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NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Requests for Applications
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.


New Pathways to Early Detection and Intervention in Alzheimer’s Disease
As the Alzheimer's disease landscape rapidly evolves with new biomarker tools and FDA-approved disease-modifying therapies reshaping how we diagnose and treat, earlier identification and timely intervention have never been more critical to patient outcomes. During this session, we will: review early detection approaches using clinical assessments with the latest biomarker tools, discuss appropriate patient selection and use of disease-modifying therapies...


From Message to Motivation: Communication Strategies That Drive Cancer Prevention Behaviors Webinar
Webinar Overview Join the Roybal Center for Promoting Adherence to Behavior Change and Enhancing Cognitive Function for an upcoming webinar, June 3, 2026, at 11:00 am ET titled “From Message to Motivation: Communication Strategies That Drive Cancer Prevention Behaviors.” This webinar will feature Dr. William Calo and will explore how effective communication can influence health behaviors and support cancer prevention efforts.


Building Capability in Behavioural Research Conference
June 30 , 2026 | University of Birmingham Behavioural research is crucial for informing policy and practice in areas not limited to but including public health, climate change and sustainability, economic well-being, education, crime and justice, social welfare, governance and digital technology including artificial intelligence. Making advances in these areas, and improving the ways we conduct behavioural research, will depend on large-scale collaboration across disciplinary


IMPACT Collaboratory Requests Applications: 2026 ePCT Planning Grants Program
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 care partners. The IMPACT Collaboratory will fund up to t


A New Era for Alzheimer’s Treatment: Promise, Tradeoffs, & Tough Questions
April 30, 2026 | 3:-0AM – 4:30PM ET A new generation of Alzheimer’s treatments is reshaping the landscape of dementia care. This webinar will examine what these drugs are, how they differ from previous therapies that primarily addressed symptoms, and what we know about their benefits and risks. Have these treatments changed patient care in meaningful ways? How are patients and families experiencing them in the real world? We will also explore pressing questions about affordab


Multidisciplinary Teams, Early Translation, Multidisciplinary Communities/Geroscience, and Tools and Barriers in Multidisciplinary Research
May 20-21, 2026 This workshop will include sessions on Multidisciplinary Teams, Early Translation, Multidisciplinary Communities/Geroscience, and Tools and Barriers in Multidisciplinary Research. View the current agenda for the workshop here . This workshop will be held in-person and streamed virtually on May 20 and 21, 2026. Registration to attend virtual sessions is free and open to the public. The deadline to register is May 19 at 9am ET.


Privacy, Trust, and Consent in Aging Research Recruitment
April 27-28, 2026 | 11:30AM – 4:00PM ET Purpose and Background This two-day workshop addresses critical challenges in recruiting participants for aging and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) research while also maintaining robust privacy protections and informed consent processes. As clinical trials increasingly leverage digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and multi-site data partnerships, researchers must navigate complex ethical considerations an


Measuring a Moving Target: Ambulatory Methods for Capturing Cognitive Change in Daily Life Webinar
Webinar Overview Join the Roybal Center for Promoting Adherence to Behavior Change and Enhancing Cognitive Function for an upcoming webinar, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 12:00 pm ET . This webinar will feature Dr. Martin Sliwinski, Gregory H. Wolf Professor of Aging Studies and Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at Penn State University. Dr Sliwinski is also Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and the Geroscience and Dementia Prevention Consortium. Dr. Sliwin


Neural Circuits in Health & Disease Conference
August 17 – 19 , 2026 | Irvine Marriott, Irvine, California, USA The 2026 Summer Conference on “Neural Circuits in Health and Disease” (August 17–19, 2026), jointly sponsored by the CNCM and the Cajal Club and co-hosted by the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, the Center for Advanced Pain Studies, the Broad Institute, and Harvard Medical School, will be held at the Irvine Marriott (2.6 miles from UCI), located at 18000 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, California 92612,


IMPACT Grand Rounds: Identifying and Engaging Care Partners Through Electronic Health Records for Pragmatic Research
Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET Presenter: Jenny Portz, PhD Panelists: Julia Burgdorf, PhD and Jody Long, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN Moderator: Hillary Lum, PhD, MD Hillary Lum, PhD, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Jenny Portz, PhD, MSW Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Julia Burgdorf, PhD Research Scientist, Center for Home Care Policy &


Owning the Moment of Care: Reducing Implicit Bias and Diffusion of Responsibility in Clinical Practice Lessons from our Roybal Center projects
Speakers Nao Hagiwara, PhD Professor of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, ScD Assistant Professor of Medicine Brigham & Women’s Hospital Nancy Haff, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine Brigham & Women’s Hospital
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