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IMPACT Events
IMPACT Grand Rounds: Epstein-Lubow, Saffer, & Lees-Haggerty | The Guiding and Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A CMS payment model test to support people living with dementia and their family caregivers
Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD, leader of the IMPACT Engaging Partners Team and Distinguished Medical Scholar at Education Development Center, Tonya Saffer, MPH, Director of the Division of Healthcare Payment...
May 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Other Events of Interest
AGING Initiative webinar, “A Team Science Based Resource to Support the Evolution of MCCs Research”
The AGING Initiative and the University of Michigan will present a collaborative webinar: A Team Based Resource to Support the Evolution of MCCs Research. The webinar will be held May
May 13 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmUS Deprescribing Research Network 2024 Annual Network Meeting
The US Deprescribing Research Network is delighted to announce that our 2024 Annual Network Meeting will be in-person on Wednesday, May 15th in Boston, Massachusetts in conjunction with the Society
May 15 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pmApplications of Health Equity in Dementia Caregiving: Policy and Practice
The BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving will host a webinar to explore and define health equity in the context of dementia caregiving. It will review policy
May 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
News
- IMPACT researchers explore differences in COVID-19 vaccine brand usage by rural/urban demographics May 1, 2024A team of researchers, including IMPACT members Daniel Harris, PhD, Ellen McCarthy, PhD, MPH, and Vincent Mor, PhD, examined geographic variations in the use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 ...
- IMPACT’s Harrison and McCreedy, receive Brown School of Public Health Dean’s Awards in honor of research excellence April 30, 2024Congratulations to IMPACT executive director Jill Harrison, PhD, and executive committee member Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH, for receiving Brown University’s School of Public Health Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Research. As ...
- Focus group study finds that dementia educational materials should be clear and direct April 29, 2024IMPACT pilot study awardee, Donovan Maust, MD, MS, is among authors that describe a series of focus groups of people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners to learn ...
- IMPACT author explores the pros and cons of using digital technologies to assist PLWD April 24, 2024IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, is among authors exploring digital technologies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). They discuss how a Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech-AiD) framework ...
- Hanson will assist new Science Advisor at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine April 22, 2024IMPACT’s Laura Hanson MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will assist Stacy Fisher, MD, who was recently selected as the new Scientific ...