Using an Experimental Medicine Approach to Design Behavioral Interventions for Older Adults Living Alone with Cognitive Decline: Guidance for Preparing Proposals to the ASU Roybal Center Webinar

Sep 18, 2025 11:00 AM MST

The ASU Roybal Center funds NIH Stage 0–IV behavioral trials focused on developing and testing technology-enabled lifestyle interventions for older adults living alone with cognitive decline. Funded trials apply a mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) approach to identify and test the specific processes or pathways through which interventions are expected influence behavior. This webinar will provide an overview of the Center’s funding priorities and offer guidance on preparing proposals and designing trials that align with the Center’s mission and scope.

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Empowering Older Adults Living Alone with Cognitive Decline: Scientific Foci of the ASU Roybal Center Webinar

Aug 26, 2025 10:00 AM MST

Join the ASU Roybal Center webinar led by Fang Yu, Director of the Center, as she explains the Center’s scientific foci on supporting older adults living alone with cognitive decline through Mechanisms of Behavior Change (MoBC) and technology-enabled behavioral interventions within the context of the NIH Stage Model and Health Disparities Framework. This session will be particularly informative to investigators who are considering to submit a Letter of Intent for the Center’s Call for Trials.

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StARS Learning Collaborative: NIA Data LINKAGE Program

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 10:30 AM CST / 11:30 AM EST

What is the NIA Data LINKAGE Program (LINKAGE)? How can it help our organization enhance data integration related to dementia care services? How might LINKAGE be useful to a StARS-funded proposal? 

Join Susan Siford, Project Director of NIA Data LINKAGE Program, and Irim Azam, Social and Behavioral Science Administrator at the National Institute on Aging, to learn more about LINKAGE and its utility in advancing data integration.

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