NIA IMPACT Collaboratory

Application Deadline: HCS Scholars Program Full Proposals Due @ 5pm ET (invitation only)
2023-11-29
We are pleased to announce that the IMPACT Collaboratory published a new Request for Applications (RFA) for the HCS Scholars Program on August 15, 2023

HCS Scholars 2023 RFA Cycle 4
$120k in direct costs for 12 months
Goal: For investigators to partner with healthcare systems to develop research projects aimed at improving care for people living with dementia and their care partners
Informational Webinar: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 @ 11:30am ET. Registration closed.
Letter of Intent (Required): due by September 26, 2023 @ 5pm ET
Full Applications (Invitation Only): due by November 29, 2023 @ 5pm ET
Learn more about previous HCS Scholar awardees

National Dementia Care Collaborative (NDCC) Autumn Summit, The CMS GUIDE Model: Choices for Implementing Evidence-Based Dementia Care
2023-11-28 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
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 to support people living with dementia and their family caregivers and care partners, to promote comprehensive, high-quality dementia care, and to address health disparities in dementia.
The NDCC Autumn Summit is a virtual event, free and open to all who are interested in attending. However, advance registration is required.

Informational webinar for the sixth cycle of the AGING Initiative MCCs Scholars Program
2023-11-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
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 opportunities to align their research interests and agendas with issues relevant to the health and healthcare of older adults with MCCs.
In its sixth year, the program will select up to 14 scholars in 2024. The scholarships will provide travel and accommodations for an overnight training workshop to be held April 24-26, 2024 in the Washington DC area preceding the Annual Meeting of the OAICs.
The informational webinar will be held on Monday, November 20 at 4pm ET / 3pm CT / 12pm PT.
Registration closed.

Grand Rounds: Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH | Outcomes truncated by death in randomized trials
2023-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/86937720056
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, November 16 at 12pm ET with Dr. Michael Harhay who will be presenting on the “Outcomes truncated by death in randomized trials.”
Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH, leads a research program that develops statistical methods, study designs, and outcome measures to improve studies for patients with critical and severe illnesses. As director of the NIH and PCORI-funded Clinical Trials Methods and Outcomes Lab at the University of Pennsylvania’s Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center, his team is particularly focused on developing and using causal inference and Bayesian statistical methods to better design and analyze pragmatic and cluster-randomized trials for these patient populations. He has contributed to a wide range of trial methodology areas, including informatively missing or truncated data, estimand refinement, Bayesian trial applications, small-sample corrections, and making the best use of baseline covariate information. In 2022, he joined the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit as the Director of Statistical Evaluation, where he applies these methods to studies in Penn’s health system. Dr. Harhay currently serves as a deputy editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and an associate editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology. In 2023, he was named an Honorary Research Fellow in the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London.

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2023 GSA Conference Workshop - The Long-Term Care Data Cooperative: Leveraging Nursing Home Electronic Health Records for Research
2023-11-08 13:00 - 17:00 | Tampa, FL
IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vincent Mor, PhD and colleagues will hold a workshop entitled “The Long-Term Care Data Cooperative: Leveraging Nursing Home Electronic Health Records for Research,” at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting on November 8, 2023.
The Long-Term Care Data Cooperative is funded by the National Institute of Aging and aims to improve the quality of care within skilled nursing facilities by compiling the most comprehensive electronic health records data on nursing home residents nationwide. This data can be linked to Medicare claims and includes over 2,100 nursing homes, 386,000 residents, 6.7 million distinct patient diagnoses, 12.4 million medication prescriptions, 300 million medication administrations, 550,000 vaccination records, and 290 million vital signs observations.
The interactive workshop will enable attendees to learn how the LTC Data Cooperative is generating real-world evidence on treatments and care practices. They will receive access to explore sample data, gain a comprehensive understanding of the core data model, and learn how to request access for research purposes. In addition, interested attendees can apply for one-year “real world data scholars” training grants.
The workshop will be held on the afternoon of November 8 – the first day of the conference.
The full conference will be held November 8-12, 2023, in Tampa, Florida.
Register or learn more about the conference and workshop at gsa2023.org.

