UC San Diego and UC Davis have received a $15.85 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund an extensive study on how the brain ages among Hispanic and Latino communities, it was announced Thursday.
Latinos have a higher risk of heart and vascular diseases and are more prone to developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia than people from other groups, yet they remain underrepresented in research on aging and dementia.
The grant is intended to support the creation of the most comprehensive long-term dataset on Hispanic and Latino brain aging to date…