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Our Mission

Improving the health of the older adults in Kentucky and beyond through research dedicated to understanding the aging process and age-related brain diseases, and education, outreach, and clinical programs that promote healthy brain aging.

CALL FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS APPLICATIONS

The UK-Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) is pleased to announce the Request for Applications for the UK-ADRC Developmental Project program.  This pilot project program, supported by the UK-ADRC, is aimed primarily at junior investigators (postdocs, assistant professors, senior research associates/scientists, clinical fellows), although we will also consider senior faculty who wish to move their research into dementia.  We will fund one developmental project for a one-year project duration, supported at $50,000.  Applications are due March 16, 2025 with funding to start July 1, 2025.  

Application details and can be found here.  

Please contact Linda Van Eldik (linda.vaneldik@uky.edu) or Daniel C. Lee (dan.lee@uky.edu) with any questions.

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Drug studied at UK is first disease-modifying therapy in U.S. approved to treat Alzheimer’s

In 2023, the FDA fully approved Leqembi (lecanemab) for Alzheimer’s treatment. UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has studied this and similar drugs for over a decade.

75%
Increase in Funding
NIH funding to the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging increased from $13.3 million to $23.4 million in one year, a remarkable 75% increase in funding.
125
Employees
Beginning with only three faculty members, the Center has grown to more than 125 employees and to be one of the nation's leading centers on aging.

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