Congratulations to Julie Bynum, MD, MPH from the University of Michigan‘s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the team for their newest research findings reflecting the disparities in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis based on geographic location! Highlights from the research: The rate of new Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) case identification varies geographically across the United ...

Discontinuing the Term “Stakeholder” From the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Engaging Partners Team: An Example of the Process of Language Change in an Organization September 4, 2024 Using a multi-step process, IMPACT Engaging Partners Team members describe the process used to discontinue the use of the term “stakeholder” in response to this term’s problematic colonial history. Abstract In this paper, ...

This session will be led by Elizabeth White, APRN, PhD, Assistant Professor at Brown University School of Public Health, and Stephanie Kissam, Executive Director of the LTC Data Cooperative from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Governed by the AHCA/NCAL and funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the LTC Data Cooperative, provides free access to person-level ...

Cognitive dispersion and its functional relevance in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and prodromal behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia August 29, 2024 IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, is among the authors of recent publication Cognitive dispersion and its functional relevance in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and prodromal behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia in Neuropsychology that explored  variability within ...

IMPACT Design and Statistics Core Leader, Heather Allore, PhD, among authors of recent publication on a prospective cohort study, which used data from the population-based Trøndelag Health (HUNT) Study, Norway. Investigators applied group based multidimensional trajectory modeling to identify age-specific multidimensional trajectories of SBP, DBP, and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness across 3 surveys (HUNT1, 1984–1986 to ...

IMPACT Demonstration Project Awardee, Lisa Kern, MD, MPH, and team have published survey results of a cross-sectional study exploring care coordination for people living with dementia (PLWD). The cross-sectional study, conducted within a New York Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO), examined perceptions of care coordination and adverse events among PLWD and their caregivers. The research team ...

IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, is among the authors of recent publication, “The mobile everyday cognition scale (mECog): development and pilot testing”, which describes the development and pilot-testing of the mobile Everyday Cognition Scale (mECog), a new tool designed to measure subjective cognitive decline (SCD) using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methods.

IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee Jennifer Gabbard, MD publishes results paper. Through a pragmatic clinical trial, this study demonstrates the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of delivering serious illness conversations (SIC) intervention (TeleVoice) via telehealth, emphasizing the potential of telehealth to enhance care delivery for persons living with cognitive impairment. The findings highlight the need for further ...

A Pilot Trial of CRESCENT in a Large Academic Healthcare System: A CaReEcoSystem Primary Care Embedded DemeNtia Treatment July 8, 2024 IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee, Brent Forester, MD, MSc, and team have published a second article resulting from the IMPACT-funded CRESCENT (CaReEcoSystem primary Care Embedded demeNtia Treatment study.  CRESCENT is a telephone-based dementia care intervention adapted from ...

Vincent Mor, PhD, NIA IMPACT Multiple Principal has been selected to join the Congressional Budget Office’s 2024 Panel of Health Advisers. Members of the panel come from a variety of backgrounds and specialties to represent a broad array of perspectives on research and real-world developments in healthcare delivery and financing. Invited members will participate in an annual ...