# the Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translational Research (DREAMS-CDTR)

> **NIH NIH P30** · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2023 · $700,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a significant health burden in the U.S. and California leads the nation in incident cases and
costs of Type 2 Diabetes. Individuals with low socioeconomic status, older adults, rural populations, and racial
and ethnic minorities are at highest risk. The drivers of these disparities include a complex combination of
interacting factors at the individual, family, community, health system, societal, and policy levels. Programs and
policies that can effectively translate high-quality, evidence-based diabetes interventions into widespread
practice across diverse communities, modes of delivery, and a range of settings are desperately needed. The
Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translational
Research (DREAMS-CDTR) aims to advance health equity science through the development and translation
of: 1) innovations and structural changes to healthcare delivery systems that substantively reduce health
inequalities, and 2) innovative, scalable interventions to alter the socioenvironmental drivers of the Type 2
Diabetes epidemic and associated disparities.
Focusing on the northern California and Central Valley regions of California, the DREAMS-CDTR will conduct
clinical research and interventions designed to inform practice and policy change at the health system,
community and policy levels. The DREAMS-CDTR (formerly Health Delivery Systems) brings together
translational science core faculty who have expertise in diverse, multi-level areas including: food insecurity,
medication adherence, health communication, health IT, social policy, and cost effectiveness analysis.
DREAMS-CDTR will involve four regional academic sites with a range of public and non-profit health systems
that serve large and diverse populations: Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Division of Research and
the University of California at San Francisco, Merced and Davis.
The DREAMS-CDTR activities include: an Administrative Core, Pilot and Feasibility Program, Enrichment
Program, and three coordinated research cores - Health Equity & Action Translational (HEAT) core, Methods
and Data Integration (MDI) translational core, and National Diabetes Policy Research Resource (DPR) core.
The HEAT Core will employ a multi-level systems approach to designing rigorous action-oriented observational
and interventional research. The MDI Core will systematically prepare and support DREAMS-CDTR members
in harnessing novel advances in methods and data to achieve greater health equity in Type 2 Diabetes. Lastly,
the novel National DPR Core will extend the reach of the DREAMS-CDTR expertise and resources beyond the
primary institutions in five key areas of expertise: (1) natural experiments research,(2) health economics,
including comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis; (3) simulation modeling, (4) machine
learning, and (5) communicating science to policy-making institutions, community partners, ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10690617
- **Project number:** 5P30DK092924-13
- **Recipient organization:** KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Alyce Sophia Adams
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $700,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10690617

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10690617, the Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translational Research (DREAMS-CDTR) (5P30DK092924-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10690617. Licensed CC0.

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