# Aging Health and Health Services Research Training

> **NIH NIH T32** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $146,075

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The proposed training program in “Aging Health and Health Services Research” seeks to train future
investigators in the integration of Epidemiological and Biostatistics methods into Health Services Research with
applications in aging. Over the last decade major advances in the knowledge base of gerontology have been
occurring thanks to an explosion of genetic, clinical, epidemiological and health services data that have
become available to investigators, making it possible to address research questions designed to increase our
understanding of how people age, adjust to aging and the role that social factors and the availability of health
services play in that process. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has been at the forefront of making these
kinds of data available to investigators, whenever possible, linking multiple types of data together. Researchers
of the future must know how to maximize the use of these data sources. Thus, in the future there will be a
premium placed on young investigators cognizant of methodological advances ranging from new strategies for
collecting, merging and managing data sets; new and refined statistics and analytic strategies; and major new
tools for integrating social, health and biological data.
The proposed renewal of our training program addresses the major goals of the NIA Strategic Plan for
research, by educating well trained researchers, with multi-disciplinary experience and a broad understanding
of the biological, social, health, service and policy aspects of aging. These researchers will be highly skilled in
traditional and emerging methodologies for analyzing the complex, nested data that characterize the new era
of epidemiology. Building upon a rich research and training environment with over two decades of experience
training investigators focused on understanding how the aged use and are affected by health services, this
competing renewal application will: 1) recruit high quality doctoral students into aging research; 2) provide
training in substantive topics relevant to health services research in aging; 3) provide education in
epidemiological and statistical methods with applications to aging research; 4) provide research experiences in
ongoing health services research projects related to aging and chronic diseases; and 5) prepare students for
research careers as independent scientists and leaders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924418
- **Project number:** 5T32AG023482-16
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Vincent Mor
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $146,075
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-05-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924418

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924418, Aging Health and Health Services Research Training (5T32AG023482-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924418. Licensed CC0.

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