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 ...

Pharmacist-led telehealth deprescribing for people living with dementia and polypharmacy in primary care: A pilot study March 15, 2024 The recent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) by IMPACT funded investigator Ariel Green, MD, MPH, PhD and team, describes how complexities in medication management can be reduced and patient goals can be met ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...