Research Education Core - South Texas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Background

The goal of our South Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s Research Education Component is to develop leaders in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) research with a particular focus on addressing disparities in underserved Hispanic populations. Expanding the study and clinical workforce necessitates attracting the brightest minds from disciplines broadly relevant to ADRD research.

We seek to recruit, retain and support the career growth of fellows and faculty from diverse racial, ethnic and social backgrounds by providing targeted resources for promising investigators who may lack access to mentoring networks or key information.

Aims
1. To grow a cadre of researchers representing and/or focusing on all aspects of Hispanic health.
2. To provide broad training across the clinical, basic and population neuroscience and community engagement domains.
3. To train clinicical, basic and population science researchers to become independent investigators skilled in T1 and T2 translation, team science and mentoring.
4. To provide instruction in cutting-edge technologies and analysis methods focusing on precision medicine, neuromodulation, aphasia, rehabilitation, big data and machine learning technologies, network and systems biology approaches.

Core Members

Jose E. Cavazos, MD, PhD

Research Education Core Leader | Professor

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Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD

Co-Director of the South Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

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Michael C. Mahaney, PhD

Professor

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Rosa Pirela Mavarez, MA

Program Manager