Factors affecting SARS-CoV-2 test discordance in skilled nursing facilities
August 23, 2022
Administration
Mor named to CBO Panel of Health Advisers
NIA IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vincent Mor, PhD, has been named to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Panel of Health Advisers.
The panel is a group of widely recognized experts in health policy and the health care sector who provide feedback and recommendations to the CBO. Panelists usually serve three-year terms, and meet in person once a year as well as advise the CBO in-between meetings for tasks such as developing analytic questions and preparation of studies.
Dr. Mor joins 21 other experts on the panel. The full list of panelists can be found at this link.
IMPACT to hold pre-conference workshop on embedded pragmatic clinical trials for people living with dementia and their caregivers at AAIC 2022
The IMPACT Collaboratory will hold a pre-conference workshop at the 2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in San Diego, CA on July 29, 2022 to share key considerations in the design and conduct of ePCTs for PLWD. The goals of the workshop are to:
- Train investigators in the design and conduct of ePCTs for people living with dementia and their care partners
- Identify priorities for improving care for people living with dementia
- Highlight the importance of engaging stakeholders
- Provide guidance for investigators on the design and conduct of ePCTs for people living with dementia and their care partners in health care settings
The workshop, organized by IMPACT’s Administration Core Executive Director Jill Harrison, PhD, will be lead entirely by IMPACT members, including Vincent Mor, PhD, Partha Bhattacharyya, PhD, Marcel Salive, MD, MPH, Kenneth Hepburn, PhD, María Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW, Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH, David Reuben, MD, Deborah Barnes, PhD, MPH, and Joseph Gaugler, PhD.
Visit the AAIC website for additional information here and view the IMPACT pre-conference workshop agenda here.
Registration is required and separate from the AAIC registration.
IMPACT Collaboratory members participate in AcademyHealth Conference
The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory was part of a pre-conference workshop and several presentations shared during the 2022 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting held June 4-7, 2022 in Washington, DC.
IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator Vince Mor, PhD spoke on a panel during the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials‘ “Essentials of Embedded Pragamtic Clinical Trials” Pre-Conference Workshop. Dr. Mor participated in the panel, ePCTs in Context: Panel Discussion with Collaboratory Demonstration Project PIs.
Dr. Mor also participated in two panels during the conference, including NASEM Recommendations to Improve Nursing Home Quality: A Discussion of the 2022 Report, which shared the main findings and recommendations from the 2020 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine expert panel to examine our nation’s approach to nursing home care. The report includes recommendations for improving quality of care in today’s nursing homes. Dr. Mor was among four panelists to discuss the report.
Dr. Mor also spoke at the closing plenary session of the annual meeting, Connecting Science, Management, and Policy for More Timely and Relevant HSR. The plenary examined how to better connect health services and policy research together with evidence-based management in health systems. Dr. Mor and others addressed whether we are responding accurately and quickly enough as a field to ongoing challenges in service delivery.
Dr. Mor and Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH, member of the executive committee for the Technical Data Core, both also contributed to eight poster sessions during the annual meeting.
