NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds: Advances at the Intersection of Digital Health, Electronic Health Records, and Pragmatic Clinical Trials Keynote

IMPACT Principal Investigator, Vince Mor, PhD will be a panelist for the 13th session of the COVID-19 Webinar Series hosted by Alliance for Health Policy on the topic of Nursing Home Care. Registration is required.

The NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory is launching a special workshop series on its popular Grand Rounds program to explore challenges and opportunities in using electronic health records (EHRs) in pragmatic clinical trials. The series will highlight advances in digital health, new approaches and evolving standards for EHRs, and implications for researchers conducting pragmatic trials. May […]

The Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) Group  IDC Webinar Series will feature Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, the IMPACT Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes Core Leader who will present "So You Want to Design a Clinical Trial to Help People with Dementia and Their Caregivers - Here's Where to Start" Event Details: May 19 @ 11:00 […]

The NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory is launching a special workshop series on its popular Grand Rounds program to explore challenges and opportunities in using electronic health records (EHRs) in pragmatic clinical trials. The series will highlight advances in digital health, new approaches and evolving standards for EHRs, and implications for researchers conducting pragmatic trials. May […]

The NIH HCS Collaboratory's Grand Rounds Series will feature IMPACT Principal Investigator, Susan L. Mitchell, MD, MPH on Friday, June 12 at 1pm ET to give an update on "A Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial of an Advance Care Planning Video Intervention in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents: Main findings from the PROVEN Trial."   Event Details: […]

IMPACT Collaboratory members are playing key roles in this year’s National Institute on Aging (NIA) "2020 National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers."  Held over 3 days, the summit series provides an opportunity for researchers and stakeholders to discuss the current research environment, gaps, opportunities and priorities […]

Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2020 (AAIC®), is the largest and most influential international meeting dedicated to advancing dementia science. Each year, AAIC convenes the world’s leading basic scientists, clinical researchers, early career investigators, clinicians, students and the care research community to share research discoveries that will lead to methods of prevention and treatment, and improvements […]

AUDIENCE: Clinical and translational investigators, including statisticians, dissemination & implementation scientists, health services and public health researchers, and program evaluators THEME: Methods, models, and measures for planning pragmatic research 2020 TOPICS: Pragmatic trial planning using the PRECIS PRECIS-2, pragmatic research approaches and study design, rapid qualitative and mixed methods, and stakeholder engagement. More information: http://coprhcon.com/

The third meeting will cover Intervention Research, Implementation, and Dissemination (Theme 5), Research Resources, Methods, and Data Infrastructure (Theme 6), and Emerging Topics.

In this session, panelists will highlight emerging data and experiences that raise important questions about the kind of physical infrastructure needed for long term older adult care. Panelists include IMPACT Principal Investigator Vincent Mor, PhD.

The Fall Institute is designed to provide a foundation in implementation science and the conduct of studies that result in high impact in real-world settings.

Brown University and Marcus Institute’s Joint Clinical Trials Seminar Series* presents "Evidence base for 40 Winks: A pragmatic trial for improving sleep & meaningful engagement in nursing home residents with dementia" Thursday, December 10 @11am ET A. Lynn Snow, PhD University of Alabama & Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Christine W. Hartmann, PhD University of Massachusetts […]

December 15-17, 2020 Conference Theme: Dissemination and Implementation Science in a Dynamic, Diverse, and Interconnected World: Meeting the Urgent Challenges of our Time. As the global health workforce continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the dissemination and implementation (D&I) science community, perhaps now more than ever, will be called upon to bridge the gap […]

Tomorrow live videocast of Vince Mor, PhD presenting at the National Advisory Council on Aging open session: “COVID in US Nursing Homes: The Power of Data” Join the live videocast tomorrow, January 13, for this presentation at the open session from 12:15 to 12:45pm. See full details here: https://www.nia.nih.gov/about/naca/national-advisory-council-aging-agenda-january-12-13-2021

SPEAKERS Vincent Mor, Brown University Tricia Neuman, Kaiser Family Foundation Paul Kaplan, Florida Blue Event Details and Registration: January 15, 2021 @ 1pm ET https://nihcm.org/events/the-challenges-of-aging-during-covid-19-long-term-care-vaccination-and-isolation

