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

2020 IMPACT Career Development Award Recipients

Jennifer Gabbard, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Use of a dementia-specific portal-based tool for advance care planning engagement

Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Leveraging mHealth to reduce avoidable utilization by people with dementia in day centers

About the NIA IMPACT Career Development Award Program

NIA IMPACT Collaboratory funds two to three career development awards annually. These career development awards will support the development of early-stage MD, PhD, or equivalent researchers who seek careers conducting ePCTs for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners. The IMPACT Collaboratory prioritizes applications that address dementia care for people of all backgrounds and promote health equity.

Conducting ePCTs in AD/ADRD within healthcare systems requires unique research skills, yet the field is relatively nascent. The number of investigators capable of rigorously designing and executing ePCTs in partnership with healthcare systems and other key stakeholders remains limited, and those that have intersecting expertise in AD/ADRD populations are even fewer. Thus, the career development award advances the IMPACT Collaboratory’s mission to build the nation’s capacity to conduct impactful ePCTs in AD/ADRD by training a workforce of investigators prepared to carry on this work well into the future.

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