{"id":46566,"date":"2020-09-21T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=46566"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:59:47","slug":"center-for-aging-and-health-receives-bold-nc-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/center-for-aging-and-health-receives-bold-nc-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Aging and Health Receives BOLD NC Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Center for Aging and Health is a sub-recipient of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) \u201cBuilding Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for North Carolinians\u201d (BOLD NC)<\/a> funding, partnering with the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services (grant PI) and NC Division of Public Health to bring a public health, coordinated, systematic approach to our state\u2019s brain health efforts.<\/p>\n

In partnership with BOLD NC Steering Committee members, the Center for Aging and Health\u2019s role will include serving on the BOLD NC grant Steering Committee, creating an environmental scan and plan for educating health care and other professionals on brain health, and developing a brain health CEU for clinicians. The Center for Aging and Health\u2019s Ellen Schneider, MBA, will lead UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s BOLD NC team.<\/p>\n

BOLD NC’s initiatives will also focus on inequity and reaching underserved and minority populations who are disproportionately affected.<\/p>\n

The Center for Aging and Health’s role will include serving on the BOLD NC grant Steering Committee and developing a plan for educating health care and other professionals on brain health, in partnership with other BOLD NC Steering Committee members.<\/p>\n

The training plan will focus on:<\/p>\n