34th Annual Katz Lecture Featured Speaker: Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, University Kenan Distinguished Professor Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research Director of Aging Research, School of Social Work The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Event Details: Changing Practices in Long-Term Care One Stage at […]

Virtually | March 10, 2021 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST | funded by the National Institute of Aging and led by editors of three leading geriatrics journals -- JAMDA (The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine), JAGS (The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society), and Geriatric Nursing – will identify priorities and […]

The Summer Institute is an immersive, no-cost opportunity for early career researchers in psychosocial care and public health to launch a career in dementia science and accelerate breakthroughs in the field. I'm helping to organize it along with Julie Bynum, Matthew Baumgart, Carl Hill, and Sam Fazio as the lead. Several IMPACT members are serving as faculty. […]

Jonathan Jackson, PhD, member of the Executive Committee of the IMPACT Health Equity team will be the keynote speaker for this virtual event. April marks National Minority Health Month – highlighting health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority populations and the ways in which legislation, policies, and programs can help advance health equity. […]

The AGING Initiative, AGS, and RCCN are co-hosting an upcoming webinar. IMPACT's Leah Hanson, PhD will be providing introductions. The webinar will be presented by Ruth Link-Gelles, PhD, Staff Epidemiologist for the CDC and Lieutenant Commander for the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Dr. Link-Gelles will be discussing the massive effort and success story […]

The AGING Initiative is pleased to share an upcoming virtual meeting opportunity on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA): The NIA will be hosting a virtual meeting on Friday, April 30 from 2:00–5:00pm EST on the "Development of an NIA Practice-Based Research Network to Conduct Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Clinical Research." The meeting will discuss […]

In  collaboration with LINC-AD (Leveraging an Interdisciplinary Consortium to Improve Care and Outcomes for Persons Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia), the Alzheimer's Association is currently accepting applications for the new Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurements (ARCOM) funding program.  The goal of the program is to address gaps in care and outcome measurement and […]

The HCSRN annual conference is the nation’s preeminent gathering for researchers based in real-world health care systems and our numerous collaborators in academic health systems, funding agencies, and patient-partner communities. The conference offers a diverse slate of content, showcasing rigorous, relevant research on important conditions affecting millions of patients. IMPACT members are among the panelists […]

On May 13th and 14th, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET each day, the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) will convene its 2021 Education Conference online. People and families affected by FTD will find help, support, and opportunities to connect. Researchers and experts will offer information and guidance through interactive presentations. Health professionals will […]

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 […]

Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, REACH Equity, and Roybal Center will present "Using the NIA Health Disparities Framework to Optimize Equity in Aging Research" on May 21 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EST. Registration closed.

Please join us for a lecture from the Joint Seminar Series on Clinical Trials in Aging: Strategies to Improve Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake featuring Sarah Berry, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School & Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research. Nursing homes residents represent about 1% of the US population but, at the height […]

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 […]

Guest Moderator: Emily O’Brien, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University School of Medicine Panel: Jonathan Jackson, PhD Executive Director Community Access, Recruitment, and Engagement (CARE) Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Judith Schlaeger, PhD, CNM, LAc, FAAN Associate Professor, Department of Human Development Nursing […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The UsAgainstAlzheimer's National Alzheimer's Summit will be held virtually October 13-14, 2021.  Stay tuned for summit details and registration coming soon.

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/ .

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 […]

This webinar is open to members of the Gerontological Society of America. Click here for more information. Monday, November 15, 2021 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET, Session I – Exemplary Studies 4 to 5:30 p.m. ET, Session II – Supporting Further Research See registration instructions above Free for members; $75 for nonmembers The webinar speakers will […]

Overview Penn’s Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) is seeking applications for the 2021–2022 cohort of CICADA Scientists. In collaboration with Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics (LDI), CICADA seeks to enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by mentoring promising scientists from under-represented backgrounds interested in a career focused on improving health […]

The Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health Conference (D&I) brings together individuals on the frontlines of D&I science, and aims to ensure that evidence is used to inform decisions that will improve the health of individuals and communities. 2021 Theme Broadening Horizons for Impact: Incorporating Multisectoral Approaches into D&I Science Registration […]

The US Deprescribing Research Network 2022 Annual Network Meeting will be in-person on Wednesday May 11th in Orlando, Florida in conjunction with the American Geriatrics Society’s annual meeting. Please save the date in your calendars, and visit https://deprescribingresearch.org/ for more information.

