# Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging

> **NIH NIH T32** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $563,010

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This is an application for a 5-year renewal of an institutional training grant in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics
of Aging, funded by NIA since 1996. This interdisciplinary program's goals are to train outstanding predoctoral
and postdoctoral candidates to lead the next generation of quantitative research scientists addressing the
health of our aging population. This program is conducted jointly by epidemiologists and biostatisticians with a
strong commitment to bringing together students in both disciplines to develop expertise in the content areas
and methodologies that are essential to advancement of the field. Students are trained to conduct leading-
edge research that can inform the development of prevention programs to compress morbidity in the aging
population. The program is based in the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Mental Health. It
further involves faculty from departments throughout our Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing. A
Program Director in Biostatistics, Co-Directors from Epidemiology and Mental Health, 6 other Associate
Directors, and 19 other core faculty members will serve as mentors for the trainees. We propose to maintain
our current program size of 8 predoctoral / 2 postdoctoral positions, in numbers balanced across sponsoring
departments. We will support postdoctoral fellows at experience level 0, and those with clinical backgrounds
seeking advanced research degree training, at level 5. We will target a 3-4 year duration for each predoctoral
trainee and a two-year duration for each postdoctoral trainee. A core curriculum is expected of predoctoral
trainees and customized to postdoctoral trainees. Trainees will continue to participate in biweekly research in
progress meetings, seminars on aging, practica specific to this program, and training to build skills
interdisciplinary collaboration. Research experiences and mentors are selected to ensure high quality findings
worthy of peer-reviewed publication. We will continue to train students in epidemiologic and biostatistical
methods and their application to aging, with topical emphases of data-intensive measurement and analysis in
aging; the epidemiology of frailty, resilience, disability and chronic disease; statistical design, modeling and
inference for gerontology; and cognitive, sensory and psychosocial aging. Longstanding content and new
content (resilience; massive cohorts and health records) is to be combined within these emphases. Trainees
have been highly productive, gained substantial recognition for their research, and launched their careers in
appealing positions with aging focus. Graduates will be effective leaders of multidisciplinary research teams
tackling the health problems associated with the aging US population.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10201803
- **Project number:** 2T32AG000247-26
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Karen J. Bandeen-Roche
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $563,010
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1996-05-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10201803

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10201803, Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging (2T32AG000247-26). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10201803. Licensed CC0.

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