The IMPACT Collaboratory requests applications for The James L. Rudolph Career Development Award Program and Pilot Grants Program of non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners. James L. Rudolph Career Development Award Program IMPACT will fund up to two awards of up to $240, 000 over 24 months for Career Development Awards ...

A new study published in The Gerontologist found that Section GG and Section G, two measures used to assess function in skilled nursing facilities, capture related but distinct aspects of patient functioning, suggesting caution when comparing scores derived from the two instruments.

The IMPACT Collaboratory will publish Requests for Applications (RFA) for The James L. Rudolph Career Development Award and Pilot ePCT Grants of non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners in June 2026.  Pilot Grants Program IMPACT will fund up to three awards for pilot embedded pragmatic trials (ePCTs) that are designed to demonstrate ...

NIA IMPACT member Lisa Kern, MD, MPH, responded to comments from other researchers on her study comparing approaches to assigning care coordinators to people living with dementia.

Designing Consent Processes for Research that Enrolls Older Adults Who May Lack Decisional Capacity: A Practical Guide for Investigators(opens in new tab) May 7, 2026 A new paper by Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN, Stephanie R. Morain, PhD, MPH, and Jason Karlawish, MD, offers investigators a practical guide for designing consent processes for research that enrolls ...

Words matter: an examination of terminology to define culturally informed dementia caregiving interventions May 6, 2026 A new article in The Gerontologist co-authored by NIA IMPACT members Lauren J. Parker and Fayron Epps, calls for greater clarity and consistency in how researchers define and describe culturally informed dementia caregiving interventions. The authors describe how cultural factors can contribute ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory (U54AG063546) was established in 2019 to build the nation’s capacity to conduct embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) of non-pharmacological interventions within health care systems to improve the care of people living with dementia (PLWD) and their ...

The IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce plans to publish a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCT) Planning Grants Program. The goal of this program is to support investigators, in partnership with nursing home organizations and resident-care partner advisory boards, to co-design fully specified protocols for ePCTs aimed at improving ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Real World Data Scholars Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications. About the Real World Data Scholars Program The Real World Data Scholars Program is a 1-year mentored training experience designed ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 James L. Rudolph Career Development Award Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications. About the James L. Rudolph Career Development Award Program The James L. Rudolph Career Development Award recognizes promising ...