Notice of Participation of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) in PAR-15-350 "Emerging Directions for Addressing Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease (R03)"

Notice Number: NOT-DE-16-007

Key Dates
Release Date: November 17, 2016

Related Announcements
PAR-15-350

Issued by
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Purpose

This Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is participating, effective immediately, in PAR-15-350 "Emerging Directions for Addressing Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease (R03)".

The following sections of PAR-15-350 have been updated to reflect the participation of NIDCR in this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Part 1. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.866, 93.121

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

FOA currently reads:

Objectives
The goals of this FOA is to 1) leverage data from existing cohorts or other studies to do secondary analyses focused on health disparities in AD; 2) develop improved measures for collection of data on health disparities research related to AD; 3) compare practices in community outreach, engagement and participatory research for a variety of populations; 4) develop improved recruitment and retention strategies and approaches for a variety of populations.

Research topics of interest include:

  • Robust estimates of Alzheimer's disease in diverse cohorts;
  • Mechanisms by which education contributes to declines in the age-specific risk of dementia;
  • Projections of the future burden of dementia in diverse cohorts;
  • Analyses of biological pathways that create and sustain AD disparities;
  • Analyses focusing on the relationship of race, education, comorbidities and geographic location on dementia risk and cognitive resilience;
  • Analyses of the challenges and burdens faced by informal/family caregivers from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds that are associated with the growing population of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Analyses of the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia.
  • Strategies for recruitment and retention that overcome logistical barriers and disparities in clinical research and clinical trial participation.

FOA is modified to read:

Objectives
The goals of this FOA is to 1) leverage data from existing cohorts or other studies to do secondary analyses focused on health disparities in AD; 2) develop improved measures for collection of data on health disparities research related to AD; 3) compare practices in community outreach, engagement and participatory research for a variety of populations; 4) develop improved recruitment and retention strategies and approaches for a variety of populations.

Research topics of interest include:

  • Robust estimates of Alzheimer's disease in diverse cohorts;
  • Mechanisms by which education contributes to declines in the age-specific risk of dementia;
  • Projections of the future burden of dementia in diverse cohorts;
  • Analyses of biological pathways that create and sustain AD disparities;
  • Analyses focusing on the relationship of race, education, comorbidities and geographic location on dementia risk and cognitive resilience;
  • Analyses of the challenges and burdens faced by informal/family caregivers from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds that are associated with the growing population of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Analyses of the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia.
  • Strategies for recruitment and retention that overcome logistical barriers and disparities in clinical research and clinical trial participation.
  • Analyses of oral health clinical and/or biospecimen data from existing cohorts with dementia, to assess oral health status, outcomes of prevention/treatment regimens, or causal associations between oral health and dementia, including genomic analyses.
  • Psychometric testing of new measures to assess outcomes of interest for common behavioral and social interventions to improve oral health in health disparities populations with dementia.

Part 2. Section VII. Agency Contacts

Scientific/Research Contact(s)
Dena Fischer, DDS, MSD, MS
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-594-4876
Email: dena.fischer@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
Diana Rutberg, MBA
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-594-4798
Email: rutbergd@mail.nih.gov

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Dena Fischer, DDS, MSD, MS
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-594-4876
Email: dena.fischer@nih.gov