NIA Announces Real-World Data Project to Advance Alzheimer’s Disease Research

Decades of research has generated vast amounts of real-world data (RWD) that can be leveraged to advance research into Alzheimer’s disease. The US National Institute on Aging (NIA) has announced a new effort to create the Real-World Data Platform (RWDP) to consolidate these disparate data sources, which cover the majority of people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

According to Jessica Boten, “The RWDP will help a broad range of researchers access and analyze health data in a secure cloud computing environment, and recruit from a more diverse pool of individuals. It will also support collaboration among health care and community health providers to develop and facilitate innovative methods for scalable digital, decentralized, pragmatic, and clinical trials. Another top goal is to prioritize engagement with communities that have been historically marginalized and underrepresented in clinical research and be purposeful in addressing disparities when incorporating secure data sources and studying health outcomes.”

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(Source: NIA, April 5^th, 2023)