# Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · 2020 · $468,035

## Abstract

Abstract
 The objective of the Pilot Core of the Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research
(STAR Center) is to conduct multidisciplinary scientific activities focused on developing, testing, and
implementing interventions to increase social connectedness for middle age and older adults who provide care
for a family member with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (ADRD). Interventions developed and
supported by the STAR Center Pilot Core will be brief, acceptable to caregivers, and easily implemented in
community settings.
 The Pilot Core will be responsible for growing the pipeline of investigators focused on caregiver
interventions (Aim 1), supporting STAR Center scientific activities (Aim 2), and carrying out the scientific vision
by conducting principle-driven pilot studies throughout all grant years and ushering the studies along the NIH
Stage Model phases (Aim 3). The Pilot Core is administered by the Center's Management and Administrative
Core to allow for integrated oversight of Center activities.
 The Pilot Core will build a portfolio of behavioral interventions to promote connectedness in diverse
ADRD caregiving situations. Social disconnection in the context of caring for a loved one with ADRD is caused
and maintained by a complex constellation of biopsychosocial factors. To effectively increase connectedness—
or prevent the loss of connectedness—a diverse set of behavioral strategies are needed. The STAR Center
Pilot Core will foster the development of a portfolio of behavioral interventions that can be combined in a
stepped care, modular format to meet the needs and challenges of a diverse set of caregivers and usher
promising interventions towards implementation and dissemination by understanding of mechanisms of action.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10017868
- **Project number:** 5P30AG064103-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Kimberly Allison Van Orden
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $468,035
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-15 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10017868

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10017868, Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research (5P30AG064103-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10017868. Licensed CC0.

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