# USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health: Core D

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2020 · $275,629

## Abstract

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Abstract
The over-arching goal of the External Research Resources & Dissemination Core (RRDC) is to continue its
methodological innovation and broad service to the field of Biodemography by providing resources and
expertise needed to address critical barriers to improved biodemographic research – namely, the field’s on-
going need for comprehensive information on validated protocols for collection, processing and analysis of
biological specimens for use in large population survey studies. The USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography
and Population Health (CBPH)’s RRDC is uniquely well-positioned to support needed development of new
protocols and validation of new and existing protocols as a consequence of the clinical and laboratory
infrastructure and professional expertise we have in measurement and analysis of circulating biomarkers,
functional genomics/epigenetics and other indicators of health. The RRDC’s primary goals are to: (1) support
methodological/technical development and innovation along with validation work to extend the breadth of
biomarker and other relevant protocols for use in population-based surveys; (2) disseminate resulting
information on theoretical and practical aspects of biomarker measurement to the research community; and
(3) increase knowledge about functional genomics/epigenetics through workshops offered at strategic
professional meetings and training and technical support for functional genomics/epigenetic analysis. Through
these aims, the RRDC has made multiple, significant contributions to the field of biodemography as a whole.
For the next funding period, the RRDC will extend and expand its methodological and technical innovations
and its educational activities in response to the continuing need for well-validated protocols, strategic and
technical support for a growing array of biomarkers, and for dissemination of that information to the broader
population health research community. Building on our past success, the RRDC will pursue its aims through
two “sub-cores” – one focusing on functional genomics/epigenetics and the second on other biomarkers more
generally as well as two new proposed RRDC efforts: (i) providing cross-calibration specimens for use by
studies seeking to harmonize their biomarkers with other population health studies and (ii) developing and
disseminating new contextual data resources. The RRDC will also continue its various dissemination activities
in collaboration with other CBPH cores, including contributions to the CBPH website and participation in CBPH
presentations and meetings. Together, these sub-cores provide the unique expertise, equipment and methods
needed for work on functional genomics/epigenetics while also maintaining infrastructure to support
methodological and educational activities relating to a broader array of biomarkers. This dual focus allows the
RRDC to maximize our ability to achieve the overarching goal of developing enhanced research resources and
methods for research in b...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9939006
- **Project number:** 2P30AG017265-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Pinchas Cohen
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $275,629
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9939006

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9939006, USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health: Core D (2P30AG017265-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9939006. Licensed CC0.

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