- IMPACT researchers explore differences in COVID-19 vaccine brand usage by rural/urban demographics May 1, 2024
A team of researchers, including IMPACT members Daniel Harris, PhD, Ellen McCarthy, PhD, MPH, and Vincent Mor, PhD, examined geographic variations in the use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines among Medicare beneficiaries throughout the US. Using a novel data set including CVS Health and Walgreens pharmacy customers linked to Medicare claims for vaccine ...
- IMPACT’s Harrison and McCreedy, receive Brown School of Public Health Dean’s Awards in honor of research excellence April 30, 2024
Congratulations to IMPACT executive director Jill Harrison, PhD, and executive committee member Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH, for receiving Brown University’s School of Public Health Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Research.
As executive director, Harrison orchestrates and participates in research collaboration with researchers and people impacted by dementia across the U.S. She received the Dean’s Award for ...
- Focus group study finds that dementia educational materials should be clear and direct April 29, 2024
IMPACT pilot study awardee, Donovan Maust, MD, MS, is among authors that describe a series of focus groups of people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners to learn about ways to optimize the design of PLWD-facing education and deprescribing intervention materials. Researchers found a strong preference for materials that address PLWD directly, using ...
