# External Resources and Dissemination Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $289,021

## Abstract

Project Abstract (Research Resources Core)
The Research Resources Core (RRC) will support the overarching objective of the CAPRA to accelerate and
expand multidisciplinary population-based AD/ADRD research by the development of robust research
resources. This core will be dedicated to advancing large population-based research using a variety of rich
secondary data sources in order to uncover and shed light on the complex and intertwined social, economic,
and health systems effects of AD/ADRD. However, undertaking such analyses requires that researchers
understand and surmount specific challenges, including: identifying relevant cohorts of older adults with
demonstrated cognitive decline and/or dementia; monitoring short-term and long-term outcomes; and
appreciating the local care-delivery environment. Through this core, we will package, create, and facilitate
access to databases that help researchers identify relevant cohorts, outcomes of interest, and community
factors—to help lower the barriers to their entry to the AD/ADRD research community. Data sources for
AD/ADRD research that will be leveraged include Medicare administrative and assessment data, the Health
and Retirement Study, the Michigan Long-term Services & Supports Data Archive and relevant publicly
available population-based national health surveys. Research-identifiable Medicare and assessment data is
both expensive to acquire and requires considerable analyst training; therefore, research with such data are
often out-of-reach for researchers. However, simply facilitating access for researchers to Medicare and other
large, complex health and healthcare datasets is not sufficient to ensure researchers can conduct rigorous and
impactful research, particularly among early stage researchers or those new to AD/ADRD research. In this
core, we will lower barriers and make high-quality data functionally accessible to AD/ADRD researchers by
providing training products, aggregate data, and algorithms relevant to the field. In doing so, the RRC will also
develop and disseminate a series of innovative research training activities, including the Current Topics in
Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Research podcast & blog (the “CAPRAcast”) and a webinar series devoted
to training AD/ADRD researchers (the “CAPRAclass”). We will leverage the expansive, multidisciplinary
AD/ADRD research expertise at the University of Michigan and partnered external collaborators to develop
resources necessary to support a wide array of AD/ADRD research. The RRC will support and foster
multidisciplinary, population-based AD/ADRD research by the development of rigorous AD/ADRD-specific
training, the creation and dissemination of research tools, and the provision of access to high-quality data. In
this way the core will work synergistically with the other CAPRA cores by providing robust AD/ADRD research
resources and training that support the overarching center aims.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9938871
- **Project number:** 1P30AG066582-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew A Davis
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $289,021
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9938871

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9938871, External Resources and Dissemination Core (1P30AG066582-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9938871. Licensed CC0.

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