# Clinical Translation and Recruitment Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $78,504

## Abstract

Resource Core 3 (RC3) Clinical Translational and Recruitment Core: Project Summary
The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) proposes to offer a
resource core entitled Clinical Translational and Recruitment Core, or Resource Core 3 (RC3). This core
was designed to accelerate the translation of important biological findings related to frailty into clinical
studies, and because of the need to train and support junior investigators proposing clinical investigations in
frail, older adults. This initiative is closely aligned with the JHU Division of Geriatric Medicine and
Gerontology's goals of integrating frailty-related research into clinical practice, and will be in part funded by
divisional philanthropic resources. The specific aims of RC3 are 1) to provide supported OAIC investigators
with comprehensive training and mentorship in clinical research, 2) to provide the oversight necessary to
ensure optimal and safe performance of clinical studies, 3) to provide clinical research space and
assistance with all aspects as needed of protocol development, data collection, and recruitment of human
subjects, 4) to maintain and grow an active registry of older adults characterized for frailty and consented
to be contacted for additional aging and frailty related studies. The recruitment of a new core leader who
has considerable clinical research expertise in aging and HIV-related metabolic studies will facilitate the
development, implementation, and conduct of both clinical physiological studies and clinical trials in this
core. A highly skilled and experienced research program manager with expertise in minority recruitment
and in the measurement of frailty and mobility, along with a team of experienced recruiters, will facilitate the
completion of these aims. These aims will be carried out in close collaboration with the leaders of all other
resource cores. Additional resources are provided by the JHU Institute of Clinical and Translational
Research (ICTR), which will help to ensure optimal study design, implementation, biological measurement,
and interpretation of results, and Fast Forward, a translationally-focused unit at JHU will facilitate health
technology development. This core will play a crucial role in the training of junior investigators engaged in
REC activities and in pilot/exploratory studies, and provide materials to disseminate through the new
Information Dissemination Core (IDC). If successful, RC3 will accelerate the pace of translation of the
important biological findings being generated in this OAIC into frailty-related clinical studies that focus on
the maintenance of independence in older adults.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9965704
- **Project number:** 5P30AG021334-18
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** TODD T BROWN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $78,504
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9965704

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9965704, Clinical Translation and Recruitment Core (5P30AG021334-18). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9965704. Licensed CC0.

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