CIDMA Institute – Save the Date: September 15-17, 2025

The fourth annual Collaborative for Innovation in Data & Measurement in Aging (CIDMA) institute will be held from September 15-17, 2025 at the University of Michigan. The goal of CIDMA is to identify, design, conduct and assess innovations in data collection and measurement within longitudinal research on aging and disseminate the findings of these assessments broadly. Learn more about current CIDMA assessment projects here.

The CIDMA Institute aims to bring together researchers and data collection professionals for a 2.5-day interactive workshop focused on identifying ongoing challenges in data collection and measurement and brainstorming potential innovations to address these challenges. In addition, researchers leading the initial CIDMA assessment projects will present preliminary results and lead a discussion on opportunities for future applications. Participants are encouraged to bring challenges from their own research to share with the group. A call for presentations and applications to attend will be circulated in June 2025.

The CIDMA Institute is sponsored by the NIA P30 Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations and the NIA P30 Center for Population Health and Aging at Duke University. Contact Josh Santiago (joshua.santiago@bsd.uchicago.edu) with any questions.

About

Researchers at UChicago and Duke invite you to apply for the annual Collaborative for Innovation in Data & Measurement in Aging (CIDMA) institute, held at the University of Chicago. The goal of CIDMA is to identify, design, conduct and assess innovations in data collection and measurement within longitudinal research on aging and disseminate the findings of these assessments broadly. Learn more about current CIDMA assessment projects here.

The CIDMA Institute will bring together researchers and data collection professionals for a two-day interactive workshop focused on identifying ongoing challenges in data collection and measurement and brainstorming potential innovations to address these challenges. In addition, researchers leading the initial CIDMA assessment projects will present preliminary results and lead a discussion on opportunities for future applications. Participants are encouraged to bring challenges from their own research to share with the group.

The CIDMA Institute is sponsored by the NIA P30 Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations and the NIA P30 Center for Population Health and Aging at Duke University.

Schedule

TBA

Travel stipends

A limited number of travel stipends to cover the cost of hotel and airfare are available. Travel stipends will be prioritized for early career researchers traveling to Chicago for the CIDMA institute.

Application materials and instructions

Please submit your application to the CIDMA institute here. You will be asked to provide:

• Applicant details and demographic information
• CV
• Statement of interest (maximum one page) describing your:
  • Experience or interest in research on aging
  • Experience or interest in longitudinal, population and/or community based research
  • Challenges related to data collection and measurement you have encountered in your research
  • Specific research or career goals that the CIDMA Institute will help achieve
• A letter of support from your advisor or department head (maximum one page, required only for applicants applying for a travel stipend) describing or confirming:
  • The applicant’s role as a student, post-doc, junior faculty member or early career researcher
  • Information on how this training will help the applicant’s career
  • If there will be support for the applicant’s research after the CIDMA institute in their current department

Applications are due through the online form by 11:59 Central Time on Wednesday, July 14th for the priority deadline.

Questions

Contact Joshua Santiago (Joshua.santiago@bsd.uchicago.edu) or Kelsey Bogus (kbogue@bsd.uchicago.edu), for more information. The faculty organizers for the institute are Kathleen Cagney, PhD, Director of Institute for Social Research and Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, Joe Hotz, PhD, and David Meltzer, MD, PhD, University of Chicago.

Funding

This event is supported by two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute on Aging (NIA) P30 AG066619 and NIA P30 AG034424.