# Clinical Core

> **NIH NIH P01** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2020 · $206,022

## Abstract

Clinical Core: Summary/Abstract:
The Clinical Core of the Program Project Grant (PPG) is
responsible for cognitive and clinical evaluations for all participants enrolled in the PPG. The Clinical
Core coordinates and conducts neuropsychological testing, neurological exams, collects medical history
data, administers depression symptom questionnaires, and completes interviews about and rates levels
of daily functioning of participants. This information is used to make cognitive diagnostic classifications
in aging, specifically normal cognition vs. mild cognitive impairment vs. dementia. The Clinical Core
assigns diagnostic categories via a multidisciplinary consensus conference, which it organizes on a bi-
weekly basis. Diagnostic categories and cognitive measures are used by Projects 1, 2, 3, and 4 for initial
study screening and as key cognitive outcomes in the Aims of the PPG. The Clinical Core transfers all
cognitive and clinical data collected to the Imaging, Methodology and Statistics Core and assists in
merging clinical data with neuroimaging data. Finally the Clinical Core will recruit and coordinate new
autopsy cases in support of Project 3.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9927983
- **Project number:** 5P01AG025204-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** BETH SNITZ
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $206,022
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9927983

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9927983, Clinical Core (5P01AG025204-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9927983. Licensed CC0.

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