UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING HIGH-NEED, HIGH-COST PATIENTS AMONG OLDER ADULTS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT TH…
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ASST_NON_R00AG064030_075 · WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY · Department of Health and Human Services
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- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_R00AG064030_075
- FAIN
- R00AG064030
- Recipient
- WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Funding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 93.866
- Total obligated
- $516,064
- Period
- Jul 1, 2019 – Apr 30, 2024
- Fiscal year
- 2022
- Place of performance state
- NY
- Source file
- FY2022_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING HIGH-NEED, HIGH-COST PATIENTS AMONG OLDER ADULTS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THIS IS A K99/R00 PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE AWARD SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING BY YONGKANG ZHANG, A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE POLICY AND RESEARCH AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE (WCMC). DR. ZHANGâS CAREER GOAL IS TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER ON IMPROVING CARE FOR THE ELDERLY THROUGH DEVELOPING AND APPLYING EFFECTIVE PREDICTION TOOLS TO IDENTIFY OLDER ADULTS WITH COMPLEX CONDITIONS AND HIGH HEALTHCARE NEEDS. THIS K99/R00 APPLICATION WILL PROVIDE DR. ZHANG WITH THE NECESSARY TRAINING 1) TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-NEED, HIGH-COST (HNHC) OLDER ADULTS; 2) TO DEVELOP A PREDICTION MODEL FOR HNHC ADULTS USING MACHINE LEARNING METHODS; AND 3) TO TEST THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MODEL WITH THREE COMMONLY USED, PATIENT-RISK PREDICTION TOOLS. DR. ZHANG HAS ASSEMBLED A MENTOR TEAM OF ACCOMPLISHED RESEARCHERS ACROSS MULTIPLE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE: DR. RAINU KAUSHAL (PRIMARY MENTOR) WHO IS THE NANETTE LAITMAN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AND AN EXPERT ON THE HNHC PATIENTS AND HEALTH DATA SCIENCE; DR. LAWRENCE CASALINO (CO-MENTOR) WHO IS THE LIVINGSTON FARRAND PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND AN EXPERT ON CHARACTERISTICS OF AND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY FOR HNHC PATIENTS; DR. MARK LACHS (CO-MENTOR) WHO IS A PROFESSOR OF GERIATRICS AND PRAC- TICING GERIATRICIAN AND AN EXPERT ON THE COMPLEXITY AND HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS; DR. YUHUA BAO (CO- MENTOR) WHO IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HEALTHCARE POLICY AND RESEARCH AND EXPERT ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND PRESCRIPTION DATA; DR. FEI WANG (CO-MENTOR) WHO IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HEALTH INFORMAT- ICS AND AN EXPERT ON MACHINE LEARNING METHODS; AND DR. JAMES FLORY (CONSULTANT) WHO IS AN ASSISTANT PROFES- SOR OF HEALTHCARE POLICY AND RESEARCH AND PRACTICING CLINICIAN AND AN EXPERT ON MEDICATION USE.