Ariel Green, MD, PhD, MPH is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on improving communication between older adults, care partners and health care professionals about unnecessary and potentially harmful interventions, including medication use. As a member of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Clinical Practice Committee, Dr. Green co-wrote the Society’s recommendations for Choosing Wisely, a national initiative that promotes patient-physician conversations about unnecessary medical tests and procedures. Dr. Green received the AGS Choosing Wisely Champion Award for leading efforts to reduce overuse in medicine. Her research, supported by the NIA, is evaluating the impact on patient and care partner outcomes of pragmatic interventions to optimize prescribing for older adults with dementia in primary care. A former award-winning health journalist, Dr. Green has published personal essays and op-eds in Annals of Internal Medicine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, among other publications.

Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, is a geriatrician and palliative care physician who is passionate about designing, testing, and implementing pragmatic interventions for older adults with serious illness, including mild cognitive impairment and dementia, and family care partners. She is professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She did her MD/PhD at University of Wisconsin-Madison and internal medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. As a 2016 NIA Beeson Scholar, Dr. Lum designed and demonstrated the efficacy of a novel advance care planning group visit intervention for older adults in primary care, and studied adaptation for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and their care partners. In 2021, she was one of the inaugural NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Health Care System Scholars. Her research focuses on community engagement, pragmatic interventions through the patient portal, and implementation science. She is part of the IMPACT Collaboratory Patient and Caregiver-relevant Outcomes Core.

Kathryn Wessell, MPH, is a project manager with 20 years of experience in health services research. She serves as the core navigator for the Patient/Caregiver Relevant Outcomes (PCRO) Core. Ms. Wessell has contributed to numerous studies aimed at improving the quality of care for people living with advanced illness, including Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias (AD/ADRD). She significantly contributed to the development of the PCRO iLibraries of high-quality outcome assessments relevant to pragmatic AD/ADRD research.