Gerentological Society of American Annual Meeting 2023
2023-11-08 - 2023-11-12
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, McCreedy E, Dionne L, Mor V, Factors Associated With the Use of a Personalized Music Intervention for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
11/9/23 – Yun H, McCreedy E, Mor V, Mitchell S, Using the Electronic Medical Record of Nursing Home Residents for Improved Measure of Behavioral Symptoms
11/11/23 – McCreedy E, Dewjl A, Dionne L, Mor V, Rudolph J, Pragmatic Implementation of a Behavioral Intervention Pre- and Postpandemic: A Tale of Two Trials
11/11/23 – Thomas K, Mor V (Discussant), McCreedy E, Snow AL, Hilgeman M, Pragmatic Clinical Trials to Improve Dementia Care: Implementation, Adaptation, and Outcomes

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness
2023-11-02 - 2023-11-03 | Hybrid
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 advance future research for serious illness care. Workshop presentations and discussions will focus on areas that may include:

Inclusive research approaches to advance health equity in care
Safe and effective therapies to address pain and other physical and psychological symptoms
Quality measurement for serious illness
The integration of behavioral/mental health care into serious illness care
Care delivery models that address the patient and family needs
Opportunities for research coordination and collaboration.

Learn more and register.

Deadline: Apply Now for the 4th Annual Virtual ePCT Training Workshop | January 24-25, 2024
2023-10-20
Building Skills to Conduct Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials for People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 | 11:00am – 3:30pm ET
Thursday, January 25th, 2024 | 11:00am – 5:00pm ET
Apply Now!
2024 modules will focus on:

Understanding how to carry out sample size estimation for cluster randomized trials
Engaging people with lived experience and community partners in ePCTs for dementia
Partnering with your healthcare system for an ePCT

The IMPACT Collaboratory will hold its fourth annual virtual Training Workshop on January 24-25, 2024 entitled Building Skills to Conduct Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) among People Living with Dementia (PLWD) and their Care Partners. This 1.5-day virtual workshop features all new material to build a foundation in practical aspects of designing and conducting ePCTs in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD). The workshop will include a combination of activities including: panel discussions, small group sessions, and networking opportunities with experts in the field.
IMPACT is inviting applications from early to mid-stage researchers who seek to develop competence in designing and conducting ePCTs of non-pharmacological interventions embedded in health care systems for PLWD and care partners.
Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Transmit knowledge about designing and conducting ePCTs among PLWD and care partners in health care systems that integrates considerations related to estimating sample size requirements and establishing and sustaining key partnerships
Problem-solve common challenges in designing and conducting ePCTs for PLWD and care partners
Apply the acquired knowledge to move their current and future research in ePCTs forward, including applying for competitive funding

Successful applicants will be expected to complete selected readings and online training prior to the workshop. All participants are expected to attend and participate in the entire 1.5-day event.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your online application using the following link:
IMPACT Training Workshop Application
Deadline: October 20, 2023
NOTE: IMPACT trainees and awardees do not need to apply.
Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants should have an MD, PhD, or equivalent research degree
Hold a full-time position at an academic or research organization in the United States
Early-stage investigators pursuing careers conducting ePCTs in AD/ADRD
Mid-career investigators seeking to pursue research on ePCTs in AD/ADRD

Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Selection Criteria: Applicants will be selected based on their demonstrated commitment to improving care of PLWD and/or their care partners through the conduct of ePCTs in HCS and the potential impact of the workshop on promoting the applicant’s career in this area.
Find the working agenda and more information about the workshop on our website at impactcollaboratory.org/training-workshop.
Email IMPACTcollaboratory@hsl.harvard.edu with questions regarding this opportunity.

