# Innovative Network

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2020 · $206,620

## Abstract

EXTERNAL INNOVATION NETWORK CORE: PROJECT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY
The overall goal of this External Innovative Network Core (EINC) is to develop innovative research networks on
longitudinal investigations of healthy aging behaviors (HABs) that enhance research within CHABLIS and the
broader research community. We will accomplish this through a) support of workshops and webinars; b)
collaboration on pilot projects and grant applications; c) harmonization of data collection across studies and
settings; and d) development and application of novel research resources (e.g., new survey instruments and
approaches to data analysis). This will be achieved through the CHABLIS Research Network (CHABLIS-RN)
that spans the Center’s activities. We will also engage in outreach activities that encourage and nurture the
development and diversity of researchers engaged in CHABLIS, to underrepresented minorities, people with
disabilities, and those from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, and
will provide technical assistance to researchers in using CHABLIS data and resources.
To maximize CHABLIS’ impact, we propose to build both CHABLIS-RN, that will span the Center’s range of
activities, and more focused networks within CHABLIS-RN. As an example, we describe a Comprehensive
Care Research Network (CCRN) within CHABLIS-RN that will promote research on the Comprehensive Care
Physician (CCP) and Comprehensive Care Community and Culture (C4P) models. Findings to date suggest
CCP/C4P have exceptional potential to address medical and unmet social needs of older adults at increased
risk of hospitalization, with a broad range of research opportunities to better understand and maximize their
potential impact on older adults. CCP/C4P also provide rich opportunities to connect to other longitudinal
interventions to promote healthy aging, including a study we will soon begin of the effects of free dental care
for older adults and an ongoing study of the effects of preemptive pharmacogenetic testing on prescribing and
outcomes. One key goal is to introduce these novel data sources to demographers and economists whose
interests lie in health care experiences, and the potential of the health care setting to address the myriad
challenges related to socioeconomic disadvantage. Area-based studies such as CCP/C4P and national-
representative population based projects like the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) differ
in approach but, at their core, both aim to elucidate how, and to what extent, the social world matters for
health. We believe too little is shared between clinically oriented studies such as CCP/C4P and nationally-
representative social surveys such as NSHAP. We aim to amend that through the work of CHABLIS-RN.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9942167
- **Project number:** 1P30AG066619-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID O MELTZER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $206,620
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9942167

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9942167, Innovative Network (1P30AG066619-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9942167. Licensed CC0.

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