# Pilot Project Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2020 · $184,297

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: PILOT PROJECTS CORE
The goal of the Precision in Symptom Self-Management (PriSSM) Center is to advance the science of
symptom self-management for the Latino population through a social ecological lens that takes into account
variability in individual, interpersonal, organizational, and environmental factors across the life course. Within
the context of the overall specific aims of the PriSSM Center, the aims of the Pilot Projects Core are to:
 1. Establish, refine, and maintain the Pilot Projects Core sociotechnical infrastructure for the development,
 selection, and implementation of six symptom self-management pilot projects,
 2. Enhance the competence of pilot project investigators and other Center investigators in biobehavioral
 research for symptom self-management,
 3. Provide expertise and guidance to pilot project investigators and other Center investigators on symptom
 self-management, interdisciplinary collaboration, biobehavioral approaches, study design and
 implementation, and selection of measures and data sources, and
 4. Support the implementation of the pilot project components of the formative and summative evaluation
plan.
The Pilot Projects Core is designed to function in synchrony with the Administrative and Precision Medicine
Cores. Together they provide the guidance and resources required by eligible nurse scientists to develop and
lead the six proposed pilot projects, to conduct these studies efficiently, and to use the results to yield a
foundation for an evolving body of knowledge and programs of biobehavioral research in symptom self-
management for Latinos. To address the learning needs of Pilot Project Principal Investigators, the Pilot
Projects Core will support the creation of tailored learning plans and identification of relevant training resources
for symptom science, precision approaches, cultural awareness of Latino health needs, and translating and
disseminating findings to the range of stakeholders represented by investigators, study participants, funders,
and the Latino community. These efforts will be enabled by use of infrastructure, including the management
and regulatory processes in the Administrative Core, and scientific expertise of PriSSM Center investigators,
as well as the Precision Medicine Resource of Columbia's Clinical and Translational Science Award, the Irving
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. The expertise and coordinated efforts of the Pilot Projects
Core will ensure the building of increased biobehavioral research capacity in symptom self-management in a
manner consistent with the National Institutes of Health Symptom Science Model. This increase in research
capacity will advance the science of symptom self-management for Latinos.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9951140
- **Project number:** 5P30NR016587-05
- **Recipient organization:** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** MARY Woods BYRNE
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $184,297
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9951140

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9951140, Pilot Project Core (5P30NR016587-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9951140. Licensed CC0.

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