NIA IMPACT Collaboratory

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-03-13 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sf-qppjssG9EwTl9GYVnttyzYK69lXDfO
Are you considering applying to the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative? Have a research proposal you’d like to discuss?
Join our new Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers series to:
Discuss research ideas
Get questions answered
Receive expert guidance from the panel of experts:

Stephanie Kissam, MPH, Executive Director, Long-Term Care Data Cooperative
Elizabeth White, APRN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
Amy Recker, MPH, Project Director, Brown University School of Public Health

How to prepare:
Explore LTC Data Coop training materials ahead of the session. These resources provide essential insights into utilizing the LTC Data Cooperative effectively.
Register NOW to secure your spot!

IMPACT Grand Rounds | Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH | 5-Cog Paradigm to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care: Pragmatic Clinical Trial
2025-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/82975236412
Join us for Grand Rounds on March 20th at noon ET. Dr. Boustani will discuss “5-Cog Paradigm to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care: Pragmatic Clinical Trial.”
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 829 7523 6412
Grand Rounds recordings are posted here: https://impactcollaboratory.org/learning-resources/grand-rounds/

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-04-10 13:00 - 14:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf–orTgsHtLSBW2vlvxVEOoko5N0jJ8z

IMPACT Grand Rounds: Katherine Possin, PhD | Augmenting Nurse Support and EHR Integration for the Pragmatic Trial of the TabCAT Brain Health Assessment
2025-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/82975236412
Join us for Grand Rounds on March 20th at noon ET. Dr. Possin will discuss “Augmenting Nurse Support and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integration for the Pragmatic Trial of the TabCAT Brain Health Assessment (TabCAT-BHA)”
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 829 7523 6412
Flyer: IMPACT GR_Apr17_2025_Possin_FINAL

IMPACT Grand Rounds | Bridging Research and Practice: An Update from Real World Data Scholars
2025-05-15 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/82975236412
Join us for Grand Rounds on May 15th at noon ET for “Bridging Research and Practice: An Update from Real World Data Scholars.” Jinying Chen, PhD, Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS, Lindsay White, PhD, and Yongkang Zhang, PhD, MS, will discuss their Long-Term Care Data Cooperative projects.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 829 7523 6412
Flyer: IMPACT GR_May15_2025_RWDscholars_FINAL

Grand Rounds recordings are posted here: https://impactcollaboratory.org/learning-resources/grand-rounds/

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-06-05 13:00 - 14:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/meeting/register/SxLn8B_iQWCyD-GpGPywAw

IMPACT Grand Rounds: Jennifer Sullivan, PhD | Meta-Lessons Learned from IMPACT Pilot and Demonstration Projects Implementation
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/82975236412
Join us on June 12, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm ET for IMPACT Grand Rounds. Dr. Sullivan will discuss “Meta-Lessons Learned from IMPACT Pilot and Demonstration Projects Implementation”.
Jennifer Sullivan, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Services Policy and Practice Department,
Brown University School of Public Health

Associate Director & Investigator,
The Transformative Health Systems Research to Improve Veteran Equity and Independence Center for Innovation in Long Term Services and Support (THRIVE COIN)
VA Providence Healthcare System

Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 829 7523 6412
Flyer: IMPACT GR_Jun12_2025_Sullivan_FINAL

Grand Rounds recordings are posted here: https://impactcollaboratory.org/learning-resources/grand-rounds/

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-07-10 13:00 - 14:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/meeting/register/dpfyH9qlQg6qwHeK6fRboA

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-08-07 13:00 - 14:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/meeting/register/6aPXjr5ERhuRHoGkwp_p2Q

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-09-11 13:00 - 14:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/meeting/register/M8RTpUuUS8Kzogxv9l2xcA

IMPACT October Grand Rounds: Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, MS | Building the NEXT STEPs Network
2025-10-16 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 16 with Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, MS who will be describing the development of NEXT STEPs Network, including its structure, goals, and areas of integration with the IMPACT Collaboratory.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 829 7523 6412
Flyer: IMPACT GR_Oct16_2025_Unroe_Final

Pilot Grant Informational Webinar
2025-10-23
An optional informational webinar will be hosted to provide investigators with an overview of application details and an opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required.
Webinar date: Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 1:00pm ET: Register here.
The webinar will be recorded and posted online at https://impactcollaboratory.org/pilot-grants-program/

Demonstration Project Informational Webinar
2025-10-30 12:00 - 13:00
An informational webinar will be hosted to provide investigators with an overview of application details and an opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required.
Webinar date: Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 12:00PM ET: Register here for webinar.
The webinar will be recorded and posted online at https://impactcollaboratory.org/demonstration-grants-program/.

