Alzheimer’s is a public health crisis in need of innovative ideas and fresh directions. For the well-being of the people and families living with dementia, and for the socioeconomic impact on our already stressed healthcare system coping with the ever-escalating costs and demands of dementia, we need a better understanding of Alzheimer’s, its causes, and what we can do to treat it and to help the people and families who are living with it.
Beta-amyloid plaques in the brain
Who are the largest funders of Alzheimer's research?
As the world's leading nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's and dementia research, the Association is currently investing more than $430 million in over 1,110 active projects in 56 countries, spanning six continents. How much does NIH spend on Alzheimer's research? $3.8 billion Added to current NIH spending, the annual Alzheimer's and dementia research funding by the federal government will be as much as $3.8 billion.
Johns Hopkins University once again leads all U.S. universities and colleges in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. In the federal fiscal year 2023, the most recent year for which relatively complete data are available, Hopkins investigators received $842,956,584 in awards, representing an approximately $3.1 million increase over its prior year total. The rest of the top ten universities were:
- University of California, San Francisco. $789,196,651
- University of Pennsylvania $703,217,343
- Duke University $701,940,461
- University of Michigan $698,264,076
- University of Pittsburgh $658,312,303
- Washington University, St. Louis $633,343,121
- Columbia University Health Sciences $633,309,114
- Stanford University $628,835,527
- Yale University $622,499,969
Rounding out the top 20 were:
- University of California, Los Angeles $580,267,623
- University of California, San Diego $572,451,525
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill $559,512,811
- University of Washington, Seattle $558,170,733
- Vanderbilt University $546,405,280
- Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine $501,120,829
- Emory University $485,429,870
- University of Wisconsin, Madison $446,888,313
- New York University $424,963,095
- Northwestern University $413,561,989
- A total of 19 institutions – including three non-university entities – brought in at least $500 million in NIH funding in Fiscal Year 2023, including grants for research, teaching, and clinical projects.
The three non-university institutions (not included in this article) that ranked in the overall top 20 were Leidos Biomedical Research which operates the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, which placed first overall with $866,144,063; Massachusetts General Hospital was 7th with $675,290,582; and the Research Triangle Institute was 17th with $550,923,106.
This is a substantial sum. Examining the future demographic it is justified
In 2022, people 65 and older represented 17% of the U.S. population. By 2040, they are projected to comprise 22%. The 85 and older population is projected to more than double from 6.5 million in 2022 to 13.7 million in 2040 (a 111% increase).
The senior population is increasing, becoming a disproportionate part of the population, and will increase the use of healthcare significantly Chronic long-term care is expensive and the goal of the research is to help aging patients maintain independent living at home.
Research is revealing new information about Alzheimer's Disease.
Alzheimer's may not be a brain disease, but an immune dysfunction. As such it will require a different treatment regimen.
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