Image above: Investigators discuss research findings at the poster session at the 2023 Beyond Amyloid Research Symposium at Wayne State University.

A significant portion of the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center is dedicated to research funded by the National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health (P30AG053760 and P30AG072931). Taking advantage of the University of Michigan’s deep infrastructure in dementia and aging research, the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center fosters and enhances innovative research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias toward a better understanding of, and eventual preventive treatment for, these devastating diseases. Our center is one of 33 National Institutes of Health-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs) across the country. We focus on bringing a beyond beta amyloid approach to the larger ADRC research network, while also emphasizing the recruitment of underrepresented groups into dementia research. 

More information about the ADRC network is available here, and a registry of the centers is here.

The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is a truly regional Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center linking three universities across the state of Michigan: University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Wayne State University in Detroit, and Michigan State University in Lansing and Grand Rapids. The regional presence of our Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center formally links efforts at all three major Michigan universities providing a critically important statewide resource for researchers, trainees, healthcare professionals and the broader public.