# The Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Translational Research (ADCTR) Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · 2020 · $300,250

## Abstract

This is a new proposal for the Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Translational Research (ADCTR) Training
Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in collaboration with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount
Sinai (ISMMS). Our objectives are aimed at increased interaction among students from the three schools
(Architecture, Engineering and Science) and four PhD granting departments (Biomedical Engineering,
Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) as well as four Institute-wide centers (Center for
Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS), Lighting Research Center (LRC), Institute of Data
Exploration and Application (IDEA) and Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship) as well as the
Department of Computer Science and the Lally School of Management at RPI. The Ronald M. Loeb Center for
Alzheimer's Disease at Icahn School of Medicine at ISMMS and industry partners will provide short term
training/research projects in AD and AD-related dementias. This Training Program will provide trainees with a
keen understanding of the interdisciplinary, clinical and translational nature of research on Alzheimer's disease
and related dementias, how it depends on fundamental underpinnings of both science and engineering, how it
leads to innovative new scientific disciplines and technologies, how it can be applied to clinical settings, and
how commercial products are developed. Faculty from these programs are actively involved in research
programs spanning the following: 1) pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions for Alzheimer's
disease and neurodegenerative disease; 2) biomarkers and imaging; and 3) structural biology of
protein folding/tau. Key aspects of the training program will include: [1] a set of four courses that will
maximize didactic training among the key disciplines; [2] a core course entitled “Perspectives in Alzheimer's
Disease Research” that will be taken by all trainees; [3] a seminar series and research symposia that will build
on campus-wide programs at RPI and its clinical and industry partners; [4] a student-run seminar program, in
which trainees present their research to their peers and training faculty; [5] training in responsible conduct of
research; [6] joint supervision (at least 2 mentors spanning disciplines per trainee) and a multidisciplinary
thesis committee membership for Ph.D. thesis work in architecture, science and engineering; [7] industrial
and/or clinical externships; [8] poster presentation and participation in the annual meeting of the CBIS and
LRC Industry Partners Program; [9] entrepreneurship and commercial translation training; and [10] an annual
retreat in contemporary research in Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias at which trainees and others
on campus interact with outside researchers in the field. An Executive Committee will ensure that trainees
satisfy Program requirements and an Underrepresented Minority Recruitment (URM) Committee will actively
engage in, ide...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9977904
- **Project number:** 5T32AG057464-04
- **Recipient organization:** RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Chunyu Wang
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $300,250
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-15 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9977904

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9977904, The Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Translational Research (ADCTR) Training Program (5T32AG057464-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9977904. Licensed CC0.

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