National Institute on Aging 5P30AG028741-17

Population Data Use and Management Core

Award to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI for the Population Data Use and Management Core to support research on aging, dementia, and health disparities using population-based data sources, with an award amount of $207,071 for funding year 2026.

Description

The Mount Sinai Older American Independence Center (MS-OAIC) aims to improve the independence and quality of life for older adults with serious illness, focusing on dementia, implementation science, and health disparities. The Population Data Use and Management Core (RC-PDM) provides technical and analytic support for investigators using population-based data sources such as NHATS, HRS, MCBS, and Medicare claims. These datasets capture demographic, socioeconomic, health, functional, household, and regional information of older adults along the life course, supporting research on drivers and outcomes of serious illness. RC-PDM coordinates consulting programs for data access, regulatory navigation, dataset-specific analysis, and direct analytic support. It has developed technical resources for data requests, IRB applications, and data management. The core plans to expand data resources by adding datasets like NY State SPARCS, clinical databases on geriatric and palliative care, industry datasets on healthcare mergers, and data on older adults with dementia from clinics nationwide. It will support projects to create regional measures linked to MCBS, develop new data resources on insurance benefits and costs for Medicare Advantage enrollees, and assist early career scientists in accessing secondary data. The goal is to facilitate impactful research to improve the lives of older adults with serious illness.

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