# Core F: Research Education Component (RL5)

> **NIH NIH P30** · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $98,746

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – RESEARCH EDUCATION COMPONENT
The overall goal of the Research Education Component (REC) is to increase the number of high quality
investigators engaged in transformative interdisciplinary aging research. Recent advances, particularly the
application of high throughput biochemical and molecular techniques and novel approaches to integrate
multilevel and multiethnic data, offer an unprecedented opportunity for scientific progress but also pose unique
challenges for investigators engaged in aging research. Optimization of emerging methodologies in high
impact research requires talented scientists capable of sharing knowledge and methodologies across
disciplines. Truly interdisciplinary research can be difficult to accomplish, however. Barriers include limited
shared knowledge among investigators from diverse disciplines and changing dynamics in the field; junior
investigators increasingly hold expertise in emerging methodologies but often lack a full appreciation of their
potential to address critical gaps in knowledge, and senior investigators with a deep understanding of these
gaps are often unfamiliar with emerging methodologies. New integrative and multidirectional learning
opportunities (i.e., learning flows from investigators of all levels across disciplines and institutions) are needed
to facilitate efficient knowledge transfer and productive partnership among diverse investigators. The REC will
capitalize on a highly multidisciplinary faculty and implement an integrative and multidirectional approach to
facilitate truly interdisciplinary aging research with a focus on emerging methodologies and high priority areas
such as health disparities. Toward this end, the REC will provide cross-disciplinary training in key disciplines
relevant to aging and link this to new training in emerging methodologies and health disparities research using
the highly unique clinical, biologic and biospecimen data generated at Rush. The REC will work with all other
Rush ADCC Cores to implement and oversee a variety of educational activities, including 1) a monthly
Neuroepidemiology of Aging Seminar; 2) intensive mini-internship training in emerging methodologies and
health disparities, 3) participation in the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center annual Aging Research Forum, 4)
use of a novel platform, Synergy Landscapes, to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations, and 5) individualized
mentoring. Through careful integration with the other Rush ADCC Cores, the REC will develop skilled
interdisciplinary investigators capable of leveraging contemporary approaches in high impact aging and
Alzheimer’s disease research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9977096
- **Project number:** 5P30AG010161-30
- **Recipient organization:** RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** PATRICIA A BOYLE
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $98,746
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9977096

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9977096, Core F: Research Education Component (RL5) (5P30AG010161-30). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9977096. Licensed CC0.

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