In December 2021, the center received a $15.7 million NIH grant, which included support for the development of a pathway for students from diverse backgrounds to learn about Alzheimer’s disease research and care.

Eric Reiman, MD, executive director of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, is the director of the Arizona ADRC. Bimonte-Nelson and Roberta Brinton from the University of Arizona are co-directors of the Research Education Component of the grant.

One of those opportunities took place this month when the ASU Department of Psychology hosted a group of five high school seniors from Desert Vista High School and Horizon Honors Secondary School for the 2022 Arizona Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Junior Fellows workshop on Sept. 5.

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