ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH, CARE, AND SERVICES
Friday, October 19, 2018
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Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research Update
Richard Hodes, M.D.
Director, NIA
FY19 Budget Status -- Funding Increases Across the Board
- $39 Billion for the NIH
- $40M for universal flu vaccine
- $29M increase for BRAIN
- $86M increase for All of US
- $425M increase for AD/ADRD
- $3.1B for the NIA
- $84M increase for NIA research; percent increase comparable to other ICs
- All divisions will benefit
- DBSR
- DGCG
- DAB
- DN
AD/ADRD Targeted Increases
- 2011
- National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA)
- 2012
- $50 M* redirected within NIH budget
- 2013
- $40 M* redirected within NIH budget
- 2014
- $100 M additional approp
- 2015
- $25 M additional approp
- 2016
- $350 M additional approp
- 2017
- $400 M additional approp
- 2018
- $414 M additional approp
- 2019
- $425 M in additional appropriations as of 09/28/18
* one-year money
Years displayed are Fiscal Years
NIA Appropriations Fiscal Years 2008-2019
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| Appropriations Budget Growth since FY2008-2019 Actual Dollars: +$2,030.0M (192.8%) Constant Dollars: +$1,206.8M (114.6%) |
NIA Appropriations Fiscal Years 2013-2019
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Care and Caregiving Actions
- National Research Summit on Dementia Care & Services - October 2017
- Planned Evidence Review: Care Interventions for Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers
- Improving Care for People with AD/ADRD Using Technology (iCare-AD/ADRD) Challenge
- NIH's first Eureka Prize Competition
National Research Summit on Dementia Care & Services -- Next Steps
- Summit milestones have been incorporated into overarching AD/ADRD research implementation milestones
- Informed the FY2020 AD/ADRD Bypass Budget
- Initiatives released
- Preliminary planning for next care/services summit underway
Release of Initiatives
- Disparities in Quality and Access to Dementia Care (PAR-18-596) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-596.html
- Improving the Lives of Persons with Dementia (PWD): Impacts on PWD, Families and Communities (PAR-18-596) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-596.html
- Dementia Care and Caregiver Support Interventions (RFA-AG-18-030) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-18-030.html
- NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (RFA-AG-19-009) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-19-009.html
- Pragmatic Trials for Dementia Care in Long-term Services and Support (LTSS) Settings (PAR-18-585) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-585.html
- High Priority Behavioral and Social Research Networks in AD/ADRD (RFA-AG-19-016) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-19-016.html
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Planned Evidence Review: Care Interventions for Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers
- Two parts:
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Expert panel input on questions and study design www.nationalacademies.org/dementiacare
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality: Evidence review
- Status:
- AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Center award -- Made to the Minnesota EPC -- Drs. Mary Butler and Joseph Gaugler are leading the study
- NASEM Committee list -- posted to https://www8.nationalacademies.org/pa/projectview.aspx?key=HMD-HSP-18-04
NASEM Committee Members
- Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH (Chair)
- Marilyn Albert, PhD
- María P. Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCS
- Marilyn Blum, BA
- Christopher M. Callahan, MD
- Eileen M. Crimmins, PhD
- Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD
- XinQi Dong, MD, MPH
- Miguel Hernán, MD, DrPH
- Ronald Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
- Rebecca A. Hubbard, PhD
- Jason Karlawish, MD
- Robyn I. Stone, DrPH
- Jennifer L. Wolff, PhD
iCare-AD/ADRD Challenge
- Improving Care for People with AD/ADRD Using Technology Challenge
- Seeks to spur the development of technology applications to improve dementia care coordination and/or care navigation
- Up to $400,000 in cash prizes may be awarded to teams or individuals that participate in the competition
- Submissions accepted from October 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019
- NIA challenge managers held a webinar on October 17, 2018 to introduce attendees to the Challenge and cover participation requirements
- See https://nia.nih.gov/challenge-prize for full prize details
Updates of NIA-VA collaborative efforts
- Ongoing collaborations:
- Collaborative Aging (in Place) Research using Technology (CART)
- Project status meeting, October 12, 2018
- International Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Research Portfolio (IADRP)
- Collaborative Aging (in Place) Research using Technology (CART)
- Collaborative efforts in planning stage:
- Interagency workshop on deployment-related TBI as a risk factor for Alzheimer's and related dementias will take place in February, 2019
- VA-NIA collaboration to increase participation of veterans in NIA funded clinical research
- Early Stage Physician-Scientist Career development program in ADRD research to match VA clinicians with NIH-funded mentors
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