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Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions

Award Number: P30AG048785
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2014
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2026

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Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions - The overall goal of the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions (RALI Boston) is to develop and test behavior change strategies to promote healthy aging, especially among sedentary adults and others at high risk for poor health outcomes. It is widely known that physical activity is broadly beneficial for physical, psychological, and cognitive aspects of health. However, the number of middle-aged and older adults who are regularly active remains quite low. This RALI Boston renewal application focuses on theme #2 from the RFA: “Physical activity promotion to create, modify and pilot test principle-based interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity.” The specific aims of the project are to: 1) conduct innovative clinical trials based on solid research evidence and using the NIH Stage Model that can be translated to increase physical activity in middle-aged and older adults as a means to healthy aging, 2) advance research on behavior change processes in intervention research by identifying and testing the mechanisms that lead to increases in physical activity and improved health and well-being, 3) provide the necessary scientific expertise and resources to facilitate innovative interdisciplinary research and translation by leading and coordinating projects across five universities and community organizations. These aims will be accomplished through two cores, the Management and Administration Core and the Pilot Core. We will develop novel behavior change strategies, evaluate how they work in clinical trials with different vulnerable populations, and assess whether they lead to sustained changes in physical activity, using well-validated measures that are available to investigators in our RALI Toolbox. Ultimately, we will use the information gained to refine the techniques and update our conceptual framework, and will develop and test full scale translational interventions designed to improve activity, health and quality of life among middle-aged and older adults. The Center is distinguished by a number of innovative features: It 1) recognizes the multiple influences on human behavior that interact in complex ways and applies a unique multi-component model of behavior change; 2) uses a personalized approach and adapts the proposed interventions according to the individual characteristics and contextual circumstances of the person; 3) expands our focus to include basic neural mechanisms and other mediators of behavior change by employing novel imaging methods and noninvasive electrical stimulation; 4) focuses on underserved, vulnerable populations of middle-aged and elderly adults at risk for poor health outcomes and partners with community organizations serving diverse middle-aged and older adults who will benefit from the Center activities; 5) uses a common core of behavioral measures that will enable us to compare results of different pilot study interventions; 6) has successfully engaged a committed, interdisciplinary team of senior investigators who bring multiple professional perspectives and extensive resources from five universities: Brandeis U, Boston U., Boston College, Northeastern U., Harvard Medical School/Hebrew Senior Life.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	10	6/2/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	10	10/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $554,197 )
2023	2023	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	002	10	5/15/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$554,197
2023	2023	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	004	10	9/4/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2023	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	003	10	8/25/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	9	10/26/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	001	9	11/22/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $554,197

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $554,197 )
2022	2022	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	002	9	8/11/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2022	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	001	9	7/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$554,197
2022	2021	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	8	12/15/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $554,197

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $554,197 )
2021	2021	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	002	8	8/6/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$554,197
2021	2020	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	7	11/6/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2020	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	001	7	1/21/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $554,197

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $551,352 )
2020	2020	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	003	7	5/20/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$551,352
2020	2019	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	002	6	1/22/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2019	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	001	6	1/16/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$86,977
2020	2018	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	5	1/16/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$86,977
														Subtotal = $551,352

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $621,798 )
2019	2019	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	002	6	8/27/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$621,798
2019	2018	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	001	5	8/23/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2019	2018	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	5	2/28/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $621,798

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $289,874 )
2018	2018	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	5	7/13/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$289,874
														Subtotal = $289,874

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $296,708 )
2017	2017	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SOUTH ST	WALTHAM	MA	02453	MIDDLESEX	USA	Aging Research	000	4	7/7/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$296,708
														Subtotal = $296,708

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $446,101 )
2016	2016	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SO ST, 119 BERNSTEIN-MARCU	WALTHAM	MA	02254		USA	Aging Research	000	3	6/13/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$290,189
2016	2016	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SO ST, 119 BERNSTEIN-MARCU	WALTHAM	MA	02254		USA	Aging Research	001	3	9/2/2016	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$155,912
														Subtotal = $446,101

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $287,684 )
2015	2015	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SO ST, 119 BERNSTEIN-MARCU	WALTHAM	MA	02254		USA	Aging Research	000	2	6/9/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$287,684
														Subtotal = $287,684

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $384,605 )
2014	2014	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SO ST, 119 BERNSTEIN-MARCU	WALTHAM	MA	02254		USA	Aging Research	000	1	9/18/2014	NEW	$334,792
2014	2014	BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY	415 SO ST, 119 BERNSTEIN-MARCU	WALTHAM	MA	02254		USA	Aging Research	001	1	9/20/2014	NEW	$49,813
														Subtotal = $384,605

Grand Total All Awards = $4,540,713

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Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions

Award Number: P30AG048785

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2014

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2026

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