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Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research: Yael Schenker, MD, MAS

Award Number: K24AG070285
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/15/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2025

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Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research: Yael Schenker, MD, MAS - ABSTRACT: The growing population of older adults with advanced cancer experiences significant public health problems, including steep declines in quality of life, receipt of care that does not reflect patients' values and preferences, and high rates of caregiver burden. Inadequate attention to patient priorities and age-related concerns (e.g., function, cognition, and social support)—contribute to morbidity in this population. The emerging field of geriatric palliative care seeks to address age-related concerns and align care with patient goals over the trajectory of chronic and serious illness. The overarching goal of this K24 proposal is to enhance the candidate's mentorship of students, fellows, and junior faculty pursuing geriatric palliative care research, with a particular focus on identifying unmet geriatric palliative care needs and developing and testing interventions to improve quality of life and goal-concordant care for older patients with advanced cancer. As a successful mid-career investigator with a track record of leading successful palliative intervention trials with seriously ill older patients, the candidate is well-positioned to mentor the next generation of aging researchers. This award will leverage an outstanding longitudinal dataset of over 400 audio-recorded `primary' palliative care visits with older patients with advanced cancer and longitudinal patient- and caregiver-reported outcomes to explore optimal geriatric palliative care intervention designs. The research aims are to (1) characterize communication about age-related concerns in primary palliative care visits with older adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers; (2) identify missed opportunities for addressing age- related concerns in primary palliative care visits for older adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers; and (3) refine a conceptual model for primary palliative care delivery that incorporates age- related concerns and can be optimized to improve quality of life for older adults with advanced cancer. The K24 award will provide protected time for the candidate to update and expand her mentorship program, building bridges between researchers in geriatrics, palliative care and oncology. She will leverage outstanding aging research and mentoring resources available at the University of Pittsburgh; learn new skills to foster inquiry, wellbeing and resilience among trainees; and create a Junior Faculty Visiting Professor Program for geriatric palliative care researchers. This proposal is significant and innovative because it will support new clinical investigators using novel mentoring techniques and develop pilot data to inform large-scale trials addressing deficiencies in quality of care for a burgeoning population of older adults with advanced cancer. It is highly feasible because the candidate is a committed mentor with ongoing R01 funding, from an outstanding research environment with strong geriatrics programs and a large pool of potential mentees.


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: 2026 ( Subtotal = -$81,510 )
2026	2025	DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	777 BANNOCK ST	DENVER	CO	80204	DENVER	USA	Aging Research	001	6	3/19/2026	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$92,087
2026	2025	DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	777 BANNOCK ST	DENVER	CO	80204	DENVER	USA	Aging Research	002	6	3/25/2026	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2026	2025	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	003	5	6/17/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2026	2025	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	000	5	3/11/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$173,597
														Subtotal = -$81,510

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $184,580 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	000	5	7/25/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$184,580
														Subtotal = $184,580

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $184,580 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	000	4	3/12/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$184,580
														Subtotal = $184,580

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $184,580 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	000	3	3/29/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$184,580
														Subtotal = $184,580

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $184,580 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THE	4200 5TH AVE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	000	2	3/15/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$184,580
														Subtotal = $184,580

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $184,460 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THE	4200 5TH AVE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Aging Research	000	1	4/9/2021	NEW	$184,460
														Subtotal = $184,460

Grand Total All Awards = $841,270

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Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research: Yael Schenker, MD, MAS

Award Number: K24AG070285

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/15/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2025

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