---
title: "Health and Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities (HABS-HD)"
id: "5026"
type: "cohort"
slug: "health-and-aging-brain-study-health-disparities-habs-hd"
published_at: "2023-08-02T18:40:30+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-11-27T16:11:32+00:00"
url: "https://dss.niagads.org/cohorts/health-and-aging-brain-study-health-disparities-habs-hd/"
markdown_url: "https://dss.niagads.org/cohorts/health-and-aging-brain-study-health-disparities-habs-hd.md"
excerpt: "This study is a single site project that is conducted at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. The DFW metroplex currently represents the future racial/ethnic distribution of the U.S. and is a unique setting to simultaneously study factors..."
taxonomy_cohort_categories:
  - "ADSP"
taxonomy_cohort_countries:
  - "United States of America"
---

## Description

This study is a single site project that is conducted at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. The DFW metroplex currently represents the future racial/ethnic distribution of the U.S. and is a unique setting to simultaneously study factors associated with MCI/AD among African Americans, Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites. The HABS-HD project is funded by grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA): R01AG054073, R01AG058533 and U19AG078109. In 2020, UNTHSC provided funding for the addition of 1,000 African Americans to this study. The study has now enrolled over 1,000 Mexican Americans and 1,000 non-Hispanic whites from the community. Enrollment for an additional 1,000 African Americans began in February 2021.

## Related Datasets

- [NG00067 – ADSP Umbrella](https://dss.niagads.org/datasets/ng00067/) This dataset includes sequencing data and harmonized phenotypes from cohorts sequenced by the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project and other AD and Related Dementia’s studies. Samples are processed using a common… [Learn more](https://dss.niagads.org/datasets/ng00067/)

## Related Studies

- [sa000061 - Health & Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities (HABS-HD)](https://dss.niagads.org/studies/sa000061/) The long-term goal of Health & Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities (HABS-HD) is to establish population-specific informed precision medicine for novel treatment and prevention strategies as has been done… [Learn more](https://dss.niagads.org/studies/sa000061/)

## Related Sample Sets

- [snd10102 - HABS-HD1 WGS](https://dss.niagads.org/sample-sets/snd10102/) A total of 1,362 HABS cohort samples were sequenced at USUHS using the NovaSeq and NovaSeqX platforms. The FASTQ files were sent to GCAD for processing through the VCPA1.1 pipeline.… [Learn more](https://dss.niagads.org/sample-sets/snd10102/)

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