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UCLA CAMPUS Directory

UCLA Older Americans Independence Center
(Pepper Center)

Introduction and Overview	Research Career Development Core
Research Cores	Leadership/Administrative Core
:: Analysis/Cost-Effectiveness Core	Current Pilot Projects
:: Inflammatory Biology Core	Career Development Awards
:: Recruitment Core	Contact the UCLA Pepper Center
:: Research Operations Core	Other Pepper Centers
Levels of Support Provided by Research Cores	National Institute on Aging
Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core

Pilot and Exploratory Studies Cores (P/EC)

Core Leader:
Gail Greendale, MD
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2339
Box 951687
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1687
Ph: 310-825-8253
Fax: 310-794-2199
Email: ggreenda@mednet.ucla.edu

Core co-leader:
Rita B. Effros, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Email: reffros@mednet.ucla.edu

Core assistant leader:
Peifeng Hu, MD
Assistant Professor Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Email: phu@mednet.ucla.edu

The purpose of the UCLA P/EC is to promote innovative basic and clinical research, conducted by collaborating teams of junior and senior investigators through pilots and exploratory studies, that falls within the UCLA OAIC’s research theme of “ Developing Interventions to Maintain Independence and Understanding Mechanisms of Successful Interventions.” These studies will serve as the basis for additional, important studies.

The UCLA OAIC’s emphasis is on research that bridges basic biomedical research and clinical science. Although the path from basic to applied medical science is generally conceived to move unidirectionally from basic research to applied health, in fact, communication in both directions is essential: basic biomedical research must inform clinical research and clinical research must inform basic biomedical research.

Pilot funding generally starts July 1 and requests for proposal are announced in the winter. The total number of pilot projects to be funded will be determined by the total annual budget of the P/EC core and the budgets of the selected pilot projects.