Global Alzheimer Research Summit

Global standards for Alzheimer research under development.

American Heart Association Atrial Fibrillation Research Summit

N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FAHA, Chair; Ralph L. Sacco, MS, MD, FAHA; Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS; Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, FAHA; Judy Bezanson, DSN, CNS, RN; Alvaro Alonso, MD, MPH; Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FAHA; Randall G. Brockman, MD; Peng-Sheng Chen, MD; Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FAHA; Anne B. Curtis, MD, FAHA; John P. DiMarco, MD, PhD; Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FAHA; Andrew E. Epstein, MD,...

Commentary Rehabilitation medicine summit : building research capacity

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were: 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; 3) funding; 4) partnerships; and 5) metrics. Th...

Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity.

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; 3) funding; 4) partnerships; and 5) metrics. The...

Facilitating Alzheimer disease research recruitment.

Alzheimer disease (AD) research faces challenges to successful enrollment, especially to clinical trials and biomarker studies. Failure to recruit the planned number of participants in a timely manner threatens the internal validity and success of clinical research, raising concerns about external validity and generalizability of results, and possibly leading to disparities in disease treatment...