# Older Americans Independence Center

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $1,160,267

## Abstract

Overall: Project Summary
This is a renewal application for the Johns Hopkins University Older Americans Independence Center (JHU
OAIC). In the current cycle that started in 2013, this OAIC has nurtured extensive accomplishment,
contributing to 121 publications and findings that facilitated the funding of 48 additional grants focused on
frailty and aging. Investigators in this OAIC seek to promote independence in older adults through the study
of the etiologies and clinical ramifications of frailty and through the translation of this knowledge into the
development of novel, frailty-focused diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies. This proposal seeks
to achieve these goals through the following specific aims: 1) Stimulate and develop effective frailty-focused
interdisciplinary research programs; 2) Translate the frailty-focused knowledge generated into targeted
prevention and treatment strategies that help older adults maintain independence; 3) Provide focused and
accessible frailty-related training and mentorship to junior investigators interested in developing careers
focused on maintaining independence in older adults; 4) Provide to OAIC-supported investigators the
highest quality interdisciplinary expertise and infrastructure in biostatistical, biological, and clinical science
as relevant to frailty research; 5) Support the development of innovative methodologies, research strategies
and technologies essential to the study of frailty; and 6) Attract outstanding investigators and trainees to
frailty research from across the Johns Hopkins University and promote visibility of their science locally and
nationally. A Research Education Component (REC) and Pilot Study Core will provide training, mentorship,
and both advisory and material support for research projects for supported investigators. Highly integrated
resource cores focused on biostatistics, biological mechanisms, and clinical translation and recruitment will
provide supported investigators with the interdisciplinary expertise, training, mentorship, assistance, and
services necessary to perform outstanding frailty-focused basic, clinical and translational research. A new
Information Dissemination Core will extend the reach of findings on frailty developed by the researchers of
this OAIC and beyond, through a new website providing navigation and easy access to findings on frailty,
innovative educational initiatives, new partnerships with scientific and professional organizations, formation
of communities of practice, and outreach efforts. This OAIC will continue to be directed by a long-standing,
interdisciplinary, accomplished, and highly visible leadership team who continue to develop an ongoing
vision for the next generation of frailty science and have worked to build a scientifically and culturally
diverse community of scholars and trainees around frailty. This team is dedicated to developing the next
generation of needed scientific advances and disseminating resulting strateg...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10201461
- **Project number:** 5P30AG021334-19
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Karen J. Bandeen-Roche
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,160,267
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2003-06-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10201461

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10201461, Older Americans Independence Center (5P30AG021334-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10201461. Licensed CC0.

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