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Enhancing Participation by Minoritized Groups in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia Research (2023)

Enhancing Participation by Minoritized Groups in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia Research

October 3-4, 2023

Eric P. Newman Education Center on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine

By 2050, over 40% of older adults will be members of traditionally minoritized populations.  As the aging United States population becomes increasingly diverse, the lack of information from diverse populations will have critical clinical considerations.  Participation in Alzheimer disease (AD) research programs is overwhelmingly by non-Hispanic white persons.  As a result, relatively little is known about Alzheimer disease and related disorders in persons from historically minoritized groups.  This conference is a follow-up to and expansion of the 2018 workshop African American Participation in Research: Effective Strategies Workshop found further below on this page.

Funding for this conference was made possible in part by 1R13AG084267-01 from the National Institute on Aging.

Conference Materials

Supplemental Materials

“In Our Right Mind” Community Webinar Event (2022)

On October 30, 2021, the Washington University School of Medicine Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Hope Center and the Siteman Cancer Center sponsored a webinar for the viewing of the documentary “In Our Right Mind: Alzheimer’s and Dementia’s Impact on Communities of Color” by award-winning journalist, attorney, and communication strategist Renee Chenault-Fattah. A panel discussion with Dr. Lenise Cummings-Vaughn, Mrs. Stephanie Bohlen Griffin, and Attorney Andrea Denny coincided with the viewing.

The webinar recording was only available for viewing until November 1, 2022.

African American Participation in AD Research:  Effective Strategies Workshop (2018)

African American Participation in AD Research: Effective Strategies Workshop 

October 10, 2018, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Eric P. Newman Education Center on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine

By 2050, over 40% of older adults will be minorities.  As the aging United States population becomes increasingly diverse, the lack of information from diverse populations has potentially critical clinical considerations.  Participation in Alzheimer disease (AD) research programs is overwhelmingly by non-Hispanic white persons.  As a result, relatively little is known about Alzheimer disease and related disorders in persons from under-represented groups.  This presents an enormous missed opportunity to fully appreciate the relevance of AD across all people.  Join us to examine critical issues surrounding recruitment of African American participants into research studies, so that the benefit of future AD treatments and interventions will be a reality for everyone.

Funding is provided by the National Institute on Aging grant R13AG059415.