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The Committee on Population of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a two-day public workshop on the role played by midlife factors in linking early life disadvantage to later life cognitive health and dementia risk. The workshop will identify key research gaps and priorities regarding the social pathways and related factors that connect early life exposures with later life cognitive outcomes, and identify key data needs in existing and new aging studies. After the workshop, a Proceedings of the Workshop summarizing the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared in accordance with institutional guidelines.
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·2025
Early life disadvantages have been associated with a higher risk of dementia, but the risk may be modified by early life and midlife exposures. While attention is often given to individuals' behavior and choices, structural and institutional forces may be more effective in addressing risk factors. T...
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Description
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and execute a two-day public workshop that will bring together an interdisciplinary group of experts to discuss the role played by midlife factors in linking early life disadvantage to later life cognitive health and dementia risk. The workshop will:
- Identify key research gaps and priorities regarding the social pathways and related structural and institutional factors that connect early life exposures with later life cognitive outcomes; and
- Identify key data needs in existing and new aging studies to support research and generate knowledge on mid-life social processes and related structural and institutional factors to address early life exposures driving Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) inequities.
The planning committee will define the specific topics to be addressed in consultation with the National Institute on Aging, develop the agenda, and select and invite speakers and other participants. After the workshop, a Proceedings of the Workshop summarizing the presentations and discussions will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Staff
Bradford Chaney
Lead
Malay Majmundar
Lead
Sitara Rahiab
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Social and Economic Systems Program Area
Lead
