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Abbott, Katy
Name
Abbott, Katy
Full Name
Katy Abbott, PhD, MGS
Credentials
PhD, MGS
Role

Executive Committee, Training Core

Primary title
Executive Director
Primary Institution
Scripps Gerontology Center
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Executive Director, Scripps Gerontology Center and Professor of Gerontology, Miami University

Bio
Katy Abbott, PhD, MGS, is executive director of the Scripps Gerontology Center and Professor of Gerontology at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Her research and teaching focus on preference-based, person-centered care for older adults receiving long-term services and supports. She co-founded Preference Based Living, a collaborative organization dedicated to advancing understanding of individual preferences through the development and use of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory, a valid and reliable assessment tool. Dr. Abbott leads research initiatives, including training in Emotion-Focused Communication, which equips care partners with practical strategies to enhance connection and reduce distress among individuals living with dementia, and the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program, which advances person-centered improvements in care delivery. Her work bridges research and practice, ensuring that interventions are both rigorous and feasible in real-world settings. She is committed to mentoring emerging scholars and collaborating across disciplines to advance scalable, non-pharmacological interventions in dementia care.
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Link to Allore, Heather profile page.
Name
Allore, Heather – Profile
Full Name
Heather Allore, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role

Core Leader, Design and Statistics Core (DSC)

Primary title
Professor
Primary Institution
Yale School of Medicine
Complete Titles

Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Professor, Yale School of Public Health

Bio
Heather Allore, PhD, founded the field of gerontological biostatistics to help researchers have the tools necessary to understand how to design and analyze research relevant and important to the lives and well-being of older adults. Led by Dr. Allore, the Design and Statistics Core connects these methods to all aspects of the IMPACT Collaboratory. She is the leader of the Data Management and Statistics Core of the Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Allore previously served as Director of Biostatistics at the Yale Program on Aging. Her international collaborations, helping to improve the lives of people living with dementia, cover Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Link to Aranda, María profile page.
Name
Aranda, María – Profile
Full Name
María Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW
Credentials
PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW
Role

Associate Team Leader, Health Equity Team (HET)

Core/Team Associations
Baier, Rosa – Profile
Name
Baier, Rosa – Profile
Full Name
Rosa Baier, MPH
Credentials
MPH
Role

Executive Committee, Technical, Data and Health Care Systems Core (TDHCS)

Primary title
Professor of the Practice, Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Primary Institution
Brown University School of Public Health
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Professor of the Practice, Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health

Bio
Rosa Baier, MPH, is a professor of practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health, where she directs the Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation (Q&I) research group. Under her leadership, Q&I has developed durable partnerships and infrastructure to advance partnered pragmatic research that improves care for older adults. Professor Baier’s expertise lies in applying partner engagement, improvement science, and implementation evaluation to design interventions that are both rigorous and feasible under real-world conditions. Ms Baier holds leadership roles on NIH-funded national infrastructure initiatives, including the IMPACT Collaboratory and the LeaRRn Rehabilitation Research Network, which expand the field’s capacity for embedded pragmatic research through funding, training, and mentorship. Her contributions include co-developing the Readiness Assessment for Pragmatic Trials (RAPT) and RAPT-Indigenous models for trialists to strengthen their interventions' readiness for successful, pro-equity ePCTs and advancing approaches to pragmatic research that align studies with providers’ priorities and operational context.
Core/Team Associations
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Link to Bailey, Laura profile page.
Name
Bailey, Laura – Profile
Full Name
Laura Bailey, MBA
Credentials
MBA
Role

Team Leader, Grants Administration

Primary title
Subcontract and Finance Specialist
Primary Institution
Brown University
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Subcontract and Finance Specialist, Brown University

Bio
Email address: impact-subawards@brown.edu
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Link to Baker, Zachary profile page.
Name
Baker, Zachary – Profile
Full Name
Zachary Baker, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role

Post-Doc, Implementation Core

Primary title
Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellow
Primary Institution
University of Minnesota
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Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota

Bio
Zachary Baker, PhD, is a Robert L. Kane postdoctoral fellow working in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Baker's aim is to better understand, develop, evaluate, and disseminate technological tools and psychosocial resources that help caregivers and persons with dementia to thrive during and after the dementia caregiving process. This is accomplished through the use of advanced methods (e.g., interventions, longitudinal studies, event momentary assessment, dyadic data collection), statistics (e.g., multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, response surface analysis), and psychological theory/perspectives (e.g., self-determination theory, attachment theory, positive psychology). Dr. Baker is currently funded through a career development award from the National Institute on Aging, focused on former dementia caregivers (K99 AG073463) and convene the Supporting Dementia Caregivers After Death Community Advisory Board.
Core/Team Associations
Link to Barnes, Deborah profile page.
Name
Barnes, Deborah – Profile
Full Name
Deborah Barnes, PhD, MPH
Credentials
PhD, MPH
Role

Executive Committee, Pilot Studies Core

Core/Team Associations
Link to Bayliss, Elizabeth profile page.
Name
Bayliss, Elizabeth – Profile
Full Name
Elizabeth Bayliss, MD, MSPH
Credentials
MD, MSPH
Role

Executive Committee, Health Care Systems (HCS) Core

Core/Team Associations
Link to Bennett, Antonia profile page.
Name
Bennett, Antonia – Profile
Full Name
Antonia Bennett, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role

Executive Committee, Patient/Caregiver Relevant Outcomes (PCRO) Core

Core/Team Associations
Benson, Clark – Profile
Name
Benson, Clark – Profile
Full Name
Clark Benson, MPA
Credentials
MPA
Role

Core Navigator
High Risk Populations Core (HRPC)

Primary title
Researcher
Primary Institution
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Complete Titles

Researcher
BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine

Bio
Clark Benson, MPA is a researcher at the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine in Dr. Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi’s cognitive care lab. A Master of Public Affairs graduate, Clark’s research interests center on understanding the impact of public policy on cognitively vulnerable people in settings and contexts that frequently receive little attention. Clark has over six years of experience leading studies that engage directly with people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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