# UManage Admin-Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · 2020 · $111,362

## Abstract

Abstract/Summary – Administrative Core
Fatigue and sleep disturbance are common persistent and disabling chronic symptoms that often occur
together. Of individuals with cancer, stroke, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, congestive heart failure, post-polio
syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea and fibromyalgia, 14-96% experience fatigue or impaired sleep. Together
these two symptoms can become a self-reinforcing cycle that exacts a physiological and psychological burden
on individuals and families and has a profound affect on quality of life. About half of all adults, or 117 million,
have one or more chronic health conditions and experience one or both of these symptoms. Individuals with
multiple chronic conditions account for 86% of all health care spending and use more health care services,
including hospital days, office visits, home health care and prescription drugs. The cost of fatigue due to
decreased productivity in the workplace is estimated to be $136 billion annually. The development of new
sensors and wireless technologies combined with powerful computer analysis providing information directly to
individuals using smart phones, watches, and tablet based computers is a significant advancement in
technology that can return control to individuals to continuously self-monitor symptoms and receive immediate
feedback on-demand to more effectively manage these symptoms. The University of Massachusetts Amherst
has the capacity to develop, test, and refine these new innovative technologies for use by individuals with
chronic health problems to significantly improve symptom self-management. The overall goal of the UManage
Center is to develop and refine interventions that can assist individuals with chronic conditions to effectively
manage fatigue and sleep disturbance by developing and improving new sensor technologies combined with
the power of real time computer based analysis and human factors engineering. The specific aims of the
Administrative Core are to: 1) Establish, build, and maintain the UManage Center infrastructure to secure long-
term continuation of Center activities directed at fostering subsequent grant funding, creating partnerships with
industry stakeholders, engaging community dwelling individuals, and building capacity of multidisciplinary
teams; 2) Direct and coordinate the oversight of the administrative functions of the UManage Center to provide
oversight of grant funds used by the Cores and Pilot Project Teams, to communicate with Core Directors and
mentor Pilot Project Teams; 3) Expand the research capacity of nurse scientists to design, develop, and
implement new technologies with teams at the leading edge of scientific discovery to advance symptom self-
management for individuals and families; 4) Optimize and leverage access and utilization of resources across
the UMass Amherst campus and the Center for Clinical Translational Science/CTSA at UMass Medical School;
5) Evaluate UManage Center activities including successful co...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924652
- **Project number:** 5P20NR016599-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
- **Principal Investigator:** CYNTHIA S JACELON
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $111,362
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924652

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924652, UManage Admin-Core (5P20NR016599-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924652. Licensed CC0.

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