Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing, associate director of Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, and founder of Aliviado. He is passionate about mentoring and developing the nursing and scientific workforce, leads the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Leadership Development Program, is enrichment program director of NYU Meyer’s P20 Exploratory Center for Precision Health in Diverse Populations (P20NR018075), and maintains an active practice on the Geriatric and Palliative Consult Services at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Brody’s work focuses on the intersection of geriatrics, palliative care, and equity, seeking to improve quality of care for older adults with serious illness. He is principal investigator for two NIH-funded large-scale pragmatic clinical trials: one focusing on improving care quality, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for people living with dementia in home health (R01AG056610) through Aliviado Dementia Care for Home Health; another, the HAS-QOL trial (R61AG061904), focuses on implementing Aliviado Dementia Care for Hospice, with a primary outcome of reducing inappropriate antipsychotic use that can lead to reduced function and quality of life.

Josh Chodosh, MD, MSHS, holds the inaugural endowed Michael L. Freedman Professor of Geriatric Research in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care in the Department of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. He is a clinical geriatrician, seeing patients in the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System. He is the founding director of the Freedman Center on Aging, Technology, and Cognitive Health (CATCH) and co-director of the NYU Aging Incubator. Dr. Chodosh conducts multiple AD/ADRD NIH and VA pragmatic clinical trials and leads the Outreach and Recruitment Core of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center. He has held a number of leadership roles focused on healthcare policy impacting the quality of care for patients with chronic disease, particularly those living with dementia. Dr. Chodosh served as chair of the State of California Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Advisory Committee and co-chaired a statewide effort leading to the California State Plan for Alzheimer’s disease.

Ken Hepburn, PhD, is a professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University and the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement core director of Emory’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. He co-directs the Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiver Mastery. A gerontologist, he has focused principally on developing and testing programs aimed at enhancing the skills, knowledge and confidence of individuals providing informal care for people living with dementia. He is the principal author of the Savvy Caregiver Program (SCP), a widely disseminated, evidence-based, in-person group psychoeducation program that has produced significant reductions in caregiver distress and improvements in caregiver mastery. With support from the NIA, Dr. Hepburn established comparable evidence for the efficacy of Tele-Savvy, a synchronous/asynchronous version of the SCP. He is also developing an online system to enable organizations to implement the SCP and to train local program facilitators.

Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, MS, is a geriatrician and nursing home physician. Her research focus is quality of care in nursing homes, and the use of palliative care and hospice in long-term care settings. Dr. Unroe is co-PI of an NIA R21/ R33 pragmatic clinical trial to improve advance care planning in nursing homes, the PI of OPTIMISTIC, a $30.3 million CMS demonstration project, and was an NIA Beeson K23 scholar. She served as chair of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Research Committee and is chair of the American Geriatrics Society Public Policy Committee. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Dr. Unroe completed a three- year geriatric medicine fellowship and internal medicine residency at Duke University. She received her MD, with a specialization in aging, and masters in health administration from Ohio State University.