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  • IMPACT Collaboratory announces two new resources to aid in the design of ePCTs March 12, 2024
    Two IMPACT Collaboratory cores have developed new tools to assist in the design of embedded pragmatic trials (ePCTs) for people living with dementia. The Design and Statistics Core has developed statistical tools and novel methodology to aid in the design and analyses of ePCTs for people living with dementia. These methods, manuscripts, statistical programs, and interactive ...
  • Health care use pattern data brief shows expanding need for dementia planning and care March 11, 2024
    IMPACT’s Cameron Gettel, MD and Julie Bynum, MD, MPH are among the authors of the CAPRA Data Brief on health care use patterns among older adults with dementia. The brief was developed by the Center to Accelerate Population Research on Alzheimer’s (CAPRA) at the University of Michigan. Authors demonstrated the use of Medicare claims to examine ...
  • Karlawish quoted in NY Times article on proposed Alzheimer’s blood test March 6, 2024
    IMPACT member Jason Karlawish, MD, weighs in on a proposed Alzheimer’s diagnosis tool – a simple blood test. An independent Alzheimer’s working group is finalizing its recommendations for diagnosing Alzheimer’s based on the presence of amyloids in a blood test alone, independent of symptoms. Karlawish voices concern that the amyloid blood test is not yet ...
  • CareMobi app developed by IMPACT investigator Tina Sadarangani featured in Spectrum News March 2, 2024
    Dr. Tina Sadarangani’s CareMobi caregiver support mobile application (app) was featured in a national story on Specturm News. The CareMobi app is designed to help caregivers track patients health information, symptoms and other information needed to coordinate caregiving for older adults. The news feature describes how Sadarangani worked with caregivers, nurses, doctors and programmers to ...
  • Vince Mor presenting in pre-conference workshop during this year’s Society for Clinical Trials Annual Meeting February 28, 2024
    IMPACT multiple principal investigator, Vince Mor, PhD, will join colleagues Emily O’Brien, Wendy Weber, Elizabeth Turner, and Angelo Volandes, presenting at the “Patient-Centered Research in Real-World Settings: Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials Workshop” on day 1 of The Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials (SCT). The workshop will provide an introduction to the ...
  • Leaders of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory celebrate its first five years in JAGS Special Issue February 16, 2024
    The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory: History, impact, challenges, and the future of conducting ePCTs to improve dementia care February 16, 2024 Authors: Jill Harrison PhD, Susan L. Mitchell MD, MPH, Ellen P. McCarthy PhD, MPH, Vincent Mor PhD Background: In a special issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society (JAGS) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National ...
  • IMPACT scholar appointed editor of Palliative Medicine Report February 14, 2024
    The IMPACT Collaboratory wishes to congratulate Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, who was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Palliative Medicine Reports. The journal, published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers, focuses on peer-reviewed articles covering medical, psychosocial, policy, and legal issues in serious illness and end-of-life care.
  • IMPACT investigator publishes results of first known study to provide methods for calculating normed scores for cognitive dispersion indices among older adults February 13, 2024
    Development and Validity of Norms for Cognitive Dispersion on the Uniform Data Set 3.0 Neuropsychological Battery February 13, 2024 IMPACT Career Development Awardee Andrew Kiselica, PhD, and coauthors describe the team’s efforts to develop and validate the normed scores for cognitive dispersion among older adults. Investigators analyzed data from 4,283 cognitively normal older adults aged 50 or ...
  • IMPACT awardee quoted in NYT article on mild cognitive impairment February 13, 2024
    IMPACT Career Development awardee Andrew Kiselica, Tech-AiD, weighed in on the impact of a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis, and ways to manage symptoms and slow progression in a recent opinion piece in the New York Times. Kiselica is an assistant professor of health psychology and a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Missouri. He ...
  • Mor’s contributions to Brown’s School of Public Health featured in it 10-year anniversary celebration February 12, 2024
    Brown University’s School of Public Health is featuring the contributions of IMPACT multiple principal investigator, Vince Mor, PhD, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Professor Mor has led aging research at Brown for more than 40 years and he helped found the School of Public Health. He is further credited with transforming aging and dementia care ...