IMPACT Health Equity Team member, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD will be the keynote speaker at this event providing a framework for integrating social justice, clinical research on dementia in America, and the care that is provided to diverse groups of older people and their families in America. Event Details Topic: Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture; Social […]

Vince Mor, PhD, IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator, will participate as a panelist discussing challenges, solutions and lessons learned. Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials Date/Time: Friday, June 3, 2022 | 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Location: TBD Registration: $300 Register Here » This workshop introduces concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials […]

Event Details: June 4-7, 2022 Multiple IMPACT members will be participating in the AcademyHealth 2022 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) June 4-7, 2022, which highlights "new research, innovative methods, and robust discussions about the impact of health services research on health policy and practice." Learn more about the meeting here: https://academyhealth.org/ARM Sunday, June 5th: Multiple Principal […]

IMPACT members Joe Gaugler, PhD and Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, are participating in this hybrid conference intended for BOLD public health programs; public health departments (local, state, tribal); service providers and/or community-based organizations serving dementia caregivers; researchers and policy makers. Organizers invite all interested attendees to participate in the poster session of the conference, […]

The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will hold a virtual 2 half-day workshop June 15-16, 2022, to explore questions critical to designing and implementing pragmatic clinical trials conducted within healthcare systems. NIA IMPACT Collaboratory multiple principal investigator Vince Mor will be among the panel members for the workshop. This workshop is an opportunity to glean the most salient lessons […]

Friday, July 29 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Pre-Conference Presentation at Alzheimer's Association International 2022 Conference (AAIC), San Diego, CA. Vince Mor, PhD, IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator, will lead this symposium, which is designed to share key considerations in the design and conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials for persons […]

Call for submissions! The Abstract Submission (closed) and Panel Presentation Submission (closed) sites for the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) 2023 Conference are now open. The deadline for submitting is Friday, October 7, 2022. Registration for the HCSRN 2023 Conference, which will take place in Denver, CO on February 21-23, will open Monday, October […]

NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory has launched a special Grand Rounds 6-part series to examine ethical and regulatory challenges in pragmatic clinical trials. The October session will be on "Responding (or Not) to Signals of Potential Clinical Significance in Pragmatic Clinical Trials" with Joseph Ali, JD; Leslie J. Crofford, MD; and Tanya Matthews, PhD. Speakers: Joseph […]

This workshop on November 2 at the Gerontological Society of America’s preconference will focus on the pragmatic clinical trial as an exemplar of an innovative research design that can foster the performance of trials in real world settings, with representative patient populations, and outcome measures that “matter most” to patients and caregivers. Leaders of funded […]

NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory has launched a special Grand Rounds 6-part series to examine ethical and regulatory challenges in pragmatic clinical trials. The November session will be on “Data Sharing and Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Law & Ethics Amidst a Changing Policy Landscape” with Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH, and Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBioethics.   Speakers: Stephanie […]

The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) will host a webinar with Dr. Paige Lin, Ms. Terry Montgomery, Dr. Elena Fazio, and Dr. Tisamarie Sherry on disparities in Alzheimer's care on November 17, 2022 at 12pm ET. Registration closed.

NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory has launched a special Grand Rounds 6-part series to examine ethical and regulatory challenges in pragmatic clinical trials. The December session will feature discussion on "The Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial: Friend or Foe?” with Monica Taljaard, PhD, and David Magnus, PhD.   Speakers: Monica Taljaard, PhD Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology […]

This webinar is the first of a series relating to the AGS/AGING LEARNING Collaborative multi-disciplinary online curriculum with a focus on training new and emerging investigators on MCC research. The soon-to-be released curriculum will include self-directed PowerPoint™ presentations, podcasts, and webinars on 22 topics released over the next year. To learn more about the LEARNING […]

NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory has launched a special Grand Rounds 6-part series to examine ethical and regulatory challenges in pragmatic clinical trials. The January session will be on “Ethical Considerations When Vulnerable Populations are Subjects in Pragmatic Trials” with Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN.   Speaker: Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN Emanuel & […]

