JHU OAIC Core Structure
JHU OAIC Cores
Please click the following sections for information on ongoing research and resources in each of the OAIC Cores:
| Leadership and Administrative Core |
Research Education Component | Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core |
| Scientific leadership, organization and infrastructure to lead and oversee the frailty-focused activities of the JHU OAIC. |
Research training, infrastructure, salary support and protected time to junior faculty who will become leaders and mentors in scholarship on frailty. |
Cutting-edge pilot and exploratory studies that advance the development of effective prevention and / or therapies for frailty. |
Resource Cores
| Resource Core 1: Biostatistics Core |
Resource Core 2: Biological Mechanisms Core |
Resource Core 3: Clinical Translation and Recruitment Core |
| Data analytic and management expertise, and the development of new methodologies, for research on frailty. |
State of the art expertise, infrastructure, and technology necessary to forward biological and etiological research related to frailty. |
Clinical research training, oversight, and support in developing and implementing clinical research studies among frail older adults. |
| Information Dissemination Core | ||
| Broad dissemination of frailty-relevant knowledge developed by this OAIC and others to researchers, clinicians, policy makers, students, older adults and their caregivers, & aging-related organizations. Please visit frailtyscience.org for more information. |
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