Situation statement:
- Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s Diseases (PD) are inadequately understood and drug development frequently fails
- Nevada has too few researchers
- Nevada has little scientific infrastructure to train researchers to address the problems of AD and PD patients and to develop junior investigators to address these challenges.
Assumptions:
- Resources are adequate, institutional collaboration will succeed
- patient flow can be achieved, hypotheses guide research appropriately.
External Factors:
- Recruitment success; philanthropy
- NIH funding; institutional stability
- GE collaboration
