Cycle 2 Pilot Awardees

Justina L. Groeger, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pilot Study Title:
Facilitating Skilled Nursing Facility Provision of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Dana Urbanski, AuD, PhD, CCC-A
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington
Pilot Study Title:
Adapting Audiology Best Practices and Outcome Measurement for a Future Explanatory Trial of Hearing Care in Nursing Home Residents
Cycle 1 Pilot Awardees

Connie Cole, PhD, DNP, APRN, NP-C, ACHPN
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Pilot Study Title:
Timely Identification of Unmet Palliative Care Needs in Nursing Homes

Ellen McCreedy, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University
Pilot Study Title:
Improving Identification Strategies and Outcome Measurement for a Future Explanatory Trial of a Personalized Music Intervention for Dementia-Related Agitation

Cara McDermott, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Duke University
Pilot Study Title:
Optimizing Medications to Reduce Hospitalizations for Multimorbid Adults with COPD

Evan Plys, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University
Pilot Study Title:
Adapting an evidence-based behavioral intervention for nursing homes
