NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS, GPS-BASED ACTIVITY SPACE, AND COGNITIVE HEALTH - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE…
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Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_R00AG080126_075
- FAIN
- R00AG080126
- Recipient
- ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Funding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 93.866
- Total obligated
- $493,020
- Period
- Feb 1, 2025 – Jan 31, 2028
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Place of performance state
- NY
- Source file
- FY2025_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS, GPS-BASED ACTIVITY SPACE, AND COGNITIVE HEALTH - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE AWARD WILL HELP LAUNCH DR. JINSHIL HYUNâS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CAREER FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL/BEHAVIORAL FACTORS THAT MODIFY TRAJECTORIES OF COGNITIVE AGING AND ALZHEIMERâS DISEASE AND ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA (ADRD). HER PROPOSED AIMS USE GEOSPATIAL AND GPS-BASED METHODS TO COMPREHENSIVELY CHARACTERIZE THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ON COGNITIVE HEALTH. HER K99 TRAINING HAS SUPPLEMENTED HER EXPERTISE IN AMBULATORY COGNITION AND COGNITIVE AGING WITH A FOUNDATION IN NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY (DR. LIPTON), SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND URBAN HEALTH (DR. LOVASI), AND BIOSTATISTICS (DR. HALL). THE K99/R00 RESEARCH LEVERAGES RICH DATASET FROM THE EINSTEIN AGING STUDY AND EXISTING RESOURCES AT THE ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. THE FINDINGS FROM THIS STUDY WILL IDENTIFY PERSON- AND CONTEXTUAL-LEVEL RISK PROFILES FOR ADRD, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY SUPPORT POLICY SUGGESTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE COGNITIVE HEALTH IN LATE LIFE, ESPECIALLY AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR ADRD, INCLUDING STUDIES THAT EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENTS ON COGNITION. ALTHOUGH MOST STUDIES USED DATA FROM OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF GEOSPATIALLY-DEFINED NEIGHBORHOODS, INDIVIDUALSâ PERCEPTION OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PERSON-SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENTS MAY VARY AMONG INDIVIDUALS EVEN WITHIN THE SAME AREA. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS, ASSESSED BY (I) OBJECTIVE, GEOSPATIALLY-DEFINED AND SUBJECTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASPECTS AND (II) GPS-BASED, PERSON-SPECIFIC ACTIVITY SPACE MEASURES, ON COGNITIVE DECLINE, ADRD, AND COGNITIVE HEALTH DISPARITIES. THE PI PROCESSES AND ANALYZES DATA COLLECTED FROM THE EINSTEIN AGING STUDYâS ANNUAL ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENTS BATTERY. CONTINUOUS GPS TRACKING FROM