PROJECT SUMMARY – ADMINISTRATIVE CORE Cornell’s Roybal Center–The Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL) has developed innovative approaches and an effective infrastructure for the translation of behavioral and social science research to improve the health and well-being of older adults. TRIPLL maximizes the joint resources for aging- related research at Cornell University, uniting social and behavioral scientists and experts in translational research at Cornell’s Ithaca campus with researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech in NYC. TRIPLL’s Administrative Core (AC) will build on the structure we successfully implemented over the past five years to include working actively to foster multidisciplinary collaborations across NIH-funded Centers and engage and supporting researchers across different career stages and along the NIH Stage Model continuum. The AC’s flexible organization will allow TRIPLL to identify, respond to, and take advantage of new trends and developments in the field, such as advances in research design (e.g., adaptive clinical trials), as well as implementation and evaluation science methodologies. The AC will build on NIA’s investment over the past 5 years by expanding support to develop scalable behavioral interventions that target older adults with a focus on under-represented populations adversely affected by pain. Given the continued high prevalence and burden of pain in older people, and the movement away from primary reliance on surgical and pharmacological interventions to treat pain, it is crucially important to develop, test, and disseminate treatment alternatives. The AC will provide the overall strategic vision for the Center, conduct national competitions to identify innovative clinical trials to support, foster an environment that promotes opportunities for external collaborations with respect to behavioral intervention development activities, conduct evaluations of Center- related activities, and serve as a national resource for the behavioral and social intervention research community. TRIPLL AC aims are to: 1) Conduct the management tasks of the Center; 2) Launch national competitions to fund clinical trials in Years 2-5; 3) Convene advisory committees, including an external advisory committee, internal advisory committee and industry advisory board to help to shape the projects TRIPLL supports and help to identify sources of project co-funding; 4) Expand TRIPLL’s reach by strengthening existing and establishing new strategic collaborations; 5) Conduct formal evaluations of Center- related activities; and finally 6) Oversee all dissemination activities. The AC will devote resources to maintain a vigorous, comprehensive program of dissemination of new research findings and targeted outreach to constituencies and consumers who would benefit from TRIPLL-developed programs. Accomplishment of these aims will help us to maintain/expand a vibrant Center, composed of investigators ski...