Asian Cohort for Alzheimer's Disease (ACAD)- Community Outreach
PI/Director
Haeok Lee
PhD
RN
FAAN
Professor
Funding source
University of Pennsylvania
U19 - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Project Period
The ACAD project will build the first major AD genetics study for Asians in US and Canada. Successful completion will lead to new genetic and lifestyle screening markers for Asian Americans and insights about novel therapeutic targets for AD. ACAD will be the first network for recruiting and studying AD in Asian Americans, serving the unmet needs of Alzheimer’s disease research for Asian Americans.
Research Project Type