The IMPACT Collaboratory is highlighted in a blog post by Lis Nielsen, director of NIA’s Division of Behavior and Social Research (DBSR), celebrating the National Institute on Aging’s 50th anniversary.
In the blog, Dr. Nielsen reflects on NIA’s developments over its first five decades and looks forward to opportunities ahead. IMPACT is featured as an example of one of the ways NIA is supporting efforts to understand and improve dementia care. Nielsen describes NIA’s work on aging from an interdisciplinary perspective, while exploring its growing research infrastructure using evidence-based tools to support the work.