Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and dEmeNtia behaVIoral reSearch In minOrity agiNg (Mass-ENVISION)

Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and dEmeNtia behaVIoral reSearch In minOrity agiNg (Mass-ENVISION) is a proposed new Alzheimer’s-related Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (AD/ADRD RCMAR) that will address the critical need for mentored research training for underrepresented in medicine (UiM) scientists in the development, testing, and implementation of ADRD behavioral interventions for minority older adults, their care partners and dyads. A collaboration of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston University (BU), and Cambridge Health Alliance and their medical school and hospital affiliates, other Boston and MA-area research centers, and community clinics, Mass-ENVISION will provide RCMAR Scientists with sustained and tailored mentoring in ADRD behavioral health and interventions research using the revised NIH Stage Model, NIA Health Disparities Research Framework, and the Centers for Disease Control and National Academy of Medicine prevention models. Mass-ENVISION will have 4 Cores (Leadership and Administrative, Research Education Component, Data and Analysis, Community Liaison and Recruitment), and will collaborate closely with other NIA-funded Centers and their investigators, including the Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC) and Boston University ADRC, to translate biological and epidemiological advances as mechanistic targets for ADRD behavioral interventions, to develop an inclusive research mentoring environment, and to train a diverse biomedical research workforce to advance health equity in ADRD behavioral health.