Abraham (Ab) Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Assistant Dean for Transformational Excellence in Aging, and the Mathy Mezey Professor of Geriatric Nursing and Professor of Medicine. In this capacity, he leads the robust Aging at Meyers portfolio of geriatrics and palliative care research, education, and external programs. He is also the founder of Aliviado Health, an implementation arm of HIGN focused on implementing high-quality, evidence-based care to support people living with dementia and their care partners. Prof. Brody’s research focuses on developing and testing interventions for people living with dementia and their care partners with a specific focus on embedded pragmatic trials. His work leverages emerging technologies, including precision health and machine learning, to support the healthcare workforce, seriously ill individuals, and their families, and ensures that evidence-based solutions can be implemented effectively in real-world clinical settings.

Jennifer Gabbard, MD, is an associate professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and directs the Serious Illness and Palliative Medicine Research Program. A board-certified geriatrician and palliative care physician, she has additional training in implementation science and health services research. Her work centers on improving care for seriously ill older adults—especially those with dementia, frailty, and unmet social needs—by integrating palliative care, shared decision-making, and social determinants into primary care. Dr. Gabbard leads NIH and foundation-funded studies, including pragmatic trials on advance care planning, telehealth, and technology-enabled interventions for people with cognitive impairment. Her research, published in JAMA and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, informs scalable models of dementia care. She is funded by an NIH–NIA K23 Career Development Award and co-site PI of the PCORI-funded SPIRE trial. An active member of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, she contributes to national initiatives on dementia care and Age-Friendly Health Systems and mentors early-career investigators in geriatrics and palliative care.

Huong Nguyen, PhD, RN, is a nurse and health services researcher whose work is broadly focused on the care of older adults with chronic and serious illnesses. She conducts ongoing partnered research with operational and clinical leaders in Kaiser Permanente Southern California. She uses observational and experimental methods to improve care processes and outcomes for older adults with multiple chronic conditions across the illness trajectory and care continuum. Her current research and evaluation efforts are focused on patient and family-centered, home and community models of geriatric-palliative care, to optimize the health and well-being of older adults and their family caregivers .

Quincy Samus, PhD, is a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine. She is the director of the Memory and Aging Services Innovation Center and associate director of the Innovation & Implementation Center for Aging. She is trained in applied gerontology, epidemiology, and health services research and has 20 years of experience leading projects to develop innovation to improve care for older people living with memory challenges and their families. She has an extensive track record of interdisciplinary collaboration with across many settings to address dementia care and risk reduction. She has successfully pioneered the development, testing and dissemination of evidence-based care management innovations and models of care to improve the coordination of care among people living with dementia. She has contributed to policy development and strategic planning for dementia care and brain health initiatives at the state, national and international level.