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Clin-STAR Cores

The development and design of all Clin-STAR activities is overseen by three Cores

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- Leadership Core
- Mentoring and Career Development Core
- Research and Dissemination Core
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Task Force

Leadership Core

The Leadership Core is responsible for strategic planning, organization, sustainability, evaluation, resource allocation and ensuring the success of the Clin-STAR objectives.

Activities:

Chair
Thomas Gill, MD
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Co-Chair
Sara Espinoza, MD

Jennifer Brach, PhD

Christopher Carpenter, MD

Lona Mody, MD

Thomas Robinson, MD

Mentoring and Career Development Core

The Mentoring and Career Development Core connects junior investigators with mentors and career development resources.

Activities:

Chair
Kristine Yaffe, MD
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Co-Chair
Daniel E. Forman, MD

Harvey Jay Cohen, MD

Alison Moore, MD

Louise Walter, MD

Margaret "Gretchen" Schwarze, MD

Research and Dissemination Core

The Research and Dissemination Core coordinates outreach among investigators with shared research interests and provides aging research information, resources and tools.

Activities:
  • Issuing the Annual Pilot Awards
  • Overseeing the Mini-Sabbaticals
  • Providing access to expertise on research design and implementation
  • Promoting activities in high priority areas, including multimorbidity, ADRD, and geroscience
  • Providing access to expertise on research design and implementation including study conceptualization, integration of data management and biostatistics.
  • Developing and supporting content-focused interest groups

Chair
Jeremy Walston, MD
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Co-Chair
Zara Cooper, MD

Andrew Artz, MD

Malaz Boustani, MD

Karen Rose, PhD, MS, RN

Elena Volpi, MD

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Task Force

The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center has been awarded an NIH administrative supplement:

Engage, Support, Amplify: Applying DEIA Principles to Clin-STAR

The overall goals will be to leverage the opportunities and activities offered through Clin-STAR Coordinating Center and extend its reach by:

  • Enhancing and expanding current Clin-STAR activities with increased attention to and training of leaders and mentors in the concepts of DEIA, mentoring diverse transdisciplinary clinician-scientists, and expanding resources to address DEIA.
  • Piloting new initiatives and develop enduring training materials with a DEIA lens to understand and address the intersection of health disparities and aging research that will establish the foundation for broad implementation and sustainability.

Updates on the new and expanded programming will be available soon!

Project Lead and Chair

Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF

Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD

Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS

María J. Marquine, PhD