Do urban green spaces help to reduce incidence of Alzheimer's and associated risk factors? Multilevel longitudinal study of 267,153 adults with 15 years of follow-up [ 2017 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Thomas Astell-Burt (Principal investigator)

Brief description Green spaces (e.g. parks and tree canopy) may help reduce – and narrow socioeconomic inequities - in the risk of Alzheimer’s by improving mental health and cognition, promoting physical activity and social support, reducing social isolation, reducing depression, obesity, cardiometabolic disease risk and buffering harms from traffic-related air pollution. I will conduct the first large-scale longitudinal studies to examine this hypothesis across a 15-year timespan.

Funding Amount $719,841.00

Funding Scheme Boosting Dementia Research Initiative

Notes Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship