Equity in Brain Health (EQBRAIHLTH)

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This experiential course provides supervised opportunities to observe and engage in clinical, research, and community-based activities related to aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Through clinical observations, research participation, community outreach, and structured reflection, students will examine interdisciplinary approaches to care and gain insight into the lived experiences of individuals with dementia and their care partners.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course reviews foundational topics that are crucial for clinicals and other content modules, including a deeper understanding of the economic, epidemiological and social frameworks that impact equity and ethical issues in this field.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course covers clinical topics, including an in-depth review of Alzheimers Disease (AD), and its care, management, and treatment, and a review of Stroke and its connection to Dementia. Other sessions focus on equitable practices for integrating research, care, and treatment for families and caretakers. In addition, costs and benefits of treatments and care are reviewed from a Health Economics perspective.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course highlights non-Alzheimer (non-AD) dementias, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD), as well as HIV and its impacts on the brain while also diving more deeply into ethical, economic and creative ideas and practices surrounding dementia treatment, management and care.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course brings together the research on how to maintain brain wellness. Topics include neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve as well as modifiable risk factors and prevention. Deeper examinations of other content modules offer integrated frameworks for how to support brain health in a way that eliminates inequitable outcomes.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course explores the real-world nature of policymaking using policy analysis and strategy tools. Fellows select a “ripe” policy issue to work with and continue analyzing how their policy issue would benefit from adapting and using strategic tools from the field while incorporating regional considerations.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course covers two full modules: Skills, where submitted works are critically analyzed within guiding frameworks in order to develop one's thinking, writing, and presentation abilities; and Leadership, where topics that support improved self-awareness, inclusion, and communication skills are reviewed to promote more effective leadership.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course covers two full modules: Skills, where submitted works are critically analyzed within guiding frameworks in order to develop one’s thinking, writing and presentation abilities; and Leadership, where topics that support improved self-awareness, inclusion and communication skills are reviewed to promote more effective leadership.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

A series of 6-8 courses and workshops are offered. Topics are developed to extend the learning from earlier segments of the curriculum for learners that wish to dig deeper into a particular content area. Fellows must choose at least three (though many fellows may take more or all of these).

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

This course involves the development of a grant proposal for a hypothetical project. Required components of the project include review of prior research gaps and opportunities, proposed aims and justifications for those aims, methods and evaluation plans. Projects are developed in collaboration with program faculty, experts from the learner’s home region, and other colleagues, and experts as appropriate.

Instructor(s): Howie Rosen

The continuation and final development of the grant proposal for a hypothetical project that is submitted to the course director for analysis, review, and grading. This course allows for all feedback from mentors, and faculty experts to be fully integrated into a well-developed formal project proposal.