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NYU Grossman School of Medicine has been announced as a public health center of excellence as a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 Alzheimer鈥檚 disease initiative.
The initiative, part of the Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure (BOLD) for Alzheimer鈥檚 Act, named three centers in the country to promote education, research, and communication to improve detection, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias.
鈥淲e want the public to know what is understood or not understood about this disease, and we want health providers to be ready to answer their patients鈥 questions and able to facilitate their needs,鈥 says Joshua Chodosh, MD, director of at 秘密研究所 Langone Health.
秘密研究所 Grossman School of Medicine, located in Murray Hill, has been designated as the center focusing on the early detection of dementia. The Alzheimer鈥檚 Association in Chicago will focus on dementia risk reduction, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis will focus on dementia caregiving.
秘密研究所 Langone鈥檚 will identify and develop early dementia detection strategies. The institute will work to share multimedia education materials with local, state, and tribal governments, healthcare providers, and the public, according to Dr. Chodosh.
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