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ArticleThe Gerontologist2025

Reviewing and Advocating for Data Disaggregation in Aging-Related Health Research: NIA Grants and Recommendations for Equity.

Moroni Fernandez Cajavilca, Matthew Lee, Lan N Ðoàn

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Article in The Gerontologist, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Contextualizing Age-Friendly Care Within Social Drivers of Health.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Moroni Fernandez CajavilcaRory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1141-2671
Matthew LeeDepartment of Population Health Section for Health Equity, New York University Langone, New York, New York, USA.
Lan N ÐoànDepartment of Population Health Section for Health Equity, New York University Langone, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1826-4728

Funding

Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and EquityP50MD017356 · NIMHD · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI WU, BEI · 2021 to 2025
$11.6M
Scaling Community-Clinical Linkage Models to Address Diabetes and Hypertension Disparities in the Southeastern U.S.U54MD000538 · NIMHD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TRINH-SHEVRIN, CHAU · 2017 to 2022
$11.3M
Building Access to Food through Systems and SolidarityR01MD018204 · NIMHD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI STELLA S Yi · 2022 to 2026
$8.7M
Translation CoreP2CES033423 · NIEHS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CHAU TRINH-SHEVRIN · 2022 to 2026
$5.1M
Academic Leadership Award in Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Research for Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPHK07AG068186 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TRINH-SHEVRIN, CHAU · 2020 to 2024
$750k
NIA NIH HHS AG068186NIA NIH HHS K07 AG068186NIEHS NIH HHS P2C ES033423NIEHS NIH HHS P2CES033423NIH HHSNIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD017356NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD018204NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD000538NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health U54MD000538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Federal minimum standards for collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data implicitly categorize diverse individuals into broad, monolithic categories. Despite advancements in policy and practice and calls for inclusive research, data equity remains a significant issue in aging-related health research. Racially and ethnically diverse older adults are underrepresented in health research and rarely disaggregated by ethnicity in data collection, analysis, and reporting of aging-related health outcomes. Data disaggregation offers a promising approach to advancing data equity in aging research. We searched the National Institute on Health RePORT Expenditures and Results (NIH RePORTER) database to identify extramural National Institute on Aging (NIA) grants from 1985 to 2024 that proposed disaggregating race and ethnicity data for aging-related research. We found only 12 NIA-funded awards, visually demonstrating how understudied data disaggregation is within the field of aging. Most disaggregation-focused grants were awarded from 2015 onward (92%), with 42% being R01 grants. Enhancing methodological rigor in demographic data collection and reporting reflective of the diversifying aging population is crucial for data equity. We conclude with recommendations to advance aging health research and highlight considerations and ethical issues for data disaggregation for historically surveilled racial and ethnic minoritized communities.

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AgingBiomedical ResearchEthnicityNational Institute on Aging (U.S.)Research Support as TopicAgedHumansRacial GroupsUnited StatesAgingData disaggregationData equityHealth equityRace/ethnicity

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PMID39868557
PMCPMC11953035

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