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National Institute on Aging 11/1/14 – 9/30/19

NIA 5P30AG048785-03.

Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions (RALI-Boston)

The overall goal of the Boston Roybal Center (BRC) is to develop and test behavior change strategies to promote healthy aging, especially among adults at high risk for poor health outcomes. The Boston Roybal Center will engage in the translation of research evidence to interventions that motivate and support sustained increases in physical activity.

Role:Ìý Co-Investigator, Co-Director of Core A.

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Santander Universities Foundation 7/1/11-6/30/18

International Partnerships in Social Welfare Doctoral Education

Established dual doctoral programs in social welfare with ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ and ITESO (Mexico City, Mexico), IBERO (Guadalajara, Mexico) and Alberto Hurtado (Santiago, Chile).

Role: PI

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John A. Hartford Foundation 1/1/13- 2/28/17

Hartford Academic Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work.

Grant establishes a Hartford Academic Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work at ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ.Ìý Funding is provided to support continuation of training MSW and PhD students in gerontology and geriatrics as well as creation of continuing education for social workers and other health practitioners working with older adults and their families.

Role: PI

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John A. Hartford Foundation 10/1/07- 6/30/14; 10/1/04- 9/30/09; 9/15/00- 9/14/06

Hartford Doctoral Fellows Program in Geriatric Social Work.

Grant established the Hartford Doctoral Fellows Program that seeks to identify and support pre-doctoral social work students interested in pursuing academic careers in areas related to improving health care of older adults.Ìý Funding provide dissertation support for 24 Doctoral Fellows selected through a nationally-competitive process. Fellows received extensive financial support, mentorship and networked support. This grant was refunded twice and given a no-cost extension enabling the awarding of a total of 104 Doctoral Fellowships supporting dissertation research.Ìý In addition 60 Pre-Dissertation Awardees received funding to help develop a dissertation proposal on aging. Ìý

Role: PI

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National Institute on Aging (NIA) 10/1/92 - 6/30/97

RO1-AG11182

Older Korean Americans: Social Support and Long Term Care.

The specific aim of this research was to conduct a longitudinal comparative study of the ways in which social networks and social support systems inhibit, moderate, or facilitate the utilization of long term care services (including both health and social services) among older Korean Americans and non-Hispanic whites.

Role: PI

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US Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 5/1/88 - 4/30/94

Medicare Screening and Health Promotion Trial.

The specific aim of this clinical trial was to evaluate the benefits of health promotion and disease prevention

among a community dwelling Medicare population. Subjects were randomly assigned to either a control group included annual telephone surveys about health status and activities or an experimental group that also included the annual health survey as well as an annual health promotion clinic with extensive screening and health education counseling as well as follow-up.

Role: PI (8/91-8/92) and Co-PI 5/88-7/91 & 9/92-4/94)

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