MARCH 15, 2023
(All times are listed as Eastern Standard Time)
9:00 – 9:30 am
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Heather Allore (Yale University)
Murali Doraiswamy (Duke University School of Medicine)
Carl V. Hill (Alzheimer’s Association)
Don Taylor (Duke University)
MORNING SESSION (9:30 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
DISPARITIES IN AD/ADRD RISKS: FACTORS CAPABLE OF EXPLAINING DISPARITIES
Chair: Heather. E. Whitson (Duke University School of Medicine)
9:30 – 10:00 am
Amy Kind (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health)
Social Determinants of Health, the Exposome and ADRD: A Focus on Action
10:00 – 10:30 am
Amanda Simanek (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science)
Social Patterning of Infection, Links Between Persistent Pathogens and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)-Related Conditions, and Implications for Social Inequities in AD Across the Lifecourse
10:30 – 11:00 am
Chunyu Liu (Boston University)
Sex differences in Alzheimer’s biomarkers and progression
11:00 – 11:30 am
Kacie Deters (University of California, Los Angeles, Brain Research Institute)
Identifying risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia in the Black community
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Julia Kravchenko (Duke University School of Medicine)
Exposure to environmental contaminants and Alzheimer’s disease risk
12:00 – 12:15 pm
DISCUSSION
12:15 – 01:30 pm
LUNCH BREAK
AFTERNOON SESSION (1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
METHODS TO MEASURE AND EXPLAIN DISPARITIES
Chair: Ronica Rooks (University of Colorado, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
01:30 – 2:00 pm
Igor Akushevich (Duke University)
Analytic Methods for Health Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Risks and Survival
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Takashi Amano (Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences)
Racial/ethnic disparities in the effect of a diagnostic label of dementia on social relationships
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Wenrui Hao (Pennsylvania State University, Department of Mathematics)
Computational modeling of Alzheimer’s Biomarkers and Personalized optimal treatment
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Melinda Power (George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health)
Analytical considerations for equitable ADRD research: combining samples and identification of ADRD
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Hanzhang Xu (Duke University, Global Health Institute)
Pathway to Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: An Analysis of Electronic Health Records
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Jennifer Schrack (Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health)
The National Health and Aging Trends Study: Study Design and Research Opportunities
4:30 – 5:00 pm
Corey Nagel (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Identifying factors that contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in dementia risk among Health and Retirement Study participants: a random forest analysis