# Research Education Component

> **NIH NIH P30** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $258,441

## Abstract

ABSTRACT - Research Education Component
The primary goal of the Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Research Education
Component (REC) is to develop future leaders in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias
(AD+ADRD) research, including within the Center’s theme of identifying age-related changes across the lifespan
that mediate the development, progression and experience of AD. There are unique challenges facing
AD+ADRD research, including limited training in researchprinciples, a lack of early-career exposure to
AD+ADRD research, and research silos that impede knowledge transfer between basic and clinical investigators.
To overcome these challenges, the REC research training program will broadly disseminate a foundational
AD+ADRD research curriculum spanning both basic and clinical research, delivered to five universities across
North Carolina and made available to the public (Aim 1). In addition to delivering broad cross-campus AD+ADRD
research education, the REC will solicit “REC Scholar” applications and select 2-4 scholars annually from a
diverse pool of talented early-career AD+ADRD investigators (Aim 2). REC Scholars will receive intensive
research training and tailored professional development under the guidance of a faculty mentorship team
comprised of a clinical researcher and a basic scientist. The REC will expand the reach of its training program
by leveraging existing training assets at Duke and UNC (e.g., Duke’s “Creating AD Researchers for the Next
Generation” STARR Program (R38), UNC’s “Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students” (T35)
and Duke’s Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and Edward R. Roybal Center). The
REC’s close integration with the other Duke/UNC ADRC cores provides synergistic interactions with key
research training opportunities in specimen biobanking, statistical analysis, study design, pathologic sample
analysis, patient recruitment, and research dissemination. The REC will diversify AD+ADRD researcher
perspectives and the workforce by partnering with UNC Pembroke (a designated historically American Indian
university), NC Central University (an historically black university), and East Carolina University (an institution
with expertise in rural healthcare delivery) (Aim 3). Investigators and trainees at these institutions will participate
in monthly research colloquia, the online curriculum, monthly journal clubs, research consultancies that leverage
Duke/UNC expertise to augment AD+ADRD research at other sites, and the annual Symposium for Learning
about Alzheimer’s disease-related Medical research at Duke and UNC (SLAM-DUNC), hosted by each institution
in turn. REC programming will foster interest in AD+ADRD research and cultivate the multidisciplinary expertise
needed in its next generation of leaders. By fostering interactions among investigators from different disciplines
and backgrounds through the REC’s innovative and inclusive programming, the REC w...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10475322
- **Project number:** 5P30AG072958-02
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Kyle Matthew Walsh
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $258,441
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10475322

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10475322, Research Education Component (5P30AG072958-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10475322. Licensed CC0.

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