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.

Karen Moss, PhD, RN, CNL, FNAP, FGSA, is a registered nurse and nurse scientist and associate professor in the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University. Her program of research focuses on peer support, pain, palliative and end-of-life care, and healthcare decision making for care partners of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). She examines multi-partner perspectives on factors that influence pain and end-of-life decision-making processes for Black older adults living with ADRD and their family care partners and also seeks to better understand care partner stress. Dr. Moss is the principal investigator in the health equity-focused Family Caregiver Community Research (FamCare) Laboratory. She is actively engaged in refining and testing her co-designed Pair 2 Care intervention, a peer support program developed using community engagement principles. Dr. Moss is passionate about improving the quality of life for marginalized and underserved older adults living with ADRD and their care partners through palliative and end-of-life care outcomes towards achieving health equity.