The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Real World Data Scholars Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications.
About the Real World Data Scholars Program
The Real World Data Scholars Program is a 1-year mentored training experience designed to build practical skills and professional networks for early-career investigators, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students interested in using real-world data to improve care of people living with dementia and care partners.
This funding cycle is a collaborative initiative among the National Institute of Aging (NIA) IMPACT Collaboratory, NEXT STEPs Network and the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative. Together, these NIA-funded national efforts aim to build capacity for rigorous, data-driven research to improve care for people living in nursing homes and assisted living communities, including people living with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias.
Each scholar will complete a mentored research project and participate in a broad range of IMPACT Collaboratory activities that support interdisciplinary collaboration, professional growth, and methodological innovation.
Recipients of the 2025 Real World Data Scholar Program Awards are:
Laura Block, PhD, RN, University of Utah
Evaluating Nursing Home EHR Data for Emerging Palliative Care Needs
Taylor Bucy, PhD, MPH, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Validating a Measure of Emergency Department Use Leveraging Long-Term Care EHR Data
Gabrielle Gussin, PhD, MS, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
Impact of Data Source for Benchmarking Antibiotic Usage in U.S. Nursing Homes
Mary Louise Pomeroy, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Developing a Measure of Unrepresented Status Among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Rachel Prusynski, DPT, PhD, University of Washington
Establishing Data Infrastructure for a Home Health and Hospice Data Cooperative
Minzhi Ye, PhD, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Measuring Sleep Disturbance in Dementia Using EHR Data in Long-Term Care
Yiyang Yuan, PhD, MPH, MS, UMass Chan Medical School
Advancing Malnutrition Measurement Using Linked EHR and MDS Data