BRIDGING SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POLICY FOR ADRD PREVENTION: EFFECTS OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES ON ALZ…
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Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_R00AG088369_075
- FAIN
- R00AG088369
- Recipient
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Funding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 93.866
- Total obligated
- $249,000
- Period
- May 1, 2025 – Jul 31, 2029
- Fiscal year
- 2026
- Place of performance state
- CA
- Source file
- FY2026_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
BRIDGING SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POLICY FOR ADRD PREVENTION: EFFECTS OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS RISK AND DISPARITIES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT POVERTY IS HIGHLY PREVALENT AND INCREASES THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (AD/ADRD). NUMEROUS SOCIAL POLICIES AND SAFETY NET PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, BUT THEIR EFFECTS ON AD/ADRD RISK REMAIN UNKNOWN, DESPITE THEIR POTENTIAL AS POWERFUL POPULATION-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE LONG-STANDING HEALTH RISKS. THE CANDIDATE SEEKS THIS K99/R00 AWARD TO LAUNCH AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CAREER DEDICATED TO QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL POLICIES ON AD/ADRD AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POLICY FOR AD/ADRD PREVENTION. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES ON AD/ADRD RISK BY LEVERAGING QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL VARIATION ACROSS STATES (K99) AND COUNTRIES (R00). IN THE K99 PHASE, THE CANDIDATE WILL INTEGRATE DATA FROM THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY (HRS) WITH COMPLETE (100%) MEDICARE BENEFICIARY RECORDS TO QUANTIFY TEMPORAL TRENDS IN AD/ADRD PREVALENCE FROM 2012-2022 FOR THE OVERALL POPULATION AND BY DEMOGRAPHIC SUBGROUPS (K99 AIM 1A). THESE STATE- AND YEAR-SPECIFIC ESTIMATES CAN BE LINKED TO OTHER DATA SOURCES, OPENING THE DOOR FOR NUMEROUS FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE IMPACT OF STATE POLICIES ON AD/ADRD. IN K99 AIM 1B, SHE WILL LINK THE DERIVED PREVALENCE ESTIMATES TO STATE POLICY DATABASES AND APPLY QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHODS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) POLICIES ON AD/ADRD PREVALENCE. BUILDING ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED FROM THE K99 PHASE, IN THE R00 PHASE, SHE WILL USE THE HRS INTERNATIONAL SISTER STUDIES AND THE GATEWAY POLICY EXPLORER TO QUANTIFY THE AVERAGE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL PENSIONS ON COGNITIVE DECLINE (R00 AIM 2). MOREOVER, SHE WILL EVALUATE THE HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS OF THESE POLICIES ON COGNITIVE DECLINE US