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IMPACT Collaboratory funds two Career Development Awards

Posted on by Jeannine Sato

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023  Career Development Award Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications.

About the IMPACT Collaboratory Career Development Award Program

NIA IMPACT Collaboratory funds two to three Career Development Awards (CDAs) annually. These awards support the development of early-stage MD, PhD, or equivalent researchers who seek careers conducting ePCTs for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners. This mechanism funds research projects that are preparatory to conducting a future ePCT such as secondary data analysis, intervention development or the development of pragmatic outcomes. The IMPACT Collaboratory prioritizes applications that address dementia care for people of all backgrounds and promote health equity.

2023 IMPACT Career Development Award Recipients:

Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, NEA-BC, FPCN, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine Pragmatic EHR Tool to Identify High-Risk Hospitalized Dementia Patients

Rebecca Lassell, PhD, MOT, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
Adapting Green Activity Prescriptions with Black People Living with Dementia

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Outcomes truncated by death in randomized trials

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November 2023 – In Grand Rounds 41, Dr. Harhay addresses the impact of intercurrent events, specifically the occurrence of death in patients with critical illness during research studies, which can lead to missing outcome data and potentially biased results. Dr. Harhay discusses various approaches, such as composite outcomes, to navigate complexities of this missing data issue.

Speaker

Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH

Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)

University of Pennsylvania


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Learning Objectives

  • Articulate the risks of bias associated with having outcomes truncated by death in randomized trials.
  • Assess options to address outcomes truncated by death using the estimand framework.
  • Understand tradeoffs between approaches such as statistical models and composite outcome to address outcomes truncated by death.

 

Podcast

 

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Electronic Nudges and Pragmatic Trials to Improve Hospital Palliative Care Delivery

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October 2023 – In Grand Rounds 40, Dr. Courtright shares the integration of systematic referral criteria ("triggers") with behavioral insights to nudge clinicians, offering a low-cost, scalable, and powerful approach to promote palliative care delivery.

Speaker

Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP

Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR)

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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Learning Objectives

  • Consider ways to leverage technology within a learning health system to improve palliative care delivery.
  • Describe choice architecture and tradeoffs with different types of behavioral nudges.
  • Anticipate implementation challenges and opportunities for nudges to improve inpatient palliative care delivery.

 

Podcast

 

Podcast Transcript: Download the transcript here.