# Information Dissemination Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $64,310

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Information Dissemination Core (IDC) will work closely with the
Leadership Administrative Core as an integrated resource with the
capacity to coordinate locally with other Cores and `Pepper Scholars' to
anticipate, process and distribute findings from Pilot/Exploratory,
Developmental, and ongoing External Projects at the Northwestern OAIC.
The IDC will utilize multiple novel approaches for information dissemination to
quickly establish a new Northwestern Pepper Center within our institution, the
great Chicago area, statewide and within the national Pepper Center network.
The Northwestern OAIC's IDC will be built upon a well-established and
innovative infrastructure supported by the Institute for Public Health and
Medicine (IPHAM). Dr. Ronald Ackermann, MD MPH serves as Director of IPHAM, and will also lead the IDC.
Two Centers within IPHAM will be leveraged for the timely outreach to large, diverse audiences: the Center for
Health Information Partnerships (Director, Abel Kho, MD; Co-Director, IDC) and Center for Community Health.
The overall goal of the IDC is to enhance translation of OAIC research findings into health care practice.
Therefore, IDC initiatives include ongoing, bi-directional communications with professional societies, private and
public organizations, health policy makers, and community resources. To share OAIC research findings, while
also continually learning from these broad audiences, our IDC specific aims are to:
Aim 1 Engage community & healthcare organizations at local, state, regional and national levels to elicit
 information needs, establish technology-enabled dissemination channels, and maintain a shared
 intellectual exchange on improving primary care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC).
Aim 2 Assist Northwestern OAIC Cores and faculty participants in synthesizing research findings for a diverse
 set of stakeholders in preparation for dissemination.
Aim 3 Implement a multifaceted dissemination strategy leveraging new and existing mechanisms to inform lay
 and professional stakeholders on ways to improve health and function for older adults with MCC,
 emphasizing evidence-based approaches for primary care management.
Immediate outputs of this work will include a highly discoverable repository of a full collection of
traditional and non-traditional research products, coupled with a network of powerful relationships and
communication channels that will extend the usability and impact of OAIC research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10455658
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059988-03
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Ronald T. Ackermann
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $64,310
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10455658

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10455658, Information Dissemination Core (5P30AG059988-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10455658. Licensed CC0.

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