The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce the awardees of the Pilot Grants Cycle 5A, and the Health Care Systems Scholars Cycle 4.  Awardees of these funding opportunities will be supported by the IMPACT cores and teams to conduct embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) of non-pharmacological interventions within healthcare systems to improve care for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) and their care partners.

Pilot Grant Program Cycle 5A

The Pilot Grant Program funds several one-year pilot ePCTs that test non-pharmacological interventions embedded in health care systems to improve care for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners. Pilot studies are conducted to generate the preliminary data necessary to design and conduct future full-scale Stage IV effectiveness ePCT (based on the NIH Stage Model) that will be funded through other grant mechanisms (National Institutes of Health or other sources).

Recipients of the Pilot Cycle 5A Awards:

• Julie Lauffenburger, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
  Deprescribing in Patients Living with Dementia with Caregiver and Provider Nudges
• Peter Serina, MD, MPH, Brown University School of Public Health
  PartnerED Care: Coordinated ED Transition for Assisted Living Patients with ADRD
• Veronica Yank, MD, University of California San Francisco
  Primary Care-Based Pilot ePCT of an Online Workshop for Family Caregivers of PLWD

Health Care System Scholars Program Cycle 4

The Health Care Systems (HCS) Scholars Program funds investigators for one year to work directly with health care systems interested in improving the care provided to people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners. The goals of the HCS Scholars Program are to embed investigators in health care systems to:

• Establish mutually beneficial partnerships to improve the care of PLWD and their care partners.
• Train investigators about health care settings’ needs and how new programs are successfully introduced at all levels of the organization.
• Engage HCS in learning more about what it means to conduct ePCTs and provide resources for understanding opportunities for improvement in dementia care or evaluation of related quality improvement projects.
• Strengthen collaborations between investigators and HCS that may lead to pilot studies or demonstration projects.

Recipient of the Health Care System Scholars Program Cycle 4 Award

• Alycia Bristol, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, University of Utah College of Nursing
  Partnering with UHealth and Rural Facilities to Co-Design ePCT Interventions