Grand Rounds: Richard W. Grant MD MPH | Using pragmatic trials to address prescription safety in older patients with diabetes
2025-11-20 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/86937720056
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, November 20 at 12:00 PM ET, with Richard W. Grant MD MPH who will be presenting on Using pragmatic trials to address prescription safety in older patients with diabetes.
Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH, is a research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California and The Permanente Medical Group regional director of Research and Evaluation for Complex Needs. Dr. Grant is a board-certified primary care physician. He received his medical degree from University of California, San Francisco, completed his medical residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and received his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. His research focuses on identifying and overcoming barriers to effective primary care in patients with complex diseases. He has a special interest in type 2 diabetes and related chronic conditions. Dr. Grant has published over 120 peer-reviewed scientific papers and is an Associate Editor for JAMA Internal Medicine. He is the past chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Profession Practice Committee and has served on the editorial board for Diabetes Care.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 869 3772 0056
Event Flyer: IMPACT GR_Nov20_2025_Grant_website

Career Development Award Informational Webinar
2025-12-03 12:00 - 13:00
An optional informational webinar will be hosted to provide those interested in the Career Development Awards with an overview of application details. Investigators will have the opportunity to ask questions. Register for the webinar at this link.

Real World Data Scholars Informational Webinar
2025-12-08 13:00 - 14:00
This is an optional informational webinar about the Real Word Data Scholars program training grant opportunity. Registration is required at this link. The webinar will be recorded and shared for anyone who cannot attend.

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2025-12-11 13:00 | Virtual
Thinking of applying to use the skilled nursing facility (SNF) electronic health record (EHR) data in the LTC Data Cooperative? Have a research proposal to use EHR-only or linked EHR-Medicare claims that you’d like to discuss?
Join our new Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers series!
The next session will be held, Thursday, December 11th at 1PM ET. Register here.
This is a great opportunity to bring your research ideas, ask questions, and receive guidance. To help you prepare, we encourage you to review our resources:
1. Watch our researcher training videos to learn about the LTC Data Cooperative and how to apply for access to the available data.
2. Review our LTC Data Cooperative Current research abstracts as examples of funded and approved research projects using the LTC Data Cooperative.before the session.
3. Read the LTC Data Cooperative Technical Users Guide that provides users with an understanding of what data comprise the LTC Data Cooperative dataset
These resources will provide helpful insights, guidance, and background information about how researchers can utilize the LTC Data Cooperative.
These sessions will be led by:

Stephanie Kissam, MPH, Executive Director, Long-Term Care Data Cooperative
Elizabeth White, APRN, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University School of Public Health
Amy Recker, MPH, Project Director, Brown University School of Public Health

IMPACT Grand Rounds: LEAP! Rx: A randomized trial of a pragmatic approach to lifestyle medicine
2025-12-18 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/97344810673
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, December 18, with Amanda N. Szabo-Reed, PhD, and Amber Watts, PhD, who will be presenting on “LEAP! Rx: A randomized trial of a pragmatic approach to lifestyle medicine.”
Amanda N. Szabo-Reed, PhD is a research associate professor of physical activity & weight management at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Amber Watts, PhD is an associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Kansas and the director of the BRANCH Lab.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 829 7523 6412
Event Flyer: IMPACT-GR_Dec-18_2025_LEAP_Rx
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Grand Rounds: Claire Ankuda, MD, MPH, Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, and Courtney Van Houtven, PhD | Home Time as a Patient-Centered Outcome in Pragmatic Trials: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward
2026-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/86937720056
IMPACT Technical Data and Health Care Systems Core Co-leader Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, and guest speakers Claire Ankuda, MD, MPH, and Courtney Van Houtven, PhD will present, “Home Time as a Patient-Centered Outcome in Pragmatic Trials: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Path Forward,” moderated by IMPACT Patient and Caregiver Relevant Outcomes Core leader Laura Hanson, MD, MPH.
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, is a professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Director, UNC Palliative Care Program, University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, is the associate director of the Marcus Institute for Aging Research, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Claire Ankuda, MD, MPH, is an associate professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Courtney Van Houtven, PhD is a professor of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine and Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 869 3772 0056
Event Flyer*: IMPACT GR_Jan15_2026_final
*For print/downloadable purposes only.

Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers
2026-02-12 13:00 | Virtual
Thinking of applying to use the skilled nursing facility (SNF) and/or assisted living (AL) electronic health record (EHR) data in the LTC Data Cooperative? Have a research proposal to use EHR-only or linked EHR-Medicare claims that you’d like to discuss?
Join our new Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers series!
The next session will be held Thursday, February 12th at 1PM ET.
This is a great opportunity to bring your research ideas, ask questions, and receive guidance. To help you prepare, we encourage you to review our resources:
1. Watch our researcher training videos to learn about the LTC Data Cooperative and how to apply for access to the available data.
2. Review our LTC Data Cooperative Current research abstracts as examples of funded and approved research projects using the LTC Data Cooperative before the session.
3. Read the NEW! LTC Data Cooperative Data Dictionary, replacing the previously available Technical User Guide.
These resources will provide helpful insights, guidance, and background information about how researchers can utilize the LTC Data Cooperative.
These sessions will be led by:

Stephanie Kissam, MPH, Executive Director, Long-Term Care Data Cooperative
Elizabeth White, APRN, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University School of Public Health
Amy Recker, MPH, Project Director, Brown University School of Public Health

Register here.

