We would like to invite you to help shape research priorities related to aging and dementia at one of our upcoming virtual town halls hosted by the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center. Our third town hall will be on December 10.

What is the GECC?

The Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) is an NIA-funded initiative that brings together research experts and other partners to advance the science on sources of dementia risk and resilience. The GECC aims to contribute to our understanding of how life experiences and exposures shape the risk of dementia, how societal structures support aging populations, and what causes disparities in risk across populations. Collectively, the features that influence health and well-being over a lifetime are known as the exposome and we aim to identify research priorities and develop best practices for measuring, harmonizing, and using exposome data. You can learn more about the center in the attached flyer and at https://gatewayexposome.org/.

Critical to this work are the voices of people across government, advocacy, academia, local communities, and industry who can share their expertise on what experiences may promote healthy aging and reduce risks of dementia. To hear these voices, the GECC is hosting a series of virtual town halls.

What will the town halls look like?

Hosted virtually on Zoom, participants will create an agenda that focuses on the topics and issues related to dementia that are most important to them. Breakout sessions will then be held around these topics so participants can have focused discussions and develop collaborative notes that will ultimately help other participants and the GECC shape the future of scientific research and policies related to aging.

When are the town halls?

Town halls will be held from October to December 2024, with two sessions each month to accommodate participants in different time zones. Participants need only attend one session but are welcome to attend multiple. The dates and times will be as follows: