Updated: May 23
We are pleased to share the accomplishments of the Roybal research consortium. Over the past several years, Roybal Centers have made significant strides in advancing Alzheimer's, aging, and dementia research. Our consortium has a culture of innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together experts to tackle complex research questions.
Updated: Dec 14, 2022
Abstract
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a significant yet modifiable risk factor for worse cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes. The treatment of GAD in an accessible manner represents an unmet need in CVD, given that patients with CVD experience numerous barriers to in-person treatment engagement. This paper presents the rationale and design for an investigation of a strategy to enhance care for patients with CVD by introducing a scalable, affordable, and system-friendly digital intervention that targets a prominent modifiable risk factor (generalized anxiety and associated worry) for negative health behaviors in CVD. In the context of a randomized clinical trial design, we describe an experimental medicine approach for evaluating the degree to which a digital cognitive behavior therapy (dCBT), relative to a waitlist control group, engages anxiety and worry outcomes in a sample of 90 adults who have experienced an acute CVD event and who have comorbid GAD symptoms. We also investigate the degree to which dCBT leads to greater changes in GAD symptoms compared to the control condition and whether reductions in these symptoms are associated with corresponding reductions in cardiac anxiety and cardiac health behaviors (including smoking, physical activity, heart-healthy diet, and medication adherence). We propose that by targeting GAD symptoms in CVD in a way that does not tax ongoing medical care provision, we have the potential to improve the uptake of effective care and address both GAD and associated health behaviors.
October 20, 2022 | 1pm
To celebrate and foster research diversity, NIA will host its annual #ResearchDiversity Twitter Chat. This year’s Twitter Chat will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2022 from 1-2 p.m., ET and focus on diversity in NIH small business programs. Join NIA and partners in the research and small business community to discuss the importance of diversity in small businesses, programs that support entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, and to hear helpful tips from NIA grantees and leaders in the field.
NIA and partners in the research and small business community will discuss:
The importance of diversity in NIH small business programs.
Programs that support entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds.
Helpful tips from NIA grantees and leaders in the field.
Learn how to participate in today’s Twitter Chat. Follow @NIHAging and the hashtag #ResearchDiversity today at 1:00 p.m. ET to join the discussion.
