The interactive forum features research efforts from IMPACT and the broader research community.  Participants gather to discuss and advance the understanding of ePCTs, review emerging insights and highlight advances in research to improve care for people living with dementia (PLWD).  The hybrid event will be held in Bethesda, MD and via Zoom April 3-4, 2024.  ...

Implementing Dementia Caregiver Programs in Real-World Settings: Fidelity Considerations November 27, 2023 Implementation Core members, Laura Gitlin, PhD, FGSA, and Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN, among authors on this paper reviewing published translational or pragmatic studies of dementia caregiver support interventions to understand how fidelity was previously treated in order to derive recommendations for future pragmatic-like trials.

Adherence to key recommendations for design and analysis of stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: A review of trials published 2016–2022 November 21, 2023 IMPACT Design and Statistics core members, Fan Li, PhD, Kendra Plourde, PhD, and Monica Taljaard, PhD, are among authors reviewing stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials (SW-CRT) from 2016 to 2022 to understand how well the studies ...

IMPACT member, Heather Allore, PhD, leads a new series called the Guide to Statistics and Methods created by JAMA Internal Medicine. The Guide is intended to help clinicians understand and interpret scientific, peer-reviewed articles.  The series of articles will avoid unnecessary use of statistical jargon, provide context for the information presented, and provide helpful data ...

Data Resource Profile: COVid VAXines Effects on the Aged (COVVAXAGE) October 18, 2023 A data resource profile was published in the International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) about a supplemental IMPACT study resulting in a vast national database of older adult COVID-19 data. IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vincent Mor, PhD, and IMPACT executive director, Ellen McCarthy, ...

IMPACT Health Equity Team associate leader María Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW, is featured in, “Our America: Unforgettable,” a new documentary special produced by ABC Owned Television Stations in partnership with ABC News. The program provides insight into what life is like for families facing Alzheimer’s disease and presents the alarming data of the disease ...

IMPACT members, including multiple principal investigator Vince Mor, PhD, Antonia Bennett, PhD, Kathleen Unroe, MD, and Scott Halpern, MD, PhD are participating in a two-day public workshop organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, November 2-3, 2023 in Washington DC. The workshop will explore existing evidence, knowledge gaps and opportunities to advance future ...

Sample Size Requirements to Test Subgroup-Specific Treatment Effects in Cluster-Randomized Trials October 10, 2023 IMPACT members Keith Goldfeld, DrPH, MS, MPA, Fan Li, PhD, Monica Taljaard, PhD, and Xueqi Wang, PhD, are among authors of an article that introduces significant advancements in the methodology of cluster-randomized trials (CRTs). While previous research has primarily focused on sample size ...

The IMPACT Collaboratory will have a strong presence at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, starting with a workshop by IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vincent Mor, PhD and colleagues. The workshop entitled “The Long-Term Care Data Cooperative: Leveraging Nursing Home Electronic Health Records for Research,” will be held on the first day ...

The 2022-2023 Lived Experience Panel Report Voices of the Lived Experience Panel: Health Equity in Dementia Care and Research, by IMPACT and LEP members including: María P. Aranda, Talha Ali, Willetha Barnette, Bart Brammer, Katie Brandt, Roberta Cruz, Monica Downer, Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, Darrell Foss, Lupita Gutierrez-Parker, Ladson Hinton, Freddye G. James, Gary Epstein-Lubow, Carolyn Malone, ...