Full Name
Carolyn Malone, MPH
Credentials
MPH
Role
Core Navigator, Engaging Partners Team
Project Coordinator, Organization & Logistics (AC)
Primary title
Project Coordinator
Primary Institution
Brown University School of Public Health
Complete Titles
Project Coordinator, Brown University School of Public Health
Bio
Carolyn Ann Malone, MPH, is a project coordinator III at the Brown University School of Public Health. At the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, she serves as the core navigator for the Engaging Partners Team, working to integrate the voices of people living with dementia and their care partners into research design and decision-making. She also contributes to national data infrastructure projects such as the Long-Term Care Data Cooperative and supports scientific meeting coordination, cross-sector collaboration, and data visualization for federal partners. Previously, as an epidemiologist with the CDC Foundation and the Rhode Island Department of Health, Carolyn led statewide opioid overdose surveillance, supported emergency department data integration, and partnered with hospital IT teams to improve real-time reporting and public health response systems. She brings a strong public health foundation rooted in data, equity, and community partnership. Carolyn holds a BS in Public and Community Health from Ithaca College and an MPH in Epidemiology from Georgia State University, with experience spanning public health surveillance, behavioral health research, and community-engaged methods.
Core/Team Associations
Full Name
Ellen McCarthy, PhD, MPH
Credentials
PhD, MPH
Role
Executive Director, IMPACT Collaboratory; Executive Committee, Training Core; Steering Committee
Primary title
Executive Director
Primary Institution
Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Complete Titles
Executive Director, IMPACT Collaboratory
Executive Committee, Training Core
Associate Scientist, Palliative Care, Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Associate Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard Medical School | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Scientist, Hebrew SeniorLife's Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Faculty, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bio
Ellen McCarthy, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Harvard and associate scientist in the Palliative Care in Aging Research Center at Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research in Boston. She is an epidemiologist and health services researcher with extensive experience in research, administration, and training. Dr. McCarthy has led research aimed at improving care of older patients with advanced illness with a focus on reducing healthcare disparities among underserved, older populations. She has worked across diverse groups of patients, caregivers, providers, healthcare systems, and investigators to inform strategies to navigate research activities across these complex environments. Her expertise includes using clinical data and Medicare-linked databases to address research questions in older people. Dr. McCarthy previously served as assistant dean for development and diversity at Harvard Medical School. She participates in several Harvard fellowship programs and has mentored many successful investigators in aging research.
Core/Team Associations
Full Name
Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH
Credentials
MD, MPH
Role
Multiple Principal Investigator, IMPACT Collaboratory
Member, Steering Committee
Primary title
Senior Scientist
Primary Institution
Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Complete Titles
Senior Scientist, Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
Faculty, Division of Geriatrics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bio
Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH, is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and senior scientist at Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research in Boston, where she directs the Palliative Care in Aging Research Center and co-directs the Interventional Studies in Aging Center. She is a geriatrician and health services researcher. Her research focuses on improving outcomes for older patients with advanced illness, particularly those living with dementia. Dr. Mitchell has been the principal investigator on many large research projects funded by the NIH, including several cluster randomized clinical trials, and has authored many key scientific publications related to this topic. Dr. Mitchell is also a current recipient of a NIH-NIA Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award and an active mentor of young investigators and was supported by an NIH-NIA K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award for ten years.
Core/Team Associations
Full Name
Vincent Mor, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role
Multiple Principal Investigator, IMPACT Collaboratory
Member, Steering Committee
Primary title
Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice and the Florence Pirce Grant University Health
Primary Institution
Brown University School of Public Health
Complete Titles
Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice and the Florence Pirce Grant University Health, Brown University School of Public Health
Research Health Scientist, Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center
Bio
Vincent Mor, PhD, is a professor of health services, policy & practice and Florence Pirce Grant Professor in the Brown University School of Public Health and has been principal investigator of 40+ NIH-funded grants focusing on use of health services and outcomes of frail and chronically ill people. He has evaluated the impact of programs and policies including Medicare funding of hospice, changes in Medicare nursing home payment, and the introduction of nursing home quality measures. He co-authored the Congressionally-mandated Minimum Data Set (MDS) and was architect of an integrated Medicare claims and clinical assessment data structure used for policy analysis, pharmacoepidemiology and population outcome measurement. Dr. Mor developed summary measures using MDS data to characterize residents’ physical, cognitive, and psycho-social functioning. These data resources are the heart of Dr. Mor’s NIA- funded Program Project Grant, “Changing Long Term Care in America,” which examines the impact of Medicaid and Medicare policies on long-term care. These data are also at the core of a series of large, pragmatic cluster randomized trials of novel nursing home-based interventions led by Dr. Mor.
Core/Team Associations