Grand Rounds: Donna Spiegelman, ScD | Learn As you Go (LAGO) Design
2026-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/86937720056
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, February 19 with Donna Spiegelman, ScD, who will be presenting on “Learn As you Go (LAGO) Design.”

Donna Spiegelman, Sc.D., is the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics at Yale University’s School of Public Health and Director of Yale’s Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS). She is a former NIH Director’s Pioneer Award recipient (2014–2020), recognized for her work developing innovative methods for implementation and prevention science.
Dr. Spiegelman’s research focuses on the development, adaptation, and dissemination of rigorous methodological approaches to address the unique challenges of implementation research. Her work spans the design of stepped wedge, cluster randomized, and “Learn as You Go” trials; causal inference for non-randomized implementation studies; mediation analysis to elucidate pathways linking implementation strategies, implementation outcomes, and health outcomes; methods for assessing spillover effects within social and organizational networks; and approaches to enhance the external generalizability of implementation studies to support scale-up and scale-out.
She leads and supports implementation research aimed at preventing cervical cancer, cardiometabolic disease, and HIV/AIDS across diverse settings in the United States, Nepal, Mexico, South Africa, and Uganda.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 869 3772 0056
Event flyer: Impact Grand Rounds Donna Spiegelman Flyer
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IMPACT Health Care Systems Scholars Program Informational Webinar
2026-02-26 12:00 - 13:00
An optional informational webinar to provide investigators with an overview of application details and an opportunity to ask questions about the Health Care Systems Scholars Program will be held February 26 and 12 pm EST.
Pre-registration is required here.

LTC Data Cooperative | Ask & Explore: Office Hours for Interested Researchers (March 2026)
2026-03-12 13:00 - 14:00
The LTC Data Cooperative hosts a monthly series of informational Q&A sessions for researchers to:
Discover how to leverage the LTC Data Cooperative for your research, understand the application process, explore the types of studies suitable for these datasets, and ask questions on the data available, proposed research, and more.
The next session will be held Thursday, March 12 at 1 p.m.
Explore LTC Data Coop training materials ahead of the session here.
Register here.

Grand Rounds: Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, Jenny Portz, PhD, Julia Burgdorf, PhD, MSW, Jody Long, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN
2026-03-19 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for the IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, March 19, at 12 p.m. ET, with IMPACT Patient/Caregiver Relevant Outcomes (PCRO) Core member Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, and guest speakers Jenny Portz, PhD, MSW, Julia Burgdorf, PhD, and Jody Long, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN, who will be presenting on “Identifying and Engaging Care Partners through Electronic Health Records for Pragmatic Research.”
Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado, Anschutz.
Jenny Portz, PhD, MSW, is an associate professor of general internal medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz.
Julia Burgdorf, PhD, is a research scientist at the Center for Home Care Policy Research at VNS Health.
Jody Long, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN, is the director of clinical affairs for PointClickCare.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 869 3772 0056
IMPACT GR_March 2026_Lum & Portz_Flyer_20260225
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Health Care Scholars LOI Due
2026-04-02 20:00

Grand Rounds: David Reuben, MD and Jeff Williamson, MD, MHS
2026-04-16 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for the IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 16, at 12 p.m. ET, with David Reuben, MD and Jeff Williamson, MD, MHS, who will be presenting on “D-CARE: Results of a Pragmatic Intervention Trial and Implications for the GUIDE model.”
David Reuben, MD is the Archstone Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Jeff Williamson, MD, MHS is a professor, Chief of Geriatric Medicine, and Director for the Center for Healthcare Innovation at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 869 3772 0056
April 2026_IMPACT Grand Rounds_Flyer

ePCT Planning Grants RFA Release
2026-05-05

Grand Rounds: Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH
2026-05-21 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for the IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, May 21, at 12 p.m. ET, with Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH, who will be presenting, “ePCTs and Health Systems’ Ethical Obligations.”
Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH is Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dracopoulos Rising Professor of Bioethics, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Zoom Conferencing
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Meeting ID: 869 3772 0056
Event Flyer: Flyer_May Grand Rounds_Morain_4.16.26

ePCT Planning Grant Informational Webinar
2026-05-21 15:00 - 16:00
An optional informational webinar to provide investigators with an overview of application details and an opportunity to ask questions about the ePCT Planning Grant will be held May 21, 2026 at 3pm ET.
Pre-registration is required here.

2026 IMPACT Collaboratory Scientific Conference
2026-05-27 - 2026-05-28
This is an annual meeting for members of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory. Registration is invitation-only, but portions of the event will be broadcast on LinkedIn Live.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Thursday, May 28, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
Zoom Details for Virtual Attendees: If you have any questions or need assistance, please email impactcollaboratory@brown.edu.
