# University of Florida Resource Center for Minority Aging Research

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · 2020 · $343,750

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Chronic pain conditions represent arguably the most prevalent and costly public health problem in the United
States, and they are the leading cause of disability worldwide. While pain affects individuals throughout the
lifespan, older adults are disproportionately impacted and are at particularly increased risk for chronic pain and
pain-related disability. Surprisingly, knowledge regarding the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying age-
related increases in pain remains quite limited, therefore, increased research is needed to elucidate social and
behavioral contributions to pain and disability among older adults. A critical barrier to progress in this area of
research is the limited availability of investigators with appropriate interdisciplinary training in addressing later
life pain and disability. With strong institutional support, the University of Florida (UF) Resource Center for
Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) will be established to address these scientific and workforce development
needs. The UF RCMAR has an educational objective to provide outstanding training and career development
opportunities to promising investigators from underrepresented backgrounds. The UF RCMAR's research
objective is to conduct innovative and impactful transdisciplinary social and behavioral research addressing pain
and disability among older adults, including health disparities in later life pain and disability (e.g. racial and ethnic
differences, sex and gender differences, and socioeconomic influences). The UF RCMAR will accomplish these
objectives through the synergistic efforts of four Cores: an Administrative Core (AC), a Research Education
Component (REC), an Analysis Core (AnC), and a Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC). In
addition, the UF RCMAR will benefit from extensive collaborations with other UF entities, including The UF Pain
Research & Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE), the UF Institute on Aging (IOA), and the UF Clinical and
Translational Science Institute (CTSI). The UF RCMAR boasts an outstanding interdisciplinary group of Core
Faculty with expertise spanning the spectrum of clinical and translational research related to our theme of
biopsychosocial contributions to pain and disability among older adults. In order to accomplish its objectives, the
UF RCMAR will recruit and retain outstanding early stage investigators from unrepresented backgrounds and
provide them with excellent mentoring and career development support. Through its research activities, the UF
RCMAR will produce novel and important information regarding social and behavioral contributors to pain and
disability in older adults, and will develop and test innovative interventions to reduce later life pain and disability.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9967943
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059297-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** Roger B Fillingim
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $343,750
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-30 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9967943

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9967943, University of Florida Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (5P30AG059297-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9967943. Licensed CC0.

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