# Methods Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2021 · $627,289

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY. The UWAC is a multidisciplinary center that bridges the fields of primary care
medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work, communications, and computer science and engineering. Each
discipline represented in this center brings to the table experts in Participant Action Research, Implementation
Science, Adult Education and Human Centered Design. Together, this team has developed a Discover,
Design, Build and Test Framework that will be used in all research projects supported by the UWAC. The
Methods Core will support to the R34 projects proposed in this application as well as 8 future R03 level
studies. The Methods Core will be led by Drs. Atkins, Hoeft and Munson and will house three incubators: the
discovery incubator, which is charged with identifying mutable targets to improve clinician capacity and quality
of care, the design/build incubator, which is charged with uncovering quality solutions that clinicians can and
will use, and the test incubator, which is charged with conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis of study
and center aims. We propose the following aims for our Methods Core: (1) develop a typology of EBPI targets
for modification; (2) develop a a matrix of targeted modifications; (3) conduct preliminary analysis to determine
if modifications and solutions developed by the DDBT framework indeed improve clinician quality by changing
the intended targets. The Methods Core also will provide operational support, disseminate methodological
advances and center resources, and evaluate center research productivity and impact. These results will have
a significant public health impact that addresses NIMH priorities and IOM recommendations for improving the
standards of psychosocial interventions, particularly as it is delivered in low-resourced primary care medicine.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10147170
- **Project number:** 5P50MH115837-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** David Charles Atkins
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $627,289
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-05-15 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10147170

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10147170, Methods Core (5P50MH115837-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10147170. Licensed CC0.

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