• Virtual Forum: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD)

    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2021/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-consortium

    The Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) virtual forum will occur on Friday, June 25th (1:00-4:00 PM EDT). This virtual forum aims to bring together stakeholders across academia, federal agencies, the data science/tech industry, and health care systems and centers who are interested in leveraging artificial intelligence and […]

  • Inclusion of Diverse Participants in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Maximizing Diversity in PCTs – What Can We Learn From Implementation Trials?

    The NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory is launching a special workshop series on its popular Grand Rounds program to explore the inclusion of diverse participants in pragmatic clinical trials. This series will include topics on increasing engagement of diverse participants and building trust, including diverse sites, learning from implementation science to maximize diversity, and […]

  • ISCB 2021 (Registration Closed): 42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL BIOSTATISTICS – “Sample size calculation for stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with multiple levels of clustering”

    15:15-16:45 (9:15 am ET) Session OC4B: Cluster randomized trials CHAIR: Andrew Copas 9:15 ET Kendra Davis-Plourde, Monica Taljaard and Fan Li Sample size calculation for stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with multiple levels of clustering ABSTRACT. The stepped wedge cluster randomized trial is an attractive design for evaluating health services delivery or policy interventions. In this design, clusters […]

  • Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2021 (AAIC) – Mitchell and Mor present

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    IMPACT Collaboratory Multiple Principal Investigators Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH and Vince Mor, PhD, will be presenting on Friday, July 30th at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2021 (AAIC). Friday, July 30th: 8am MT/10am ET: Dr. Mitchell will be presenting, "The NIA Collaboratory: Using Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials to Improve Dementia Care," followed by a live […]

  • Inclusion of Diverse Participants in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Diversity in the PCT Ecosystem – How Do We Develop a Pipeline of Diverse Investigators and Leaders in PCTs?

    The NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory is launching a special workshop series on its popular Grand Rounds program to explore the inclusion of diverse participants in pragmatic clinical trials. This series will include topics on increasing engagement of diverse participants and building trust, including diverse sites, learning from implementation science to maximize diversity, and […]

  • Informational Webinar: Pilot Grant Cycle 3B RFA

    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 using the link below. The webinar will be recorded and posted online at https://impactcollaboratory.org/pilot-grants-program/. Monday, August 23, 2021 at 2:00pm ET: Registration closed. LOIs may be submitted on a rolling […]

  • Deadline: Pilot Grant Cycle 3B Letter of Intent

    Read Full Pilot Grant Cycle 3B Request for Applications or view online: https://impactcollaboratory.org/pilot-grants-program/ Interested applicants are required to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) through the Brown University UFunds system at: https://ufunds.brown.edu/.  LOIs may be submitted on a rolling basis but no later than September 17, 2021 at 5:00pm ET.  LOI decisions will be provided […]

  • IMPACT Grand Rounds: Vince Mor, PhD on “Challenges Implementing Innovative Programs in Long Term Care: Examples from Pragmatic Trials”

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    Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 from 12-1pm ET as IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator, Vince Mor, PhD, presents on "Challenges Implementing Innovative Programs in Long Term Care: Examples from Pragmatic Trials." Please note that the IMPACT Grand Rounds series is usually on the 3rd Thursday of each month; however, in […]

  • Focus on Aging: Federal Partners’ Webinar Series – Mitchell presenting “Evidence- and Goal-Based Decision-Making in Dementia at the End of Life”

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    IMPACT principal investigator, Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH, presenting on "Evidence- and Goal-Based Decision-Making in Dementia at the End of Life" at the National Institute on Aging's Focus on Aging: Federal Partners’ Webinar Series. This webinar series will address important topics for public health and health care professionals, aging services organizations, the research community, and other […]

  • Request for Applications (RFA) Release: Demonstration Project Program

    New Funding Opportunity for the IMPACT Demonstration Project Program The IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce a Request for Applications (RFA) for the second cycle of the Demonstration Project Program. IMPACT will fund up to two Demonstration Projects (maximum duration 24 months) designed as full-scale, Stage IV effectiveness embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCT) (based on the NIH Stage Model) […]

  • Informational Webinar: Request for Applications for IMPACT Demonstration Project Program Cycle 2

    New Funding Opportunity: Request for Applications for IMPACT Demonstration Project Program The IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce a Request for Applications (RFA) for the second cycle of the Demonstration Project Program. IMPACT will fund up to two Demonstration Projects (maximum duration 24 months) designed as full-scale, Stage IV effectiveness embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCT) (based on the NIH […]

  • Grand Rounds: Karen Lyons, PhD, FGSA, on “Dyadic designs, their foundation on theory and analytic methods”

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    Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 12-1pm ET as Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA, presents on “Dyadic designs, their foundation on theory and analytic methods.” Speaker: Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA (she/hers), Professor, Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing Thursday, October 21, 2021 12:00 – 1:00 pm […]

  • Training Workshop Application Deadline

    The IMPACT Collaboratory will hold the second annual Training Workshop on January 26-27, 2022 entitled Building Skills to Conduct Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) among People Living with Dementia (PLWD) and their Care Partners. This virtual 1.5-day workshop will provide a foundation in practical aspects of designing and conducting ePCTs in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) through a […]

  • Deadline: Demonstration Project Letter of Intent Due @ 5pm ET

    NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: We are pleased to announce that the IMPACT Collaboratory has released a Request for Applications (RFA) for Demonstration Project Grants.  Letters of Intent are required and due no later than October 29, 2021. For more details and to read the full RFA, visit: https://impactcollaboratory.org/demonstration-grants-program

  • GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting

    The Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting will be held online from November 10-13, 2021. Several members of the IMPACT Collaboratory will be presenting during the event. Learn more and register at https://www.gsa2021.org/ .

  • Deadline: US Deprescribing Pilot & Grant Planning Awards Letter of Intent (Required) Due

    The US Deprescribing Research Network is pleased to announce two new Request for Applications for Pilot Awards and Grant Planning Awards. The total budget per award is up to $60,000 over 1 year (combined directs and indirects), and one of several awards will be made in collaboration with the AGING Initiative (HCSRN-OAIC). Informational Webinar: October […]

  • Grand Rounds: Challenges conducting pragmatic trials of interventions for care partner of people living with dementia

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    Join us for Grand Rounds on Thursday, November 18, 2021 from 12-1pm ET. IMPACT Principal Investigator Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH will moderate "Challenges conducting pragmatic trials of interventions for care partner of people living with dementia," with panelists Leah Hanson, PhD, Richard Fortinsky, PhD, and Robert Penfold, PhD. Panelists Leah Hanson, PhD Senior Research Investigator, […]