Penn Memory Center at University of Pennsylvania Health System, is hosting a virtual event with IMPACT’s Jason Karlawish, MD and Angela Taylor, who will discuss the shortcomings and challenges of nomenclature in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Karlawish and Taylor are working to find the answers to questions like: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s disease […]

NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory has launched a special Grand Rounds 6-part series to examine ethical and regulatory challenges in pragmatic clinical trials. The February session will feature discussion "Informing and Consenting: What Are the Goals?” with P. Pearl O'Rourke, MD; David S. Wendler, PhD, MA; Miguel Vazquez, MD; and Michael Ho, MD, PhD. Speakers: P. […]

Join Dr. Howard Rosen, a behavioral neurologist and frontotemporal disorders (FTD) expert, as he presents a clear and practical approach to diagnosing behavioral variant FTD (bvFTD) and differentiating it from Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias, and psychiatric conditions. This webinar is designed specifically for primary care physicians, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other clinical specialists. Register for the […]

The 2023 Dementia Care and Caregiving Research Summit will build on progress of the previous Summits to review research progress, highlight innovative and promising research, and identify remaining unmet research needs with input from the research community, persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners, those who provide healthcare or services and supports to […]

On April 24-26, 2023, the NIH Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) will host the fourth Geroscience Summit with in-person and virtual options. The in-person meeting will be held in Bethesda, MD.  This landmark event will bring together researchers and clinicians interested in geroscience and aging to explore the state of the science. Heather Allore, PhD, Core […]

The 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will be held in Long Beach, CA, May 4-6 (pre-conference May 3).

The Center for Aging and Serious Illness Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials Training Program provides a foundation in practical aspects involving the design and conduct of randomized clinical trials in dementia palliative care. The Program is appropriate for early career researchers or other mid-career researchers interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution […]

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host an Ad Hoc workshop planning for the addressing the rising mental health needs of an aging population in Washington, DC on May 15 and 16. IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vincent Mor, PhD, is an invited presenter at the workshop, which will cover the areas of: mental […]

The Society for Clinical Trials (SCT) will hold its 44th Annual Meeting May 21-24 in Baltimore, MD. The theme is "Championing High-quality Evidence to Optimize Human Health." Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH, member of the the executive committee of the Ethics & Regulation Core, will be presenting, "Physician Gatekeeping in Pragmatic Trials: A Qualitative Study of […]

The AGING Initiative and AGS will host a joint LEARNING Collaborative webinar on June 14 at 1pm ET titled "Evidence: Tradeoffs Between What We Need and What We Want." IMPACT members will be participating in the webinar. Join David Reuben, MD, of UCLA, Jerry Gurwitz, MD, of University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Heather […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will host a virtual workshop June 20–21, 2023, to explore the critical cycle of evidence generation to decision by health system leaders to implement the findings of pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs). IMPACT's Vince Mor will be a panel member in Panel 1: How have health systems […]

Numerous IMPACT members are presenting at the full AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) conference along with pre-conference workshops and seminars in Seattle, Washington from Saturday June 23 through Tuesday, June 27. If you would like to register for a pre-conference workshop in addition to ARM, please do so through the main ARM registration page. However, registration […]

The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will be held July 16-20 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and online. Several IMPACT members will be participating.

Presenter Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine UCSF and the San Francisco VA, will present at NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds entitled Pragmatic Trial of an EHR Application to Display Real-time PRO Data: Successes and Challenges. Visit the NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds webpage to join virtually.

IMPACT members will be participating in the GSA annual meeting, November 8-12 in Tampa Florida.

