NIAGADS is a designated national data repository for human genetics research that collaborates with researchers all over the world to facilitate data access and sharing for genomic and associated omics data related to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) as well as healthy aging.
As of September 2026, NIAGADS offers >145 datasets, encompassing 241,000 samples, across >180,000 subjects and 27 data types. NIAGADS also serves as the data coordinating center for the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP), supporting data production and analysis for this ongoing project that currently offers around 20,000 whole exomes and 58,000 whole genomes. In addition to qualified access data stored at NIAGADS, when possible NIAGADS makes AD/ADRD data accessible outside of the data access request process (in alignments with submitting institutional IRB guidance on appropriate sharing), through the NIAGADS Open Access platform, a suite of knowledgebases, data exploration modalities, and datasets available to the public.
Supported by a talented and dedicated team of developers, data analysts, researchers, and project managers, NIAGADS is committed to helping their user base to identify datasets, access stored data, and share resulting data with the research community to advance the understanding of ADRD.