# University of Florida Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · 2020 · $1,008,967

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The mission of the University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) is twofold: 1) to optimize
older persons' physical performance and mobility through interdisciplinary approaches; and 2) to train new
investigators in aging and disability research while developing their leadership qualities. Our goal is to enhance
late-life health and independence, with a special focus on mobility. To accomplish our mission, our strategy is to
attract studies and inventive investigators from diverse behavioral, clinical, basic, and technological science
disciplines with a common research focus: “mobility and prevention of disability.” Traversing the entire spectrum of
biomedical investigation, including molecular biology, animal studies, clinical research, behavioral sciences,
epidemiology, and engineering, our research effort addresses the OAIC's general goal: to increase scientific
knowledge that leads to better ways to maintain or restore independence of older people. Our research objectives
are to: 1) assess, using translational research (among diverse disciplines), the biological, co-morbid,
psychosocial, behavioral, and other factors that contribute to physical function decline, loss of mobility, and
progression toward disability; and 2) develop and reliably test, in clinical and preclinical studies, interventions that
target mobility to prevent, delay, or recover the age-related declines in physical function. Our educational objective
is to train future leaders in clinical translational research on aging. To meet these objectives the proposed OAIC
trains Junior Scholars and supports investigators, resources, services, external studies, development projects,
and pilot/exploratory studies through seven integrated cores:
 • Leadership and Administrative Core;
 • Research Education Core;
 • Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core;
 • Clinical Research Core;
 • Metabolism and Translational Science Core;
 • Biostatistics Core; and
 • Data Science and Applied Technology Core.
 A relevant strength of the proposed OAIC is the concerted action of the interdisciplinary cores, projects, and
investigators who address one common research focus spanning the entire spectrum of biomedical investigation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9899174
- **Project number:** 5P30AG028740-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** Marco Pahor
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,008,967
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-06-01 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9899174

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9899174, University of Florida Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) (5P30AG028740-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9899174. Licensed CC0.

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