# Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · 2020 · $266,185

## Abstract

Abstract
 The Management and Administrative Core will provide overall scientific leadership for the Rochester Roybal
Center for Social Ties & Aging Research (STAR Center). It will provide overall administration and coordination
of all STAR Center activities, and will orchestrate communication among STAR Center stakeholders (including
STAR Center faculty, the Advisory Committee, the Roybal Coordinating Center, NIA program staff, and UR
institutional leadership).
 The primary goal of the Management and Administrative Core is to provide a solid, highly connected
infrastructure that affords optimal social connectedness intervention development across the NIH Stage Model,
with a particular focus on family caregivers of a family member with Alzheimer’s’ disease or related dementia
(ADRD). With vision- and value-driven leadership, outstanding scientific and community expertise, Stage-
model guided research planning, and seamless coordination of pilot study resources, the Core will serve as the
vehicle through which the STAR Center can achieve its mission to impact social connectedness in innovative
ways that ensure social vitality and healthy aging in those who provide care for a family member with ADRD.
 The Core will be responsible for: (1) setting policies and procedures for the STAR Center that support its
strategic vision and mission to support social vitality and healthy aging in later life; (2) managing a quarterly-
convened Advisory Committee that oversees and monitors Center activities, and conducts strategic planning
sessions that inform Center decision-making and assists the Directors in setting policies and scientific
direction; (3) establishing a monthly-convened Steering Committee to implement and monitor the Pilot Award
Program, determining scientific priorities and resource allocation, as well as approval submissions to NIA; (4)
establishing the Pilot Core and administering its centralized resources to support pilot studies, including the
Scientific Outreach, Recruitment & Study Coordination, and Data Analyses sub-cores; (5) organizing and
coordinating key Center committees, and coordinating travel to the annual NIA Roybal Center meeting; (6)
transparent financial management; (7) ensuring regulatory compliance and annual reporting to NIA; (8)
promoting internal and external research partnerships that result in new multidisciplinary collaborations that
accelerate social connectedness intervention research through Stages 0-IV; (9) maintaining open lines of
communication between Center members, other stakeholders, and Center leadership; (10) verse conduct of
programmatic evaluation that results in effective decision-making and leads to continued improvement and
high impact outcomes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10017866
- **Project number:** 5P30AG064103-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** KATHI L HEFFNER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $266,185
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-15 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10017866

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10017866, Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research (5P30AG064103-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10017866. Licensed CC0.

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