IMPACT’s most recent newsletter covering news, events, and highlights since January 2024 is now available. In addition to a list of recent publications, it provides information about current and upcoming events and opportunities. Read the full newsletter here.
News
New IMPACT Guidance Document – Guidance for Proxy Data and Dyadic Analysis
A new guidance document from IMPACT’s Design and Statistics Core describes essential considerations for using dyadic data and analysis in research with people living with dementia and their care partners.
The guidance document by Katie Newkirk, PhD, and Joan Monin, PhD, MS, defines dyadic data, how it differs from proxy data, and the information that can be gained by collecting and analyzing dyadic data compared to proxy data when conducting research that includes people living with dementia and care partners.
IMPACT members receive awards at Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting
Two IMPACT funded investigators received awards at the 2024 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting held May 15th, 2024.
IMPACT Career Development Awardee and Faculty Scholar Cameron Gettel, MD, received the SAEM Early Investigator Award and Pilot Grant awardee Peter Serina, MD, MPH, received the SAEM Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM) Best Fellow Abstract Award for “Standardizing nursing home to emergency department care transition form improves documentation.”
IMPACT’s Harrison and McCreedy, receive Brown School of Public Health Dean’s Awards in honor of research excellence
Congratulations to IMPACT executive director Jill Harrison, PhD, and executive committee member Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH, for receiving Brown University’s School of Public Health Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Research.
As executive director, Harrison orchestrates and participates in research collaboration with researchers and people impacted by dementia across the U.S. She received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Collaboration.
McCreedy received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement. She partners with healthcare providers and entrepreneurs in the co-design and conduct of pilots and pragmatic trials of behavioral interventions to improve care for people with dementia.
Hanson will assist new Science Advisor at American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
IMPACT’s Laura Hanson MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will assist Stacy Fisher, MD, who was recently selected as the new Scientific Advisor of The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). The positions will guide AAHPM’s efforts to advance research in hospice and palliative care and deepen its relationships with key partners in the field. In addition to research goals, the Scientific Advisor will support researcher mentoring, training and career development.