The National Institute on Agingwill be hosting a virtual meeting to discuss the potential and planning of a practice-based research network (PBRN) to address the disparities gap with the recruitment and retention of diverse and underserved populations to AD/ADRD clinical research studies.
PBRNs are networks of health care clinicians and practices working together to answer community-based health care questions and translate research findings into practice–they have the potential to directly engage diverse and underserved communities in AD/ADRD clinical research.
When:Friday, April 30, 2021; 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
Keynote Speakers: Lori Minasian, MD, Deputy Director for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention and Jonathan N. Tobin, PhD, Cardiovascular Epidemiologist and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Panel Speakers: Jennifer Manly, PhD, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, and Jonathan Jackson, PhD
Who Should Attend: Researchers and other stakeholders who are interested in learning about PBRNs to address AD/ADRD research gaps
Alzheimers.gov is a new educational resource and portal to federal information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias for people living with dementia, caregivers, health care providers, community and public health professionals, and researchers. In this webinar, NIA will share the process behind developing Alzheimers.gov and provide a tour of the new website. NIA anticipates that this website will be a valuable resource for our community of stakeholders. No need to register- join here on March 16th.
3:00 PM Opening Remarks Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, NIH
3:10 PM ACD Working Group on Diversity Marie A. Bernard, MD, Acting Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, and Deputy Director, NIA, and Working Group Co-Chair M. Roy Wilson, MD, President, Wayne State University, and Working Group Co-Chair
3:40 PM Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Biomedical Research—The NIH UNITE Initiative Marie A. Bernard, MD, Acting Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, and Deputy Director, NIA Alfred Johnson, PhD, Deputy Director for Management, NIH Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD, Principal Deputy Director, NIH UNITE Committee Co-Chairs
4:30 PM Discussion
5:15 PM Common Fund Concept Discussion Robert Rivers, PhD, Program Director: Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, NIDDK
5:30 PM Closing Remarks and Adjourn Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, NIH
The NIH Common Fund has issued three funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to support the new Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) program. The program aims to catalyze the development of a framework for mapping cellular senescence and its associated secretory phenotype at high resolution, and to provide atlases of cellular senescence in multiple tissues across various states of human health, and across the lifespan. In addition, it is expected that the SenNet will provide comprehensive sets of biomarkers describing heterogenous senescent cell states.
In these FOAs, NIH is calling for applications in the following areas:
This opportunity is to support the generation of extensive data from high-content, high-throughput imaging, omics, and other technologies as appropriate, to build, benchmark, standardize, and validate senescent cell maps at high resolution.
This FOA is to support a Consortium Organization and Data Coordinating Center that will serve as the organizational hub and collect, store, curate, and disseminate all data, metadata, analysis and visualization tools, computational models, and aggregate data generated by the consortium into a searchable database.
Pre-application Webinar: NIH Common Fund staff will host an interactive pre-application webinar to discuss frequently asked questions as well as any other applicant queries on January 22, 2021, from 12:00-1:30 P.M. (EST). A recording of the webinar will not be posted online, but the slides and resultant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) will be posted on the SenNet webpage. Please direct inquiries to [email protected]. Webinar details are below:
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
Join by phone
1-650-479-3208 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)
Access code: 126 463 3177
Application Due Dates: Applications for each FOA are due March 8, 2021. Additional details about the program will be posted on the SenNet webpage as they become available.
We encourage you to share this email with any interested colleagues.
About the NIH Common Fund: The NIH Common Fund encourages collaboration and supports a series of exceptionally high-impact, trans-NIH programs. Common Fund programs are managed by the Office of Strategic Coordination in the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives in the NIH Office of the Director in partnership with the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices. More information is available at the Common Fund website: https://commonfund.nih.gov.