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Midcareer Mentoring Award for Patient-Oriented Research in Aging

Award Number: K24AG047908
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/15/2014
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/28/2025

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Midcareer Mentoring Award for Patient-Oriented Research in Aging - Decades of evidence has found that despite the very high cost of health care in the US, older Americans routinely receive care that is suboptimal. While there have been enormous efforts to reform health care delivery through policy and payment reform to optimize the cost-quality tradeoff, relatively little is known about whether these changes have achieved the goal of improving care for older Americans and, if not, how to improve them so that they do. My current research makes innovative use of national datasets to conduct rigorous evaluations of the impact of these policies on the care provided to older adults. In addition to its methodological rigor, my research takes a real-world approach, evaluating outcomes that matter to both patients and providers. To date, I have conducted high-impact research examining the effect of health care policies on older adults, focusing in particular on improving quality measurement, evaluating whether policies and incentives aimed at improving quality and value are effective, and assessing which aspects of these measures and incentives work versus don't work. This research has provided practical lessons on ways to improve quality improvement initiatives and has helped inform the planning and implementation of new innovative delivery systems designed to improve patient care. It has also had a significant impact on clinical practice and policy for older adults. I am to continue conducting this research. Looking forward, I aim to expand my research program to examine the impact of health care policies and payment reform on older adults with dementia, a group that is particularly vulnerable and may experience numerous unintended consequences from payment reform; and to use my research program to train and mentor new investigators in the field of improving health care delivery for older adults. Thus, the specific aims of this proposal are: (1) To conduct high-quality research examining the impact of health care policies and delivery systems on quality of care for older adults with chronic and complex illness, with the goal of expanding this research to examining these effects in person with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; and (2) To use my research as a platform to mentor new investigators in improving health care delivery for older adults, to help them become independent investigators and support the expansion of the field with well-trained patient-oriented researchers in aging. My overall objective is to improve the quality of care for older adults with chronic and complex diseases. Ultimately, my ongoing and proposed research, coupled with my mentorship program to train outstanding investigators in the field, will help address the critical need to reform the health care delivery system to efficiently improve quality for the millions of aging Americans who are in need of better care.


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: 2024 ( Subtotal = $194,955 )
2024	2024	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	001	10	5/30/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2024	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	10	3/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$194,955
														Subtotal = $194,955

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $194,955 )
2023	2023	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	9	2/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$194,955
														Subtotal = $194,955

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $194,955 )
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	8	3/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$194,955
														Subtotal = $194,955

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $194,955 )
2021	2021	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	002	7	1/27/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$194,955
2021	2020	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	001	6	11/10/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$4,827
2021	2019	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	5	11/10/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$4,827
														Subtotal = $194,955

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $194,955 )
2020	2020	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	6	3/27/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$194,955
														Subtotal = $194,955

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $210,284 )
2019	2019	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	5	6/24/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$210,284
														Subtotal = $210,284

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $210,284 )
2018	2018	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	4	6/15/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$210,284
														Subtotal = $210,284

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2017	2016	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	3	7/3/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $210,284 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	3	5/20/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$210,284
														Subtotal = $210,284

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $210,284 )
2015	2015	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	2	5/7/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$210,284
														Subtotal = $210,284

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $210,284 )
2014	2014	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Aging Research	000	1	9/11/2014	NEW	$210,284
														Subtotal = $210,284

Grand Total All Awards = $2,026,195

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Midcareer Mentoring Award for Patient-Oriented Research in Aging

Award Number: K24AG047908

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/15/2014

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/28/2025

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