Virtual Dialogue: UIO Perspectives on National Institute on Aging Research Policy

June 28, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EDT

Urban Indian Health Organizations (UIOs), AI/AN Researchers, Data/Research Industry Professionals and those working in Policy to provide recommendations to create and propose to the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to adopt a NIA policy ensuring Indigenous Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Research data are collected, housed, and disseminated in culturally responsive and respectful ways and ultimately made accessible to AIAN communities.

Presenters:

Jordan P. Lewis, Ph.D., MSW (Aleut)
Associate Director, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team – Health Equity
Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health
University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus

And

Lauren W. Yowelunh McLester-Davis (she/her/hers)
Neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate
Tulane University Brain Institute | Behavioral & Neurodevelopmental Genetics Laboratory
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science Board of Directors Student Representative
National Council of Urban Indian Health Youth Advisory Council Member
Enrolled Member of the Oneida Nation

And

Indigenous Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Advisory Group (ADRD)

Objectives:

1. Learn about the current research landscape and the complexities in Indigenous Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias research in Urban Settings.
2. Attendees will have an opportunity to provide recommendations to the Indigenous Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Advisory Group (ADRD) in the development of NIA policy ensuring Indigenous Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Research data are collected, housed, and disseminated in culturally responsive and respectful ways and ultimately made accessible to AIAN communities.