# Research and Methods Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2022 · $346,809

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT (RESEARCH AND METHODS CORE)
The objective of the Research and Methods Core of the University of Pennsylvania Telehealth Research
Center in Cancer Care (Penn TRC) is to advance the research program of the Center through the design and
testing of innovative telehealth strategies to improve effectiveness and equity across the cancer care
continuum. The Research and Methods Core will develop new methodological approaches using insights from
communication science and behavioral economics and employ innovative mixed methods and rapid-cycle
approaches to advance the evidence base for optimal telehealth care delivery. The Research and Methods
Core will address three major questions: 1) How can we employ insights from communication science and
behavioral economics to effectively integrate high-quality telehealth into cancer care delivery?; 2) How can we
understand mechanisms of successful telehealth care delivery using multilevel, mixed methods approaches to
allow for refinement and more precise application of successful interventions in future projects within and
beyond our health care system?; and 3) How can we integrate health equity into our Center’s research, with
respect to frameworks, intervention design, monitoring, methods, and measures, to ensure that telehealth
reduces, rather than exacerbates, persistent health and digital inequities? The specific aims of the Research
and Methods Core are to: 1) Apply insights and innovations from communication science, behavioral
economics, rapid-cycle approaches, and statistical methods to design and test synchronous telehealth
strategies, supported by asynchronous elements, to improve the effectiveness and equity of cancer care; 2)
Employ advanced mixed methods approaches to elucidate the multilevel individual and contextual
mechanisms that contribute to the effectiveness of telehealth strategies; 3) Design, conduct, and evaluate
findings from a pragmatic trial and two pilot projects to compare the effectiveness of synchronous telehealth
strategies to improve lung cancer care; and 4) Support widespread communication and dissemination of
results to diverse stakeholders to advance integration of optimal telehealth care delivery nationally and to
evaluate comprehensively the Center’s research progress and success of dissemination and implementation
activities. Achieving the Research and Methods Core aims will be central to ensuring the Penn TRC achieves
its goal of producing new fundamental knowledge on telehealth with the potential to transform cancer care
delivery, equity, and outcomes for millions of Americans.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10453884
- **Project number:** 1P50CA271338-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Katharine A. Rendle
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $346,809
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-08-01 → 2027-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10453884

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10453884, Research and Methods Core (1P50CA271338-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10453884. Licensed CC0.

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