UM1TR004772
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Dartmouth Clinical and Translational Science Institute - The COVID-19 pandemic brought into stark relief the many healthcare challenges facing individuals living in rural areas—
the compounded needs of an aging population, geographic dispersion, inadequate public transportation, spotty internet service, spikes in substance use, vaccine hesitancy.
These disparities—like most public health problems—reflect a complex interplay of biological, environmental, psychological, social, and systems-level factors.
At the same time, the pandemic highlighted potential solutions and spurred a wealth of research in healthcare delivery science in rural areas.
Much of this work was conducted by scientists affiliated with SYNERGY, Dartmouth’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, founded in 2013.
SYNERGY faculty reported the expanded use of telehealth, digital health, machine learning; strengthened partnerships between healthcare systems and community health centers;
and developed a “COVID Compass” to guide policymaking.
Our work in this area, centered in SYNERGY’s earliest years, has deepened our commitment to translational science that centers rural healthcare delivery and health equity,
while exploring the full spectrum of translational science and workforce development.
Hence, we propose to return SYNERGY to the national CTSA consortium.
The overarching goal of this application is to continue to spur innovation in clinical and translational science with a focus on rural healthcare,
in collaboration with other CTSA hubs, and to study a new model to catalyze T3 translational science in healthcare settings.
SYNERGY reflects a close partnership between Dartmouth Health (DH) and Dartmouth College (DC).
DH is the largest healthcare system in New Hampshire, with its flagship hospital in a rurally designated area.
DC brings the resources of a research-intensive college, including schools of medicine, engineering, business, and graduate studies.
SYNERGY includes our new Center for Rural Healthcare Delivery Science and key regional collaborators,
including the Northern New England Clinical Translational Research Network (a partnership between MaineHealth and the University of Vermont),
a Veterans Affairs hospital, community groups, and a “pipeline” program to grow the scientific workforce.
SYNERGY’s goals are to (1) accelerate the delivery of evidence-based diagnostics, therapeutics, and processes to address the healthcare needs of rural communities;
(2) assure the availability of timely, actionable patient- and population-level data to mitigate the translational block of “siloing” between translational scientists and healthcare system leadership
by deploying a novel coproduction learning health system (LHS);
(3) train the next generation of translational scientists, with a particular focus on identifying future leaders in healthcare delivery science and rural health;
(4) disseminate these practices and lessons learned within the CTSA community through engagement with subnetworks addressing rural health, implementation science, and learning health systems science;
and (5) involve local communities in the design, conduct, analysis, and dissemination of our work, while engaging in studies of stakeholder engagement.
the compounded needs of an aging population, geographic dispersion, inadequate public transportation, spotty internet service, spikes in substance use, vaccine hesitancy.
These disparities—like most public health problems—reflect a complex interplay of biological, environmental, psychological, social, and systems-level factors.
At the same time, the pandemic highlighted potential solutions and spurred a wealth of research in healthcare delivery science in rural areas.
Much of this work was conducted by scientists affiliated with SYNERGY, Dartmouth’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, founded in 2013.
SYNERGY faculty reported the expanded use of telehealth, digital health, machine learning; strengthened partnerships between healthcare systems and community health centers;
and developed a “COVID Compass” to guide policymaking.
Our work in this area, centered in SYNERGY’s earliest years, has deepened our commitment to translational science that centers rural healthcare delivery and health equity,
while exploring the full spectrum of translational science and workforce development.
Hence, we propose to return SYNERGY to the national CTSA consortium.
The overarching goal of this application is to continue to spur innovation in clinical and translational science with a focus on rural healthcare,
in collaboration with other CTSA hubs, and to study a new model to catalyze T3 translational science in healthcare settings.
SYNERGY reflects a close partnership between Dartmouth Health (DH) and Dartmouth College (DC).
DH is the largest healthcare system in New Hampshire, with its flagship hospital in a rurally designated area.
DC brings the resources of a research-intensive college, including schools of medicine, engineering, business, and graduate studies.
SYNERGY includes our new Center for Rural Healthcare Delivery Science and key regional collaborators,
including the Northern New England Clinical Translational Research Network (a partnership between MaineHealth and the University of Vermont),
a Veterans Affairs hospital, community groups, and a “pipeline” program to grow the scientific workforce.
SYNERGY’s goals are to (1) accelerate the delivery of evidence-based diagnostics, therapeutics, and processes to address the healthcare needs of rural communities;
(2) assure the availability of timely, actionable patient- and population-level data to mitigate the translational block of “siloing” between translational scientists and healthcare system leadership
by deploying a novel coproduction learning health system (LHS);
(3) train the next generation of translational scientists, with a particular focus on identifying future leaders in healthcare delivery science and rural health;
(4) disseminate these practices and lessons learned within the CTSA community through engagement with subnetworks addressing rural health, implementation science, and learning health systems science;
and (5) involve local communities in the design, conduct, analysis, and dissemination of our work, while engaging in studies of stakeholder engagement.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Lebanon,
New Hampshire
03756
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 100% from $4,073,191 to $8,141,832.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic was awarded
Rural Healthcare Innovation: Dartmouth CTSA Consortium Proposal
Cooperative Agreement UM1TR004772
worth $8,141,832
from National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences in July 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Lebanon New Hampshire United States.
The grant
has a duration of 7 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.350 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Clinical and Translational Science Award (UM1 Clinical Trial Optional).
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/20/25
Period of Performance
7/25/24
Start Date
6/30/31
End Date
Funding Split
$8.1M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$8.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to UM1TR004772
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
UM1TR004772
SAI Number
UM1TR004772-3422341167
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
75NR00 NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Funding Office
75NR00 NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Awardee UEI
LLLYTJ6LYD21
Awardee CAGE
84VQ6
Performance District
NH-02
Senators
Jeanne Shaheen
Margaret Hassan
Margaret Hassan
Modified: 8/20/25