# Improving the usage and impact of the Integrated Aging Studies Databank and Registry

> **NIH NIH U24** · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2021 · $232,275

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Integrated Aging Studies Databank and Registry (IASDR) is a repository designed for
sharing data across the NIH-funded national network of Older Americans Independence
Centers (OAICs). The IASDR hosted and maintained by the OAIC’s Coordinating Center (CC).
As a domain-specific repository, the existing IASDR contains multiple data sets generated from
aging studies conducted at the Wake Forest OAIC (WF-OAIC), as well as a biospecimen bank
for samples collected from some of the included studies. The IASDR thus serves as a valuable
resource for the aging research community, especially for early career faculty. The data
repository befits early career investigators who want to conduct small pilot studies for testing out
conjectures and research hypotheses, and to efficiently produce useful information such as
preliminary effect sizes for grant applications or to power future studies. Gaps were identified
when the IASDR was evaluated against modern repository requirements. The IASDR was first
started more than a decade ago, and the development process did not necessarily strictly
adhere to contemporary biomedical-data repository principles such as the FAIR and TRUST
principles. Importantly, barriers are present for users in accessing key information for decision
support. For example, currently summary statistics such as mean, standard deviation, frequency
for variables and association information between variables, which are often critical in helping
users to decide whether or not to pursue actual data, are not present in the IASDR metadata.
The lack of such preliminary information could deter interested users from using the repository.
To address gaps and limitations of the IASDR as related to its “FAIR”-ness and “TRUST”-
worthiness, this proposal contains two specific aims: (1) Enhance the metadata layer by
providing users with key analytic information such as mean, frequency, and association
between variables, and (2) improve the IASDR along the FAIR and TRUST principles and seek
certification.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10408207
- **Project number:** 3U24AG059624-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** DALANE W KITZMAN
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $232,275
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-07-15 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10408207

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10408207, Improving the usage and impact of the Integrated Aging Studies Databank and Registry (3U24AG059624-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10408207. Licensed CC0.

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