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Paul McNamara from University Advancement guides faculty through grant writing resources.

The purpose of the Interdisciplinary Aging Research Core at CHAMP is to facilitate research to understand factors that promote healthy aging, barriers to healthy aging, and promote health equity among diverse populations.  The scope of the research is broad and includes all departments and disciplines on campus such as applied sciences and arts, humanities, social sciences, business, education, and engineering. Two foci of interdisciplinary research facilitated by the Center are applied research and translational research.

Applied research is critical in developing information to address particular social problems, e.g.:

• Assessing community needs. 
• Understanding barriers to using community services, developing and testing interventions that improve health and well-being.
• Improving access to community services.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of programs.

Translational research is aimed at enhancing the adoption of best practices in the community and includes:

• Effectiveness research that determines whether findings from efficacy studies are applicable in typical community settings 
• Dissemination and implementation research that tests strategies to implement effective interventions more widely. 
• Policy research examines the broader impact of an intervention or program, often in relation to the resources required to implement it.

Current Faculty Research Projects in Aging:

• Exploring the interface of culture, social factors, health literacy and health promotion among older Chinese, Vietnamese, and Asian Indian immigrants with limited English proficiency.Principal Investigator: Sang Lee (Social Work); Co-PIs: Sadhna Diwan (Social Work), Daryl Canham (Nursing). See Abstract (pdf)>>

CHAMP Research Colloquia/ Seminar Series:

• CHAMP Research Symposium Series-II (pdf) - November 4, 2009.
• CHAMP Research Symposium Series-I (pdf) - May 14, 2009.
• CASA Dean’s Panel Research Presentations (pdf) - November 6, 2008.

CHAMP Research Presentations:

• Tamar Semerjian, Kinesiology - Active Start in Sunnyvale (pdf).
• Gigi Smith, Occupational Therapy - Impact of Ethnogeriatric Training (pdf).