Rutgers Receives $4.2 Million to Develop Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans
October 2, 2023
The first to receive federal funds to research this aging population
The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, working in collaboration with New York University (NYU), has received more than $4.2 million in funding from the National Institutes on Aging (NIA) to develop the Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans (RCASIA).
The center’s goal is to use the five-year grant to advance behavioral, social, and economic research related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, especially in older Asian and Pacific Americans.