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Matthew Growdon, MD, MPH is a geriatrician and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Division of Geriatrics. Dr. Growdon’s research is focused on improving the quality and safety of prescribing for older adults. Dr. Growdon received his medical school training at Harvard Medical School and his MPH with an emphasis on quantitative methods from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed residency in internal medicine and primary care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He subsequently completed a clinical geriatrics fellowship in the Harvard Medical School Multicampus Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, a chief residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Advanced Training in Clinical Research Certificate Program at UCSF. Currently, his research is primarily supported by a NIA Beeson K76, through which he is developing a clinical decision framework for optimizing medication use among older adults with cognitive impairment, with an emphasis on those who live alone. Dr. Growdon's mixed-methods work involves the use of large quantitative datasets including Medicare claims, national survey data, and real-world EHR data as well as qualitative methods and implementation science.


Learning Objectives:

1. Describe high-risk medication use and medication management challenges among older adults who live alone with cognitive impairment.

2. Describe perspectives and experiences of older adults who live alone with cognitive impairment regarding medication management.


"High-Risk Medication Use Among Older Adults Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment"

Dr. Matthew Growdon Assistant Professor, UCSF

October 9, 2025 | 1:00-2:00 P.M. MST



The PREPARE Challenge (Pioneering Research for Early Prediction of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias EUREKA Challenge) aimed to advance data and algorithms for accurate, innovative, and representative early prediction of AD/ADRD. At a virtual pitch event, data scientists who developed proof-of-concept models based on their prize-winning Phase 2 work will share how they used social determinants of health or acoustic data to predict cognitive decline. Each team will deliver a 5-minute pitch focusing on practical takeaways and lessons learned from their model development process on Thursday, August 28, 2025 3-5pm ET.


You can register ahead of the event and registration remains open until the event begins.


To learn more about the PREPARE challenge, visit the challenge website or read about the Phase 1 results where teams identified key public datasets and the Phase 2 results where solvers developed the predictive models being presented at this event. Explore responses from society and communities, such as providers, employers, and policymakers.



BSR is hosting a virtual workshop on Changing Ownership of Health Care Entities in the U.S. on Thursday, September 4 and Friday, September 5 from 10 AM to 2 PM ET to explore trends in health care delivery, focusing on health care contexts (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes) that are consolidating and/or being acquired by investment-oriented groups, such as private equity firms (PE) or real-estate investment trusts (REITs).


To further the understanding of what these trends mean for patient health outcomes, this workshop will feature sessions that:

  • Describe more recent trends in hospital/health system consolidation; acquisition of nursing homes; and hospices by large chains

  • Identify the different types of institutions increasingly involved in health care over the last two decades, particularly newer players

  • Describe implications for patient health, as well as data needs and reasons for gaps in this evidence

  • Explore responses from society and communities, such as providers, employers, and policymakers



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