The National Institutes of Health has awarded UT Southwestern a $23 million, five-year grant from to establish the North Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC). The designation makes it one of 37 such centers nationwide and the second in Texas, according to an announcement.
The new center, based at UT Southwestern Medical Center, will be a focal point for research that could reset how the disease is detected and treated.
Texas, which is the nation’s second most populous state, has the third-highest number of Alzheimer’s patients, the second-highest Alzheimer’s-related deaths, and the highest dementia burden score, according to UTSW. The dementia burden score is a measure of the emotional and psychological toll on caregivers.
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