- IMPACT Collaboratory funds two Career Development Awards December 12, 2023
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic AD/ADRD Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Career Development Award Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications.
About the IMPACT Collaboratory Career Development Award Program
NIA IMPACT Collaboratory funds two to three Career Development Awards (CDAs) annually. These ...
- NIH Collaboratory workshop recordings on ePCT’s effects on healthcare systems now available December 7, 2023
Multiple principal investigator Vince Mor, PhD was part of an NIH Collaboratory workshop entitled “Getting the Right Evidence to Decision-Makers Faster” held June 20-21, 2023. Mor was part of a panel of experts addressing “How Have Health Systems Made Decisions Based on Evidence Collected in PCTs?”
The 2-day workshop explored how researchers share evidence with healthcare ...
- Registration is now open for IMPACT Collaboratory’s 2024 Scientific Conference on Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) in Dementia December 5, 2023
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. ...
- Allore leads JAMA Internal Medicine series to help clinicians interpret and apply scientific research November 15, 2023
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 ...
- Supplemental NIA IMPACT study with pharmacies results in national database of older adult COVID-19 vaccine data October 18, 2023
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, ...
- New documentary featuring María Aranda, PhD, MSW, explores the impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Hispanic and Latino population October 13, 2023
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 to present at two-day workshop exploring serious illness care October 12, 2023
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 ...
- Recent IMPACT team article describes formal methods for sample size and power analyses for testing subgroup-specific treatment effects in parallel-arm CRTs October 10, 2023
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 ...
- Strong IMPACT presence at GSA Annual Conference begins with Long-term Care Cooperative workshop October 9, 2023
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 ...
- New report now available! Voices of the Lived Experience Panel: Health Equity in Dementia Care and Research October 4, 2023
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, ...