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Mentoring Researchers in Aging in Vulnerable Populations

Award Number: K24AG046372
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/15/2015
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2025

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Mentoring Researchers in Aging in Vulnerable Populations - Project Summary Dr. Kushel is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP). Trained as a general internist and health services researcher, Dr. Kushel has mentored numerous individuals at various levels of training over the past decade. She has done this while building a thriving research program focused on aging in vulnerable populations, with a particular focus on the growing population of older adults experiencing homelessness. She is currently funded by the NIA to fund the HOPE HOME Study, a cohort study of adults who are 50 and older and homeless at study entry who her team has been following since enrollment in 2013-2014. During her initial K24 award period, she received additional NIA funding, including an R01 to examine family relationships in homeless older adults and an R34 to develop advance care planning materials for formerly homeless older adults living in permanent supportive housing. She mentored 39 trainees, and published 45 papers, the vast majority with mentees as first author. With the renewal of her K24 award, she will extend her research program by adding a focus on sleep in older adults with an experience of homelessness, continue her efforts to mentor junior investigators who study aging in vulnerable populations, and redouble her efforts to mentor trainees from backgrounds underrepresented in research. The overall aims of this K24 renewal proposal are: (1) Using HOPE HOME longitudinal data, examine the association of individual (e.g. health status), behaviors (e.g. substance use), social (e.g. relationships) and environmental (e.g. housing status and environment) with poor sleep in older homeless-experienced adults; (2) Using qualitative methods, examine barriers and facilitators of sleep quality in older-homeless experienced adults; (3) Using participatory design, develop a toolkit for homeless system and housing providers to promote sleep in older homeless adults. The mentoring goals of this award include increasing Dr. Kushel’s expertise in mentoring researchers from groups historically underrepresented in biomedical sciences. The K24 would insure sufficient time to pursue this next phase in Dr. Kushel's research while protecting time to devote to mentoring investigators in aging research for vulnerable populations. She has designed complementary research and mentoring plans to create a synergistic effect of mentoring and research. The proposed mentoring, research, and career development activities leverage existing infrastructure, resources, and training initiatives provided by NIH including the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), SF Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD), MSTAR, the National Clinician Scholars Program and several of UCSF’s T32 supported research fellowships including the Primary Care Research and Aging Research Fellowships.


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 = $188,616 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	10	2/19/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$188,616
														Subtotal = $188,616

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $188,616 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	9	12/11/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$188,616
														Subtotal = $188,616

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $188,616 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	8	12/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$188,616
														Subtotal = $188,616

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $188,616 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	7	1/10/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$188,616
														Subtotal = $188,616

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $188,616 )
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	003	6	1/30/2021	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$22,014
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	005	6	7/26/2021	COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$22,014
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	001	6	12/22/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$188,616
2021	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	5	12/10/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	006	5	8/17/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	002	5	1/30/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$22,014
2021	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	004	5	7/26/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$22,014
														Subtotal = $188,616

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2020	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	5	8/26/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $185,824 )
2019	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	5	4/5/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$185,824
														Subtotal = $185,824

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $185,824 )
2018	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 420	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	4	4/4/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$185,824
														Subtotal = $185,824

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $185,824 )
2017	2017	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	3	4/27/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$185,824
														Subtotal = $185,824

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $185,824 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO	BOX 0812	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	2	3/25/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$185,824
														Subtotal = $185,824

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $185,824 )
2015	2015	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO	BOX 0812	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Aging Research	000	1	5/5/2015	NEW	$185,824
														Subtotal = $185,824

Grand Total All Awards = $1,872,200

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Mentoring Researchers in Aging in Vulnerable Populations

Award Number: K24AG046372

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/15/2015

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2025

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