Principal Investigator: Bruce Reed,
Ph.D.
Medical Director: Ingrid Kwee, M.D.
The University of California, Davis ARCC
was established in 1985. It is a unit of
the Department of Neurology, UC Davis School of Medicine. The Center was located
at the Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley from 1985 until 1997, when it was
relocated to the Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care
System (VANCHCS) in Martinez.
In 1991, this Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADDTC), in partnership with the UC Davis ADDTC in Sacramento, successfully competed for an Alzheimer's Disease
Center (ADC) grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). This grant was
renewed in 1996 and in 2001. The NIA-ADC grant provides core support for
research infrastructure at both sites. Using NIA-ADC funds, the two ARCCs have
implemented a uniform clinical evaluation program, an integrated common
database, standardized research protocols, a brain bank, and integrated
educational and outreach efforts. The ARCC and NIA-ADC resources have in turn been critical to obtaining
several additional research projects, including a major Program Project Grant on
vascular dementia and an epidemiologic study of aging and dementia in the
Hispanic community. In 1993, the ADC submitted a successful application to the NIA
to fund minority outreach clinics. Minority outreach remains a major emphasis of
both the UC Davis Centers, with a particular emphasis on
African Americans. The UC Davis - Martinez Center enjoys additional core
resources because of its close connection to the VANCHCS. Key clinical staff
have VA medical staff appointments and are able to facilitate Veterans treatment
within the VA system. Community patients are also seen at the Center.
Alzheimer's Disease
Program
Mail Station 7210
Post Office Box 997413
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
Phone (916) 552-8995
Fax (916) 552-9910
Internet: www.dhs.ca.gov/Alzheimers/
