The IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce the 2022 IMPACT Faculty Scholars. This program aims to enhance the career development of investigators in the design and conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials for people living with dementia and their care partners by integrating them into the activities of our Cores and Teams. Faculty Scholars attend monthly ...

The IMPACT Collaboratory will hold a pre-conference workshop  at the 2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in San Diego, CA on July 29, 2022 to share key considerations in the design and conduct of ePCTs for PLWD. The goals of the workshop are to: Train investigators in the design and conduct of ePCTs for people living ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory (U54AG063546) is pleased to announce the 2022 Health Care Systems (HCS) Scholars Program awardees. HCS Scholars Program This program offers investigators an opportunity to work directly with health care systems interested in improving the care provided to people ...

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory was part of a pre-conference workshop and several presentations shared during the 2022 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting held June 4-7, 2022 in Washington, DC. IMPACT Multiple Principal Investigator Vince Mor, PhD spoke on a panel during the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials‘ “Essentials of Embedded Pragamtic Clinical Trials” Pre-Conference Workshop. ...

Two IMPACT members were awarded for their outstanding research, distinguished leadership in teaching and service, and new ideas by the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Both recipients were nominated by their peers. María Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, FGSA, member of IMPACT’s Executive Committee and Health Equity Team, received the 2022 James Jackson Outstanding Mentorship Award. This ...

A blog post from Partha Bhattacharyya, Program Director, and Ama Donkor, Health Specialist, both of the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging, describes the newest resource available from the IMPACT Collaboratory, the Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative. The LTC Data Cooperative is the largest integrated database of detailed, normalized, electronic ...

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 Career Development Award (CDA). These CDAs support the development of MD, PhD, or equivalent researchers who seek careers conducting embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) for people living with AD/ADRD ...

Sample size calculators for planning stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: A review and comparison June 9, 2022 IMPACT members Fan Li and Monica Talijaard are among the authors responding to the need for guidance in selecting the most appropriate power and sample size calculations software to use when designing a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. The authors provide ...

The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will hold a virtual 2 half-day workshop June 15-16, 2022, to explore questions critical to designing and implementing pragmatic clinical trials conducted within healthcare systems. NIA IMPACT Collaboratory multiple principal investigator Vince Mor will be among the panel members for the workshop. This workshop is an opportunity to glean the most ...

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory has launched a new online learning platform to give learners the opportunity to build their skills in embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) in people living with dementia (PLWD). Learners can take individual courses or enroll in our new certificate program “Basic Principles of Conducting ePCTs in People Living with Dementia and ...