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Modelers and Storytellers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Community Health Intervention Research

Award Number: R25NR022230
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2030

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Modelers and Storytellers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Community Health Intervention Research - PROJECT ABSTRACT The accumulation of epidemiologic evidence on the roles that policies, systems and environments (PSE) play in influencing health behaviors such as eating and physical activity has led to increased interest in applying the socio-ecological framework and community-engaged approaches to the development of “multi-level interventions” targeting at-risk communities. Evaluation of such innovative interventions, often to address social determinants of health and reduce health disparities, is often challenged as it may be impractical to use the ‘gold-standard’ cluster randomized trial design. Further, the social and behavioral science theories that provide the foundation for the development of interventions may be overlooked when efforts are made to scale-up an intervention. Systems science methods, which have been used to investigate complex causal mechanisms, have been proposed as an alternative for evaluating such interventions. However, their application, which typically involves computational modeling, requires researchers from disparate disciplines to integrate their knowledge and skills at a level that can be difficult to attain. The proposed summer research education program aims to create a learning environment that will support the training of researchers from diverse disciplines to collaborate effectively with each other and with community stakeholders, with the goal of accelerating the translation of research into practice. Specifically, over four summers, it will (i) provide 100 researchers (pre-docs, postdocs, investigators) interested in addressing social determinants of health, with the basic knowledge and skills necessary for applying systems science, data science and AI methods, while also (ii) providing more advanced knowledge and skills to apply either of these methods as well as foundational knowledge of social and behavioral science theories and approaches, to researchers in quantitative methods-focused disciplines (such as math, computer science, biostatistics). In addition, this program will also (iii) provide a one-week practicum to 20 of the 100 trainees who are interested in gaining hands-on experience in working with large datasets. The proposed program will consist of two components: (i) a 12-day curriculum consisting of virtual didactic sessions with learning activities; and (ii) a 1-week practicum for a subset of trainees who will work closely with each other to build and refine agent-based models and interpret results for policy- makers with the engagement of community stakeholders. The recruitment and selection plan will be developed with an Advisory Committee providing guidance and oversight. To create the learning environment for this training program, we will select applicants to create a multidisciplinary cohort with various lived experiences.


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 = $216,000 )
2026	2026	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Nursing Research	000	5	8/14/2026	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$216,000
														Subtotal = $216,000

Grand Total All Awards = $216,000

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Modelers and Storytellers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Community Health Intervention Research

Award Number: R25NR022230

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2030

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