# RAND MiniMedical School for Social Scientists

> **NIH NIH R13** · RAND CORPORATION · 2021 · $91,841

## Abstract

RAND Mini-Medical School
Project Summary/Abstract
Since 1998, RAND has hosted a Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (Mini-Med) in Santa
Monica, California, motivated by the recognition that behavioral and social research on aging is
better informed—and ultimately more useful—if it has a sound biomedical basis. Traditional
training programs in the social sciences—such as economics, psychology, demography, and
sociology—often steer clear of biomedical issues. While Mini-Med does not fully remedy this
deficiency, it does expose young social scientists to biomedical issues to stimulate them to
further investigate the complementarities between their research and the larger biomedical field.
Mini-Med consists of a two-day series of lectures by national and international experts on
diverse biomedical topics of interest to researchers in aging. The event is held with a second
workshop on the demography, economics, and epidemiology of aging. Combining these two
workshops both reduces organizational expenses and serves to attract scholars who might
otherwise not attend either program. Past participants have included senior and junior faculty at
universities, post-doctoral and pre-doctoral trainees in aging, and researchers from non-profit
foundations and institutions. We have recently extended the program to include a special
emphasis on the biomedical aspects of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD),
while still covering many other diverse and timely topics. Past lectures have covered such topics
as the aging process, genetics, and biology, as well as specific conditions that affect the elderly
such as cancer, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10086356
- **Project number:** 5R13AG018327-20
- **Recipient organization:** RAND CORPORATION
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHAEL D HURD
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $91,841
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2000-09-15 → 2021-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10086356

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10086356, RAND MiniMedical School for Social Scientists (5R13AG018327-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10086356. Licensed CC0.

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