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Alzheimer's disease research and treatments · Physiology

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Publications1,123
Citations106,751

Grants

15 total · 3 active

NIH #P01AG090268

SORL1 and its involvement in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and pathophysiology - Genetics Core

Active
Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2025-09-15 → 2030-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R21NS139338

Development of a Genetic Testing and Counseling for Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration in the Dominican Republic

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2025-08-20 → 2027-08-19
PIs
1

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #U24AG056270

National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Family-Based Study (NIA-AD FBS)

Active
Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2017-08-01 → 2027-04-30
PIs
5

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

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All Grants

15 total · 3 active

NIH #P01AG090268

SORL1 and its involvement in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and pathophysiology - Genetics Core

Active
Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2025-09-15 → 2030-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R21NS139338

Development of a Genetic Testing and Counseling for Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration in the Dominican Republic

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2025-08-20 → 2027-08-19
PIs
1

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #U24AG056270

National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Family-Based Study (NIA-AD FBS)

Active
Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2017-08-01 → 2027-04-30
PIs
5

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R56AG082167

Multi-morbidity 3-City Alzheimer's Disease EHR Study (M3AD Study)

Amount
$5M–$6M
Period
2024-09-17 → 2026-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R01AG072474

Epidemiological and Genetic Investigations of Blood-Based Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease in the Multiethnic, Washington Heights, Inwood, Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP)

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2021-06-01 → 2026-03-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R01AG066107

Epidemiological Integration of Genetic Variants and Metabolomics Profiles in Washington Heights Columbia Aging Project

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2020-09-30 → 2025-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R01AG067501

Genetic Epidemiology and Multi-Omics Analyses in Familial and Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease Among Secular Caribbean Hispanics and Religious Order

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2020-06-01 → 2025-03-31
PIs
4

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #RF1AG066107

Epidemiological Integration of Genetic Variants and Metabolomics Profiles in Washington Heights Columbia Aging Project

Amount
$8M–$9M
Period
2020-09-30 → 2024-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R56AG059756

Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease in Mexico

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2018-09-30 → 2023-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #T35AG044303

Brief Research In Aging and Interdisciplinary Neurosciences (BRAIN)

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2013-05-01 → 2023-04-30
PIs
4

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #U01AG062943

Additional Sequencing Cohorts for the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project

Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2019-09-01 → 2022-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

NIH #U01AG057659

Whole Genome Sequencing in Ethnically Diverse Cohorts for the ADSP Follow-Up Study (FUS)

Amount
$6M–$7M
Period
2017-09-30 → 2022-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

NIH #R56AG063908

Genetic Epidemiology and Multi-Omics Analyses in Familial and Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease Among Secular Caribbean Hispanics and Religious Orders

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2019-08-15 → 2021-07-31
PIs
4

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #U01AG052410

Replication and Extension of ADSP Discoveries in African-Americans

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2016-06-15 → 2021-05-31
PIs
5

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

NIH #RF1AG015473

Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease in Caribbean Hispanics

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
1998-12-01 → 2020-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: The Epilepsy‐Cog study: Methods to establish a harmonized study of late onset epilepsy in a metacohort of six population‐based cohorts in the United States (Epilepsia)2026-07-02
  2. New preprint: A multi-ancestry polygenic risk score for Alzheimer disease is associated with cognitive decline, hippocampal atrophy and neuropathological hallmarks in diverse populations2025-09-27
  3. New NIH award: SORL1 and its involvement in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and pathophysiology - Genetics Core2025-09-15

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