IMPACT HCS Scholar Gail Towsley, PhD, MS, NHA and Faculty Scholar Zach Baker, PhD will be participating in the GSA Connect Open Forum "GSA Grant Chat: An Introduction to the NIA Centers, Coordinating Centers, and Pilot Funding Opportunities" If you are looking for pilot funding for your next research project, you might consider one of […]

The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) 2023 Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC October 4-5, 2023. It is considered one of the nation’s most engaging healthcare events of the year, where thousands of patients, caregivers, researchers, and the broader healthcare community will hear the latest findings from PCORI-funded research and projects, as […]

The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory is launching a special Grand Rounds series to share advances in the design and analysis of pragmatic clinical trials. Join the Collaboratory on the first Friday of each month, October through January, to hear the latest best practices and explore emerging questions with experts from the program’s Biostatistics and Study Design Core. […]

National Council of Dementia Minds introduces a webinar series by Doctors with Dementia - a dedicated group of retired physicians living with various types of dementia. Webinars will be held every Thursday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET. Learn more about each webinar and register. October 19 - Prescription for Change October 26 - Discussions […]

Multiple IMPACT members including Vince Mor, PhD, Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHS, MS, Scott Halpern, PhD, and Antonia Bennett, PhD will participate in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop titled "Serious Illness Care Research: Exploring Current Knowledge, Emerging Evidence and Future Directions." This public workshop will explore existing evidence, knowledge gaps and opportunities to […]

The annual GSA Scientific Meeting offers an extensive amount and high-level scholarship from a diverse variety of aging research disciplines. Several IMPACT members will present: 11/8/23 - Zhu E, McCreedy E, Dionne L, Mor V, Relating the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument to Adherence in a Pragmatic Trial of a Music Intervention 11/8/23 - Conard R, […]

There will be an informational webinar for the sixth cycle of the AGING Initiative's Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs) Scholars Program. The program create by the NIH-funded Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) and Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs) AGING Initiative, has created a cohort of emerging leaders who are committed to pursuing training and collaborative […]

The National Dementia Care Collaborative (NDCC) will hold its Autumn Summit, "The CMS GUIDE Model: Choices for Implementing Evidence-Based Dementia Care" on the afternoon of November 28, 2023. During the Autumn Summit, presenters will discuss the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The GUIDE Model seeks […]

The Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) is seeking applications for the 2024-2025 cohort of CICADA Scientists. In collaboration with Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics (LDI), CICADA seeks to enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by mentoring promising scientists from under-represented backgrounds interested in a career focused on […]

IMPACT's Leah Hanson, PhD (HealthPartners) and Jeff Williamson, MD (Wake Forest) will describe the learning health care system (LHS) research cycle, discuss its relevance to the study of multiple chronic conditions, and provide case studies and best practices for implementation. Registration closed.

A two day workshop series, Assessment of Everyday Life in Underrepresented Groups, will be held on January 22 and January 26. The workshop is organized by The University of Texas at Austin and sponsored by the Center for Advancing Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (CeASES ADRD) Day 1 - January 22 […]

The Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) is accepting applications for Cohort 3: The Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials Training Program. The program provides a foundation in practical aspects involving the design and conduct of randomized clinical trials in dementia palliative care. It is appropriate for early career researchers or other mid-career researchers and […]

Applications are open until February 15 for four Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and Dementia Behavioral Research in Minority Aging (MASS-ENVISION) pilot studies of behavioral interventions. Each grants funds $40,000 for one year. The awardees will be provided resources, rigorous training, and sustained mentorship in ADRD-related behavioral interventions following the NIH Stage Model, the Science of […]

The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network – Advancing Dementia Care (GEAR 2.0-ADC) is holding their inaugural Grand Rounds on February 27, 2024, from 2 pm - 3pm ET. Dr. David Reuben, member of the IMPACT Health Care Systems Core, will present on the critical intersections of dementia and emergency care. Learning objectives: 1. […]

IMPACT Design and Statistics Core Member, Fan Li, PhD, is presenting at the 2024 Allan Donner Lecture on "The unit of inference in cluster randomized trials." Date: Friday, April 5 Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada) or Zoom (link may be requested […]

The AGING Initiative and the University of Michigan will present a collaborative webinar: A Team Based Resource to Support the Evolution of MCCs Research. The webinar will be held May 12 at 2 pm. Presenter, James McNally, PhD, is director of National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) Program on Aging, and a research […]

The US Deprescribing Research Network is delighted to announce that our 2024 Annual Network Meeting will be in-person on Wednesday, May 15th in Boston, Massachusetts in conjunction with the Society of General Internal Medicine's Annual Meeting. This highly interactive meeting is open to all with an interest in research that aims to improve deprescribing and […]

The BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving will host a webinar to explore and define health equity in the context of dementia caregiving. It will review policy implementation and share how healthcare organizations can be involved in equity efforts relating to dementia caregiving. It will also emphasize the importance of prioritizing community […]

The Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials is a multidisciplinary program with broad participation. The Meeting brings together the clinical trials community from academia, the pharmaceutical and device industries, government agencies, medical groups and centers and clinical research entities. Highlights include: Cutting edge pre-conference workshops by leaders in the field (Pre-Conference Workshop 8: […]

A panel presentation will be held at the Society of Clinical Trials (SCT) 2024 Annual Meeting Pre-Conference workshop by IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vincent Mor, PhD, along with Emily O'Brien, Wendy Weber, Elizabeth Turner, and Angelo Volandes. They will be integrating health equity considerations into their presentation, "Patient-Centered Research in Real-World Settings: Essentials of Embedded […]

IMPACT member, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD and Ms. Susan Ryan, CEO of the Center for Innovation, the parent organization of the Green House Project and Pioneer Network, will present the 2024 Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture, "Green House Nursing Homes: More Than a Promising Innovation" on May 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET. The Green House […]

The AGS/AGING LEARNING Collaborative will be hosting a “Becoming a Champion Virtual Workshop” on Wednesday, May 29 at 1:00 PM ET.   The LEARNING Collaborative is looking for MCC Champions to introduce the MCC’s Core Curriculum and encourage the inclusion of people living with Multiple Chronic Conditions (people living with MCCs) in research to their peers.  […]

The BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia, will hold the first installment of its series of conversations about advancing health equity in aging and dementia research. All are welcome to join the conversation with Joy Balls-Berry, PhD, MPE, and Robert W. Turner II, PhD, as they share their efforts and […]

Join the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s virtual workshop on July 15 and 16 featuring a keynote address by NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli. Experts will examine actions researchers can take during planning and application development to create efficient, large-scale pragmatic clinical trials that generate actionable evidence to drive change across a variety of settings. The […]

Join the BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving (PHCOE-DC) for their next webinar, "Disseminating Evidence-Based Programs to Support Family Dementia Caregivers: The Role of Public Health" on Wednesday, July 24th, from 12:00pm-1:00pm CT/1:00pm-2:00pm ET. To register for this free webinar, please go to: https://lnkd.in/g9iBEjTq. During the webinar, the PHCOE-DC will share its […]

The AAIC 24 Conference will be held online and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28 through August 1, 2024. View the conference agenda and register. 

Virtual program highlighting the latest in Alzheimer’s & Dementia Research from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) including the top takeaways and will feature Dr. Cameron Gettel of Yale University, who will share initial findings from his research to improve post emergency department care and to reduce caregiver burden. Register now! https://alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bzeiFj4fRkuLt1EmHgGfig#/registration

On behalf of Dr. Janet Bettger, Dr. Kevin High, Dr. Thomas Maddox, Dr. Jennifer Sullivan, Dr. Jeff Williamson and Dr. Michael Wolf we are happy to announce: 2024 Evidence to Impact Workshop (R13AG077868) Integrating Research on Aging into Health Systems Monday, September 23rd - Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 Northwestern University | Chicago, IL This 2-day workshop will advance the science and practice […]

This webinar will introduce the caregiving policy approaches of New York and Illinois, discuss successful strategies, identify policy gaps, and highlight opportunities for innovation in state-level caregiving policies. Please register to attend this free webinar: https://umn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kgdu83XuRnmuq19FIYsqig#/registration  

Join IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigators, Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH, and Vincent Mor, PhD, for their presentation describing the first five years of IMPACT including its mission and challenges at The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network – Advancing Dementia Care (GEAR 2.0-ADC) Grand Rounds series. Learn about the teams efforts to build the infrastructure […]

The next session will be a special workshop co-hosted with NIA LINKAGE: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 1:00 PM ET Join the interactive session 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 Get your questions answered This session will […]

IMPACT Design and Statistics Core member Joan Monin, PhD, MS, from Yale University is presenting at GSA 2024. This workshop provides didactics and experiential learning to support the design of mechanism-focused interventions for persons with ADRD, their care-partners and dyads. Register for the GSA 2024 Annual Conference. Find details about this and other workshops at […]

IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator, Vincent Mor, PhD, and LTC Data Cooperative members Amy Recker, MPH, and Elizabeth White, APRN, PhD from Brown University School of Public Health, will facilitate a dynamic, interactive workshop, where attendees will learn how the LTC Data Cooperative is generating real-world evidence on treatments and care practices; access and explore sample […]

Join Education Development Center (EDC) for their Tuesday, November 19 (10-1 PT; 1-4 ET) National Dementia Care Collaborative (NDCC) Autumn Summit 2024, Strategies for Implementing Comprehensive Dementia Care: Resources for CMS GUIDE Participants and Other Dementia Care Providers.   This year’s summit will focus on evidence-based strategies and resources for implementing comprehensive dementia care. The […]

The AGING Initiative in collaboration with Oregon Health and Sciences University is hosting a webinar on December 3, 2024 at 10am PT/1:00pm ET. Ana Quiñones, PhD and David Dorr, MD will be presenting on "Preliminary Findings from Person-Centered Care Planning for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions (PCCP4P)." This webinar will discuss findings from the PCCP4P […]

The NIA R25-funded Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials Program (DEM-PCCT) is accepting applications for its fourth cohort. The program is designed for researchers interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of randomized clinical trials among persons with Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementias (ADRD) and their caregivers.   The overall goal of this program […]

Having trouble recruiting dyads in clinical research studies? Bring your questions and learn from Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, Joan Monin, PhD, and Evan Plys, PhD, during the February Dyadic Dementia Salon hosted by the MGH Roybal Center for Dyadic Interventions in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (CONFIDE-ADRD). Feb 14 from […]

Person-Centered Care Planning for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions (PCCP4P) Webinar: An Environmental Scan of Current Approaches and Models | February 19, 2025 at 12pm ET Join the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the upcoming webinar on February 19th at 12pm ET. Previous IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee Dr. Annette Totten (Oregon Health and […]

NEXT STEPs: The NEXT STEPs program was established in 2024 with funding by a cooperative agreement from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) . The goal of NEXT STEPs is to support high-quality research by advising on research design, disseminating best practices, and sharing findings with those who can use them to improve the lives of […]

The ADRD Summit 2025 will be held virtually on April 29, April 30, and June 2. The Summit provides an opportunity for public comments and discussions to help shape future recommendations for ADRD research priorities. The ADRD Summit 2025 will address research priorities for Alzheimer's disease-related dementias, including frontotemporal degeneration, Lewy body, multiple etiology dementias, […]

The US Deprescribing Research Network's 2025 Annual Meeting will be held in-person on May 7th in Chicago, Illinois, alongside the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting. This highly interactive meeting is open to all with an interest in research that aims to improve deprescribing and medication use in older adults and features tremendous opportunities to learn […]

2025 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) | Chicago, IL |May 8 – 10 (pre-conference day: Wednesday, May 7) The AGS Annual Scientific Meeting is the premier educational event in geriatrics, providing the latest information on clinical care, research on aging, and innovative models of care delivery. The 2025 Annual Meeting will […]

IMPACT members Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM, and Ellen Tambor, MA, to present "Research Updates on Engaging People with Lived Experience in Dementia Research" at the Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Partnering with Research Participants Professional Interest Area (PIA). June 12, 2025 10am CT / 11am ET Register […]

Introduction to Dyadic Data Analysis 2025 to be held July 7-11, 10am to 2pm daily This virtual two and half-day workshop will cover an introduction to conducting dyadic data analysis using a structural equation modeling framework in Mplus. The workshop will introduce the conceptual and statistical background for dyadic data analysis. Common applications of dyadic […]

The ASCENT Consortium is officially accepting applications for the first ASCENT funding opportunities. Letters of Intent are due October 15, 2025. Learn more below and at ascentpalliativecare.org. Research Scholar Award This opportunity offers protected time, mentorship, and training to help early-career palliative care researchers develop competitive research programs and transition to larger, extramurally funded grants. Pilot […]

Heather Allore, PhD (Yale School of Medicine) and Core Leader of the IMPACT Design and Statistics Core, and Guangyu (Tony) Tong, PhD (Yale School of Medicine; Yale School of Public Health) will describe the concept of a dose in behavioral and social interventions. They will cover challenges in determining the optimal dose in behavioral and social […]