 2025 Call for Pilot Proposals Request for Applications – Deadline: May 1, 2025, by 11:59 PM

Questions? Should be submitted via email RCMAR@ifh.rutgers.edu

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Clin-STAR Coordinating Center

Clinc-STAR Training and Research Development Award

The Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center is seeking to fund aging research development and training awards that aim to prepare early career investigators for careers in aging-related research and stimulate new collaborations focused on the development of clinically relevant aging research projects.

The deadline for receipt of all Letters of Intent (LOI) is May 1, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET. All LOIs must be submitted through the online Clin-STAR submission form. The LOI instructions and cover page can be downloaded here.

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In the News

Duke Social Science Research Institute

Duke Researchers Point out Error in U.S. Estimates of Dementia

Important opinion piece in JAMA by Duke researchers-

“The dementia that is diagnosed at age 70 has its origins in our mid-life. There are about twenty major risk factors for dementia. It’s important for us to know our risks and manage them to lower the chances. That said, people should not take away from our research that overall dementia rates are going to decline. In fact, overall dementia rates will continue to rise as people live longer, new risks (such as obesity and diabetes) emerge and dementia is detected at earlier stages using more sensitive brain scans or blood tests.  That is why finding effective interventions to prevent or delay dementia is an urgent priority for society.” – Murali Doraiswamy, M.D.

Stallard PJE, Ukraintseva SV, Doraiswamy PM. Changing Story of the Dementia Epidemic. JAMA. 2025 Mar 12. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.1897. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40072416.

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Kudos!

REC Core Scholar Updates

2025 REC Scholar Awardees

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2025 Associate REC Scholar Awardees

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 Congratulations to David Lynch, BMBS (UNC-CH) & Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD (UNC-CH)!

Drs. Lynch & Niznik are the recipients of the highly competitive 2025 HCSRN-OAICs AGING Initiative Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs) Innovation Pilot Project Grant program.

Project title: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community Based ADRD Care Model in a Large Public Healthcare System (ADRD Care Connect). Read more about this grant opportunity here

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Save the Date!

Duke/UNC ADRC

All Hands Seminar Series

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 12:30PM | Virtual

Featuring Sharon Fekrat, M.D.

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Duke/UNC ADRC

ADRC 101

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 12:30pm | Virtual

ADRC information session featuring presentations by Center Directors:
Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS & Gwenn A. Garden, MD, PhD

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Coming in May

Duke/UNC ADRC RFA for Developmental Projects!