Grand Rounds: Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP | Electronic Nudges and Pragmatic Trials to Improve Hospital Palliative Care Delivery
2023-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/97344810673
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, October 19 at 12pm ET with Dr. Katherine Courtright who will be presenting on the “Electronic Nudges and Pragmatic Trials to Improve Hospital Palliative Care Delivery.”
Katherine (Kate) Courtright, MD, MSHP, is an assistant professor of medicine and a core faculty member at the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Courtright’s research aims to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of palliative care delivery for people living with serious illnesses. Her research combines insights from the fields of predictive, behavioral, and implementation sciences to develop and test novel interventions in large, embedded, pragmatic trials that systematically promote timely primary and specialist palliative care for patients most likely to benefit. By leveraging hybrid pragmatic trial designs, Dr. Courtright’s work further elucidates key implementation contextual factors at multiple levels within a health care system to facilitate interpretation and dissemination of trial findings. Dr. Courtright graduated from Temple University School of Medicine, completed her internal medicine residency and a chief residency at the University of Pennsylvania. She remained at Penn for fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care hospice and palliative medicine, and earned a master’s degree in health policy research. Dr. Courtright joined the Penn Medicine faculty in 2016, attends in the medical ICU and on the inpatient palliative care consult team, and serves as the Director of Research for Penn Medicine Palliative Care.
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PDF Flyer: IMPACT GR | K. Courtright – 10.19.23
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National Council of Dementia Minds Thursday webinar series Oct-Nov.
2023-10-19 - 2023-11-16 | Virtual
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 with Your Doctor
November 2 – Benefits of an Early Diagnosis
November 9 – How to Deliver a Dementia Diagnosis
November 16 – Characterizing Adult Neurocognitive Diseases and Adapting Care to Enhance Quality of Life

NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory launching special Grand Rounds series to share advances in the design and analysis of pragmatic clinical trials
2023-10-06 - 2024-01-05 | Virtual
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.
All sessions are free and open to the public; no registration is required. Recordings will be archived on the Rethinking Clinical Trials website.

PCORI 2023 Annual Meeting October 4-5
2023-10-04 - 2023-10-05 | Washington, DC
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 well as learn, network, and share in rich discussions to advance patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
On day two, IMPACT member David Reuben, MD will present during a breakout speaker session titled “Addressing the Needs of Older Adults: Highlights from PCORI’s Funding Initiatives.”
*Due to overwhelming response, the 2023 PCORI Annual Meeting has reached maximum capacity for in-person attendance and in-person registration is closed; however virtual registration remains open.
Registration is free. Learn more and register.

Application Deadline: HCS Scholars Program Letter of Intent Due @ 5pm ET
2023-09-26 | https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/be99a58f33f14cb9bbfaf129276ac583

Grand Rounds: James Flory, MD, MSCE | Decision Architecture Randomization Trials: Extremely Low-Cost Trials with Preservation of Clinician and Patient Choice
2023-09-21 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/86937720056
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, September 21 at 12pm ET with Dr. James Flory who will be presenting on the “Decision Architecture Randomization Trials: Extremely Low-Cost Trials with Preservation of Clinician and Patient Choice.”
Dr. James Flory is an endocrinologist and clinical epidemiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, specializing in the management of hyperglycemia and diabetes in cancer patients. Dr. Flory’s research career began with a pre-doctoral fellowship in bioethics at the NIH, where his work on ethical and logistical challenges to traditional randomized controlled trials led him to become very interested in alternative clinical research approaches, especially observational studies. Much of his subsequent career has focused on the application of observational study methodologies to answer comparative effectiveness questions, supported by funding from AHRQ, NIH, and PCORI. His research has largely focused on diabetes care, particularly around metformin use, and he was part of a successful effort to revise the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) label for metformin to make it accessible to hundreds of thousands of patients for whom it had been inappropriately contraindicated. In recent years, Dr. Flory’s research has increasingly focused on the intersection of diabetes and cancer treatment, with a particular focus on supportive care in patients with hyperglycemia in the setting of breast and pancreatic cancer. His major research focus now is a PCORI-funded methods development project to work on a novel pragmatic trial design called a Decision Architecture Randomization Trial (DART). DART is intended to permit extremely efficient, low-cost, and safe studies of clinical comparative effectiveness questions that would not be likely to attract the resources needed for a traditional clinical trial.

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PDF Flyer: IMPACT GR | J. Flory – 9.21.23

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Career Development Awards Full Proposals Due @ 5pm ET
2023-09-15
We are pleased to announce that the IMPACT Collaboratory released a new Request for Applications (RFA) on May 17, 2023.

