Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and Dementia Research In Minority Aging

Mass-ENVISION

Mass-ENVISION (Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and DEmeNtia BehaVIoral ReSearch In MinOrity AgiNg) is the only RCMAR serving the Greater Boston and New England region. There are 4 Cores: Leadership and Administrative (LAC), Research Education Component (REC), Data and Analysis (AnC), and Community Liaison & Recruitment (CLRC). Mass-ENVISION is led by Overall Principal Investigator Dr. Okereke (Director, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Geriatric Psychiatry, and Director, MGH Psychiatry Center for Racial Equity and Justice) and Core Leads, who are from diverse and underrepresented in medicine (UiM) backgrounds and have complementary expertise in ADRD, health disparities and health equity research, social and behavioral health, behavioral interventions, implementation science, and interdisciplinary science. Mass-ENVISION’s success is built on its cultivation of an inclusive mentoring environment and a diverse biomedical workforce to advance health equity in ADRD behavioral health.