About CeASES-ADRD

CeASES-ADRD is an interdisciplinary center launched by the USC Schaeffer Center with experts from USC, Stanford, and the University of Texas, Austin.  The Center was established in 2020 with a $4.1 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.

Mission

Our mission is to advance innovative social science ADRD research, broaden and diversify the set of researchers working in the field, and disseminate findings for impact.

Goals and Priorities

CeASES-ADRD will advance innovative social science research on dementia, increase knowledge and technological capacity, and build a diverse, global network of social science researchers in the field.  The project supports research examining the health, economic and social costs of dementia in order to identify opportunities to reduce them in diverse populations, and national and international trends and projections of ADRD to inform policy and intervention development.  Goals are accomplished through network meetings, workshops on data and methods, microsimulation and behavioral economics, pilot project support, and the annual Science of ADRD for Social Scientists Program.

Research Priorities

• Quantify health, social and economic costs of ADRD for individuals, families and generations.
• Assess how physician and individual behaviors impact dementia risk and outcomes.
• Analyze the role of health systems and payment models on care as well as health and economic outcomes.
• Expand our understanding of the variation in risk and outcomes across populations.
• Model the consequences of an aging society to better inform ADRD treatment and policy decisions

Researcher Network

CeASES-ADRD is developing and coordinating a network of leaders in the field, who will be brought together for conferences and seminars to exchange ideas and findings.  In addition, an international team of researchers will use longitudinal datasets and dynamic microsimulations to forecast national and international trends related to Alzheimer’s.

Funding

This project is supported by the National Institute on Aging under the National Institutes of Health, award number P30AG066589.  The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.