CDA RFA Cycle 5
Up to $110k over one year in direct costs; includes up to 10k total for project funds; a second year will be contingent upon renewal of the IMPACT Collaboratory
Goal: Mentored training grant for early-career investigators to gain skills needed to conduct ePCTs for dementia care; mid-career investigators eligible with prior approval
Applications Due: September 15, 2023 at 5pm ET
Learn more about CDA awardees

IMPACT Scholars participating in "GSA Grant Chat: An Introduction to the NIA Centers, Coordinating Centers, and Pilot Funding Opportunities"
2023-09-12 15:30 - 16:30 | Virtual Workshop
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 National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) more than 120 Centers and Networks. This alphabet soup of organizations are known by their acronyms, eponyms, and initialisms: RCCN, ADRC, D&E, OAIC, NSC, RCMAR, Roybal, AITC, and IMPACT. To begin to peel back the curtain on these many organizations, representatives from NIA and a Network designed to coordinate the various Centers will meet to give a high-level overview of NIA Centers and how to stay informed about the opportunities they offer for researchers in the field of aging. Developed by the GSA Grant Writing Program Workgroup.
Free for Members; $25 Registration for Non-Members.
Registration closed.

Gerontological Society of America annual meeting
2023-09-08 - 2023-09-12 | Tampa, FL
IMPACT members will be participating in the GSA annual meeting, November 8-12 in Tampa Florida.

NIH Collaboratory Grand Rounds: Pragmatic Trial of an EHR Application to Display Real-time PRO Data: Successes and Challenges
2023-08-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
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.

Informational Webinar: HCS Scholars Program 2023 RFA Cycle 4
2023-08-23 11:30 - 12:30

Applications Due: LTC Data Cooperative Real World Data Scholars Program by 5pm ET
2023-08-04
The Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative, a funded supplement to the IMPACT Collaboratory, published a new Request for Applications (RFA) on June 5, 2023 for the newly established Real World Data Scholars Program.

Real World Data (RWD) Scholars RFA
$50k direct costs for 12 months
Goal: Supports the development of advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty who are interested in developing their expertise and experience in working with electronic health record (EHR) data. This program offers a unique opportunity to be among the first users of the LTC Data Cooperative’s EHR data and to characterize the data for future users through validation and analyses.
Informational Webinar: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET. Registration closed.
Applications Due: Friday, August 4, 2023 by 5 PM ET

Alzheimer’s Association International Conference
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-20 | Hybrid
The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference will be held July 16-20 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and online. Several IMPACT members will be participating.

Numerous IMPACT members to present at AcademyHealth 2023 Annual Research Meeting and workshops
2023-06-23 - 2023-06-28 | Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, Washington
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 for the full ARM meeting is not required to attend a pre-conference workshop.
Of note, the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory is partnering with AcademyHealth to offer a 1.5 day pre-conference workshop from June 23-24. The workshop, “Driving Tomorrow’s Outcomes Through Clinical Research in Real-World Settings: Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials Workshop,” will provide an introduction to the investigative opportunities for embedded health systems research, along with strategies for conducting clinical trials that provide real-world evidence necessary to inform both practice and policy. Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to participate in facilitated, hands-on learning activities and to interact with Principal Investigators of current and past embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs).
Firsthand ePCT experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will support and illustrate the topics presented and demonstrate how ePCTs in real-world settings are driving tomorrow’s outcomes. Speakers will include program officers and senior staff from NIH Institutes and senior investigators from the Demonstration Projects and the Coordinating Center Leadership.
The learning objectives of the workshop include:

To clarify the definition of ePCTs and explain their utility.
To introduce attendees to the unique characteristics and challenges of designing, conducting, and implementing ePCTs within diverse health care systems.
To increase the capacity of health services researchers to address important clinical questions with ePCTs in real-world settings, driving tomorrow’s research outcomes.

Each workshop has a fee in addition to the main ARM registration cost.
If you would like to attend one of the pre-conference workshops without attending ARM, please register here.

Getting the Right Evidence to Decision-Makers Faster: Insights From the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
2023-06-20 - 2023-06-21 | Virtual Workshop
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 made decisions based on evidence collected in PCTs? Vince will be commenting on IMPACT as well as on the PROVEN pragmatic trial he conducted with Susan Mitchell.
The workshop is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Application Deadline: Pilot Grant Full Proposals Due @ 5pm ET (invitation only)
2023-06-16
We are pleased to announce that the IMPACT Collaboratory published a new Pilot Grants Program Request for Applications (RFA) on January 30, 2023.

