# Research Education Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · 2020 · $190,111

## Abstract

Research and Education Component (REC): Summary
The overall goal of the Research Education Component (REC) of the Boston OAIC is to train future
independent research scientists who have the knowledge and the skill to translate fundamental mechanisms of
disease and disability into novel interventions that can improve the health, physical function, and well-being of
people as they age. The REC will achieve this by selecting the most promising early career scientists from
clinical and basic science disciplines, and providing them with both collective and individual educational
activities, research experiences, mentoring, and career guidance that will enable them to acquire future career
development or research awards and ultimately become leaders in translational research devoted to the
discovery of function promoting therapies (FPTs). The REC's specific aims are as follows:
1. To select at least 3 talented early investigators from diverse clinical and basic science disciplines who have
strong potential to become independent investigators devoted to translational research.
2. To provide these trainees with a two-year mentored interdisciplinary research experience focused on the
development of function-promoting therapies for people as they age.
3. To enhance the career development of these trainees through research seminars and lectures, formal
coursework in relevant curricular areas, participation in OAIC's scholarly activities, and specific training in the
importance of diversity in science and the protection of human and/or animal subjects.
By the conclusion of the proposed 5-year funding period, we will have completed the training of at least 6 new
investigators in the field of aging (and initiated the training of 3 more), who will acquire the necessary research
experience and skills to generate and test new hypotheses regarding FPTs and compete successfully for
independent funding for their future research. These individuals will enhance the nation's workforce with future
leaders who will continue to develop new interventions to promote physical function in old age, and also train
the next generation of investigators to continue important work on this important theme.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9964646
- **Project number:** 5P30AG031679-10
- **Recipient organization:** BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** LEWIS LIPSITZ
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $190,111
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9964646

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9964646, Research Education Core (5P30AG031679-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9964646. Licensed CC0.

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