R21/R33 CARG Infrastructure Grant

The overall goal of this NIA-funded five-year R21/R33 grant, “Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) Infrastructure Grant,” is: to develop a sustainable national research infrastructure to create and support significant and innovative projects addressing key interdisciplinary research questions at the aging and cancer interface.

SPECIFIC AIMS

• Solidify the infrastructure and expertise, in the form of Cores, needed to facilitate the design of impactful aging and cancer research based on U13 priorities
• Utilize the sustainable infrastructure to foster collaborations among a range of interdisciplinary investigators across the nation to accelerate innovative research in aging and cancer
• Support and guide high-priority research projects at the interface of aging and cancer to lay the foundation for competitive multi-site studies
• Identify, cultivate, and mentor investigators in aging and cancer research
• Disseminate through effective communication strategies the research findings and data-sharing opportunities to the larger community

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

William Dale, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine
City of Hope

Arti Hurria, MD
Principal Investigator
George Tsai Family Chair in Geriatric Oncology
City of Hope

Supriya Mohile, MD, MS
Principal Investigator
Professor of Medicine and Surgery James Wilmot Cancer Institute
University of Rochester

The 1st CARG Infrastructure Grant Conference was held on October 4-5th, 2018 at City of Hope, Duarte, CA. We have made available the summary slides to help provide additional details at the conference and the video recordings to the conference:

• SCOREboardPatient Advocate Board Presentation
• Building the Infrastructure
• Delphi Survey Results
• Welcome – Day 1 Introduction to the CARG Infrastructure Grant
• Conference Wrap-Up
• Core 1 and 2: Clinical and Biological Measures of Aging
• Core 3: Behavioral, Psychological, & Supportive Care Intervention
• Core 4: Care Delivery & Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Core 5: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, & Informatics
• Core 6: Dissemination and Communication