Pilot Grants Cycle 5A RFA
$200k in direct costs for 1 year
Goal: Pilot study to prepare for an embedded pragmatic clinical trial (ePCT) of a non-pharmacological interventions for dementia care
Informational Webinar: Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 12:00pm ET: Registration closed.
Required Letter of Intent (LOI) due by Friday, March 3, 2023 at 5pm ET
Full Proposals Due June 16, 2023 @ 5pm ET (invitation only)
Learn more about Pilot Grant Awardees

Grand Rounds: Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN | Results and Lessons Learned from the HAS-QOL ePCT
2023-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/86937720056
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, June 15 at 12pm ET with Dr. Ab Brody who will be presenting on the “Results and lessons learned from the Hospice Advanced Dementia Symptom Management and Quality of Life (HAS-QOL) embedded pragmatic clinical trial .”
Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Pilot Core Lead of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory and faculty at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He works at the intersection of geriatrics, palliative care, quality and equity. The primary goal of his research, clinical, and policy pursuits is to improve the quality of care for older adults with serious illnesses generally, and AD/ADRD specifically, wherever they reside. The HAS-QOL Trial was a 25-site ePCT of a quality improvement program specifically tailored to improve care for persons living with dementia and their care partners receiving hospice across care settings. In this talk he will discuss results and lessons learned from the implementation of this trial that can be utilized for future ePCTs.

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PDF Flyer: IMPACT GR_Brody_6.15.23

LEARNING Collaborative webinar hosted by AGING Initiative and AGS
2023-06-14 13:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Workshop
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 Allore, PhD of the Yale School of Medicine as they review and discuss the pros and cons of different types of evidence, including traditional trials, pragmatic trials, quasi-experimental studies, and expert opinion.

Informational Webinar: LTC Data Cooperative Real World Data Scholars Program RFA
2023-06-13 15:00 - 16:00
The Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative, a funded supplement to the IMPACT Collaboratory, published a new Request for Applications (RFA) on June 5, 2023 for the newly established Real World Data Scholars Program.

Real World Data (RWD) Scholars RFA
$50k direct costs for 12 months
Goal: Supports the development of advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty who are interested in developing their expertise and experience in working with electronic health record (EHR) data. This program offers a unique opportunity to be among the first users of the LTC Data Cooperative’s EHR data and to characterize the data for future users through validation and analyses.
Informational Webinar: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET: Registration closed.
Applications Due: Friday, August 4, 2023 by 5 PM ET

Informational Webinar: Career Development Award RFA - Cycle 5
2023-05-30 14:00 - 15:00
We are pleased to announce that the IMPACT Collaboratory released a new Request for Applications (RFA) on May 17, 2023.

CDA RFA Cycle 5
Up to $110k over one year in direct costs; includes up to 10k total for project funds; a second year will be contingent upon renewal of the IMPACT Collaboratory
Goal: Mentored training grant for early-career investigators to gain skills needed to conduct ePCTs for dementia care; mid-career investigators eligible with prior approval
Informational Webinar: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET: Registration closed.
Applications Due: September 15, 2023 at 5pm ET
Learn more about CDA awardees

Society for Clinical Trials 44th Annual Meeting
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-24
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 Clinical Reasoning about Patient Randomization” during the conference.
Learn more at this link.

Grand Rounds: Deborah Barnes, PhD & Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD | eRADAR: An embedded, pragmatic trial using electronic health record data for targeted dementia screening
2023-05-18 12:00 - 13:00 | https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/j/97344810673
Join us for IMPACT Grand Rounds on Thursday, May 18 at 12pm ET with Drs. Barnes and Dublin who will be presenting on the “eRADAR: An embedded, pragmatic trial using electronic health record data for targeted dementia screening.”
Deborah Barnes, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of California, San Francisco
Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Physician, Washington Permanente Medical Group, Internal Medicine
Affiliate Associate Professor, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

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PDF Flyer: IMPACT GR_Barnes & Dublin_5.18.23
