# Research Education Component (RL5)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2020 · $94,591

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Research Education Component
The Research Education Component (REC) of the UK-ADC offers a variety of educational and training
programs aimed at enhancing the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and
clinical needs in Aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-related research. The overall goal of all the educational
efforts of the REC is to build a trained workforce with the knowledge and skills to:
 • accelerate the pace of scientific research and translate basic science discoveries more rapidly into
 information and interventions that address specific aspects of AD, with the aim of minimizing its
 symptoms or delaying its progression (researchers)
 • provide high-quality care and information to individuals treating the normal aging population, and those
 with cognitive impairment or more advanced dementia (healthcare professionals).
Consistent with the Transitions and Translation theme of our ADC, we place a major emphasis on the
promotion and education of translational researchers, and provision of a collaborative environment and training
opportunities designed to facilitate their career growth. Over the next funding cycle, we will continue to offer
multi-faceted learning formats and programs to educate healthcare professionals and to promote the
development of future leaders in AD research. These include our CME educational series on dementia,
telemedicine caregiver training programs for healthcare professionals, the annual Markesbery Symposium on
Aging and Dementia, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) monthly seminar program, Medical Student
Geriatrics Enrichment Program, Geriatrics Clinical Selective for medical students, Neurodegenerative
Disorders Selective for Neurology residents, formal didactic course education, and one-on-one mentoring of
students, fellows, residents, and faculty as well as extramural researchers in the region. Our different learning
formats provide opportunities for trainees to: attain information, ideas or concepts; learn through demonstration
and observation; practice skills, techniques, and thinking processes; and increase in-depth understanding. In
addition to continuing these existing highly successful educational programs, we propose to expand our
training opportunities through two new initiatives. First, we plan to develop a training program called “AD101:
From Bench to Bedside”, aimed at enhancing the clinical research expertise of basic translational scientists.
Second, we plan to pilot a new primary care provider training program for dementia screening that can be used
in the setting of the Medicare Annual Wellness visit for detection of possible cognitive impairment. Our program
includes highly motivated ADC Core faculty who bring a variety of specialized expertise to our educational
programs, strong interactions with educational partners to provide multiple learning opportunities, and a highly
collaborative environment and strong institutional support. T...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9976442
- **Project number:** 5P30AG028383-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** LINDA J VAN ELDIK
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $94,591
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9976442

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9976442, Research Education Component (RL5) (5P30AG028383-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9976442. Licensed CC0.

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