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The Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation

The Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation was established in 1998. The Center develops evidence-based interventions and shares them with organizations and health practitioners that serve older adults, communities, and researchers worldwide. The Center is one of 15 Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging funded by the (NIH).

The center supports the design and testing of principle-driven, potent health promotion interventions that have strong promise of progressing through the NIH Stage Change Model while focusing on designing interventions for older racial/ethnic minority adults but expands our focus to include cognitive health.

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Funding Opportunity

Funding Opportunity – Call for Proposals

The Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation is holding a competition that will review and award up to two randomized controlled trials.  The trials will begin June 1, 2025.  Projects can be funded for up to $200K direct total for 1 or 2 years.  The competition is open to all US research and clinical faculty.

The Center seeks proposals that include interventions that prevent or delay cognitive decline and AD/ADRD, have a primary focus on behavioral and/or social intervention development, focus on mid-life and older individuals, have goals to improve the health and well-being of people living with dementia (PLWD), or with a focus on behavioral and/or social interventions to prevent or delay cognitive decline and/or AD/ADRD, and have the goal of serving as inclusive a population as possible.

Please click the link below for complete details on how to apply for an award.

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Our Co-Directors…

Tanvi Bhatt, PhD

Tanvi Bhatt, PhD

Tanvi Bhatt, PhD  –  Co-director of the Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion & Translation

Dr. Bhatt is a Professor of Physical Therapy, Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, and Program Coordinator for the Master of Science in Healthspan Promotion and Rehabilitation program in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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David Marquez, PhD

David Marquez, PhD  –  Co-director of the Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion & Translation

Dr. Marquez is a Professor and the Interim Department Head in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Applied Health Sciences as well as the leader of the Latino Core of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

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