The Network on Early-Life Determinants, Biosocial Pathways, and Dementia (EdDem) is an interdisciplinary group of scientists whose joint expertise in population health, biology, and neurocognition is vital to achieving National Institute on Aging’s goal to reduce disparities in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
The EdDem Network brings together new, emerging, and established researchers from the biomedical and social sciences to advance scientific understanding of how early-life factors relate to ADRD disparities by exploring the socioeconomic, social, psychological, and biological mechanisms that shape resilience and risk and identifying if these patterns differ by race and ethnicity, gender, and/or geography.
Via a coordinate program of workshops, webinars, mentoring, and pilot research projects, the EdDem Network aims to facilitate research collaboration and professional development to advance science in three areas:
Scientific Focus 1:
Early-life determinants of cognitive aging and dementia
Scientific Focus 2:
Mid-life social and behavioral pathways
Scientific Focus 3:
Biological mechanisms
A partnership between
