Collaboration Details

Title of Collaborative Activity:

Interagency Group on Alzheimer& Disease and Related Dementias for implementation of the National Alzheimer& Project Act

Description of Collaborative Activity:

This interagency group was established by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to the Congressional directive to address Alzheimer disease. The group works to carry out the National Alzheimer’s Project Act’s charges to coordinate research and services across agencies, accelerate the development of AD/ADRD treatments, improve early diagnosis and coordination of care, reduce ethnic and racial disparities in rates of AD/ADRD, and coordinate with international efforts to fight these conditions.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2011

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NIA

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, AoA, ASPE, ACF, IHS, OASH, SAMHSA