Champion-Led Deprescribing for Persons with Dementia in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study in Accountable Care Organizations February 2, 2026 A recent publication from an IMPACT Collaboratory demonstration project by Michael Parchman, MD, MPH,  Lorella Palazzo, PhD and team examines how clinical champions lead deprescribing efforts for people living with dementia within accountable care organization (ACO) primary care ...

IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator Vince Mor, PhD,  discussed the history of geriatric assessment and its transformation into a technology for patients, populations, and research in his presentation “From Geriatric Assessment to Electronic Medical Records: Transforming Long Term Care Research” on December 18, 2025 for the Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds series hosted by the ...

Piloting the MIND at Home Dementia Care Navigation Program in primary care October 28, 2025 A recent publication by Elizabeth Ciemins, PhD, MPH, MA and Quincy Samus, PhD, funded through an IMPACT Collaboratory Pilot Grant, describes the outcomes of the pilot study, which examined the feasibility and potential impact of integrating the MIND at Home program into ...

IMPACT Career Development Awardee Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC was awarded a Pilot Grant from the National Dementia Workforce Study for her study, Advance Practice Providers and Dementia Care: Role of Training, Preparedness, and Practice Setting for Patient Outcomes. IMPACT executive committee member Jennifer Gabbard, MD is a co-investigator for this study. Frechman’s study will leverage the ...

Yale School of Medicine is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate in Gerontologic Biostatistics for a 2.5-year full-time position. This role focuses on methodological development in pragmatic dyadic study design within embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs). Mentorship will be provided by Drs. Joan Monin and Heather Allore (Yale School of Public Health) and Dr. Thomas Travison (Harvard ...

In collaboration with the NEXT STEPs Network and the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory (U54AG063546) is now accepting applications for the 2025 Real World Data Scholars Program. The one-year mentored training program is designed to build practical ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory (U54AG063546) is now accepting applications for the 2025 Career Development Award (CDA) Program. These CDAs support the development of MD, PhD, or equivalent researchers who seek careers conducting embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) for people living ...

In the upcoming month, the IMPACT Collaboratory will publish Requests for Applications (RFA) for two mentored training grants. On November 18th, IMPACT will release the RFA for our Career Development Award Program. On December 2nd, we will release the RFA for our Real World Data Scholars Program. Career Development Awards Goal: Mentored training in ePCTs for dementia ...

Housing characteristics of older adults with cognitive impairment October 28, 2025 A new analysis of the 2022 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) examines the housing circumstances of older adults living with cognitive impairment (CI) in the United States. Laura Gitlin, PhD, former Core Leader of the IMPACT Implementation Core, was among the authors of the study, ...

Alignment of Minimum Data Set 3.0 Ratings With Staff Care Partner Reports of Symptoms of Distress for Nursing Home Residents October 27, 2025 Accurate measurement of behavioral and emotional distress is essential for designing and evaluating pragmatic interventions in nursing homes. Yet growing evidence suggests that the Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) may not always reflect what ...