# Behavioral Intervention Technologies and Services

> **NIH NIH P30** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $157,311

## Abstract

As more Americans of all ages use smartphone and web-based technology to manage their
lives, there is increased pressure to use digital media to bring health care services to patients.
While many software companies develop attractive and sophisticated apps, the development of
apps grounded in evidence and behavioral science theory lags behind. The (BITS) Core will
create an infrastructure that will bring together those with diabetes specific knowledge and skills
and people who can develop, evaluate, and deploy digital technologies. Vanderbilt currently has
a critical mass of clinical, translational, and behavioral scientists who have external funding to
develop and test web-based and mobile technologies that will enhance diabetes self-
management and health-related behavior change. Three units are proposed within this core.
Unit 1 will work with junior and senior investigators to develop innovative, evidence-based
mobile and web applications that take advantage of cutting edge technology and that are firmly
grounded in best practices in clinical management and behavior change. Unit 2 will work with
investigators to find ways to leverage their developed applications into productive pathways to
additional research funding and publications. Vanderbilt, with the largest biomedical informatics
department in the nation, is rich with resources to support these efforts including the StarBRITE
research portal, the Vanderbilt Institute of Clinical and Translation Research (VICTR) studio
system for giving scientists constructive feedback on all phases of their research study, VICTR
community engagement studies which provide feedback from patient and community experts, a
number of expert industry consultants, and the REDCap platform. Unit 3 will provide training
and professional development to support young investigators interested in integrating mobile
and web technologies into their developing research programs. To accomplish this, we will offer
a two-day national conference to funded NIDDK Junior investigators with sessions covering the
full range of design, implementation, and deployment problems associated with successful use
of these technologies. The core will have clear criteria for identifying users, will screen projects
to prevent funding overlap, will monitor delivery of services, and will deliver these services
through the existing VICTR system of StarBRITE and studio sessions. The BITS core
addresses the growing need to bring scientists and developers together to create tools that
improve patient care, reduce risk of complications, improve quality of life, and provide high
quality data for research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10016276
- **Project number:** 5P30DK092986-11
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Chandra Y. Osborn
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $157,311
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-09-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10016276

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10016276, Behavioral Intervention Technologies and Services (5P30DK092986-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10016276. Licensed CC0.

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