# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · 2020 · $307,845

## Abstract

Abstract Administrative Core:
The Administrative Core (AC) of New Mexico Exploratory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (NM
eADRC) is critical for the management of the center by convening committees and interacting with
NACC, NCRAD, and NIA. NM eADRC creates an infrastructure for AD science in New Mexico, raising
the level of research participation in rural American Indian (AI) communities, and increasing the
understanding of the role of vascular disease in AD and related dementias (AD/ADRD) through the use
of biomarkers and advances in neuroimaging. The AC will ensure the successful completion of the aims
in the Overall, Clinical and Scientific Cores. The AC will form committees to help achieve the goals of the
NM eADRC. The AC will link senior scientists with junior faculty, trainees, clinical practice physicians and
community health representatives (CHRs). The scientists in the NM eADRC are accomplished
investigators with extensive experience managing large research projects, training junior investigators,
and working as a team. The PI was head of Neurology at UNM and is director of the Center for Memory
and Aging. As Chair, he managed two neuroscience CoBRE grants. The Co-Director of the NM eADRC
is a nationally recognized researcher in AD and a leader in the development of a vaccine against tau
protein. The AC Co-Leader is trained in geriatrics and neurology, co-edited the textbook on geriatric
neurology and has engaged with local communities and state-wide organizations for many years in
dementia related activities. Neuropsychology will be directed by Drs. Sadek and Prestopnik and
neuroimaging by Drs. Caprihan and Kiehl. A demonstration/pilot project will use community health
representatives and mobile MR imaging to bring AD research to the tribal areas with the Mobile On-Site
Screening and Testing (MOSST), using the two mobile 1.5T MRI scanners at the MIND Research
Network. The innovative work on developing vascular biomarkers will add a vascular component to the
NIA-AA criterial for AD. BBB studies developed at UNM will provide insight into mechanisms of
inflammation. A major advantage of the NM eADRC is the ability to include data from underrepresented
minorities in the NACC, ADNI, and NCRAD databases. The NM eADRC will bring to the southwest a
major center for research and innovative care in AD/ADRD that will utilize the outstanding scientific
resources in the state, while building a greater understanding of the needs of rural and minority
populations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10038021
- **Project number:** 1P20AG068077-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Gary Allen Rosenberg
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $307,845
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10038021

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10038021, Administrative Core (1P20AG068077-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10038021. Licensed CC0.

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