# Carolina Center on Alzheimer's Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · 2020 · $213,512

## Abstract

RESEARCH EDUCATION COMPONENT
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Racial/ethnic minority populations in the United States (U.S). are expected to continue to experience a
dramatically disproportionate share of the burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
These circumstances establish the need for a larger, better-equipped, more diverse research workforce
committed to research that will contribute to reversing these trends and ultimately eradicating this disease in
future decades. Inequities in research education, disparities in levels of research grant support, inadequate
program support and mentoring, and limited integration into scientific communities have been reported as
barriers to diversity in the public health and aging workforce. The Research Education Component (REC) of
the Carolina Center on Alzheimer’s Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR) aims to provide a mentoring
mechanism leading to careers for AD-RCMAR Scientists in using population-based data to advance research
on sociocultural, behavioral, and environmental factors that influence ADRD disparities. The Specific Aims of
the REC are to: (1) fund pilot projects for underrepresented and minority (URM) AD-RMCAR Scientists who will
conduct population-based research, analyzing secondary databases to advance research on sociocultural,
behavioral, and environmental factors that influence ADRD-related health disparities, particularly among
African Americans; (2) provide mentoring (in groups and individualized one-on-one) and resources to build the
research capacity of AD-RCMAR Scientists during pilot funding; (3) provide continued mentoring and
professional development post pilot study funding for AD-RCMAR Scientists to achieve independent
investigator status; (4) offer education in Health Disparities and Minority Aging Research (HDMAR) to AD-
RCMAR Scientists and interested faculty at all partner institutions; and, (5) conduct evaluation of activities
supported by the REC. The REC is well-prepared to achieve the proposed aims given investigators’ expertise
in mentoring, extensive experience in developing, leading, and participating in well-established, federally-
funded, research education programs to enhance diversity in the research workforce, and already established
relationships with all participating institutions. Success in achievement of the proposed aims will contribute to
enhancing the diversity in the research workforce of scholars who are committed to becoming independent
investigators, and advancing the science on sociocultural, behavioral, and environmental determinants of
ADRD-related health disparities through population-based research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9986601
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059294-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Lucy Annang Ingram
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $213,512
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9986601

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9986601, Carolina Center on Alzheimer's Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR) (5P30AG059294-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9986601. Licensed CC0.

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