
The Research Education Components provide training and mentorship opportunities for AD+ADRD researchers.
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Watch the REC Sessions from the 2021 Spring ADRC Meeting
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Watch 20 incredible 5-minute presentations from our REC Trainees and Junior Faculty members, as showcased at our 2021 Spring ADRC Meeting REC Sessions on May 13th and 14th.
Read more …Director, Dr. Richard Hodes, announces new career opportunities at NIA!
Thursday, June 10, 2021
As a result of robust congressional support for NIA, the institute has grown to have the third-largest budget of the 27 NIH institutes and centers. Today I am happy to report
Read more …REC Mission

The overarching goal of the REC programs are to support education activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs in ADRD Research.
The NIH Research Education Program supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. The over-arching goals of the REC program are to:
- complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs;
- encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research;
- help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and
- foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.
Find a REC
We thought it was time we all got to know each other a little better! The Find a REC directory can help you network and find resources across all of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers.
The Find a REC directory includes contact information as well as areas of specialty, resources, and training hosted by the other RECs.
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Meet our
Steering Committee



Hussein Yassine, MD
Steering Committee Member
hussein.yassine@med.usc.edu