Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, Associate Core Leader of the IMPACT Pilot Studies Core co-created with Susan Hickman, PhD, a video for advance care planning for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an excellent resource from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their ...

SOKRATES (the Study of Knowledge and Reactions to Amyloid Testing), led by Emily Largent, PhD, and Jason Karlawish, MD from the IMPACT Collaboratory Ethics and Regulation Core, followed 80 cognitively unimpaired older adults for a year to understand the impact of learning the results of an amyloid PET scan, a common test used to determine ...

Jason Karlawish, MD and Emily Largent, PhD from the IMPACT Collaboratory Ethics and Regulation Core wrote an editorial reflecting on the unique ethical complexities around telling participants in an Alzheimer’s drug study that the study had abruptly ended. The story was also covered in the New York Times. Click here to read the full JAMA Neurology ...

Jason Karlawish, MD,  leader of the IMPACT Collaboratory  Regulatory and Ethics Core, was  quoted in a December 20th New York Times article, “Alzheimer’s Tests Soon May Be Common. Should You Get One? Diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease are already here. But the results may raise as many questions as they answer.” Read the article here.

Laura Gitlin, PhD, FGSA, FAAN, leader of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Implementation Core, was quoted in the December 8th edition of the New York Times addressing the need for meaningful activities as part of treatment for people living with dementia. Gitlin and her colleagues at the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University ...

Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, leader of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Health Care Systems Core discussed prevention of dementia in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. The article from November 17, 2019 discusses findings from a report commissioned by the Lancet medical journal about dementia prevention research. The report shows that 35% of dementia ...