Current HIGN Affiliated Faculty Research

This listing demonstrates the breadth and scope of work our NYU Meyers faculty affiliated with HIGN are doing. The page is updated annually.

UPDATED: DECEMBER 2024

Tara Cortes

ArchCare Nurse Fellowship Program

Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care

Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

Ab Brody

Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging (Post-Award project ID: S5081) 

Aliviado Dementia Care Machine Learning Algorithm Development for Caregiving

Co-Designing and Testing a Precision Health mHealth App to Support Diverse Care Partners of Persons Living with Dementia Manage Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in the Community

ED-LEAD: Emergency Departments Leading the transformation of Alzheimer's and Dementia care

Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory - Leader of Pilot Studies Core

Implementing the NYU Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA) for Head and Neck Cancer In Rural and Urban Populations

Leveraging Electronic Health Records for Reducing Dementia Screening Disparities in Diverse Communities

The Impact of COVID-19 on End-of-Life Care for Vulnerable Populations

Palliative Care at Home for Patients with Dementia

Kelseanne Breder

Developing a Workforce to Address Behavioral Health in Homeless Older Adults

Geriatric Academic Career Awards

Dan David

Cambia Health Foundation’s Sojourns Scholar Leadership Awards Program: Palliative Care Access for Older Adults in Medicaid Funded Assisted Living

Chenjuan Ma

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Home Health Care for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity (CAHPE) pilot grant: Timely Initiation of Home Health Care Among Asian Americans with and without Dementia

Komal Patel Murali

Engage-D: DEsigNing Culturally Sensitive Care ManaGement for Hospice TrAnsitions for Diverse Persons LivinG with AdvancEd Dementia

Domains of Caregiving Support Accessed by South Asians in Faith-Based Settings

Tina Sadarangani

Measuring What Matters: Incorporating Person-Centered Outcomes in Adult Day

Leveraging mobile health technology to reduce avoidable healthcare utilization in persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in adult day centers

Allison Squires

A Multiple Methods Study to Understand Hospital Nurses Practices Accessing Language Services to Address Language Preference Associated Health Inequities

Jasmine Travers

Dementia Care Training in Skilled Nursing Facilities

The Paycheck Protection Program and its Effects on Staffing Patterns and the Outcomes of Residents Living with Dementia

Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Health Disparities in Nursing Home Quality Measures

Identifying Unmet Needs Driving Disproportionate and Avoidable Nursing Home Placements among Black and Latino Persons Living With Dementia

The NH Explanatory Trials Network: Supporting Transformation by Enhancing Partnerships (The NEXT STEPS)

Bei Wu

Elucidating the Link Between Oral Health and Dementia Subtypes: A Multifaceted Study on the Biological Pathways and Social Determinants 

Care-Partner Assisted Intervention To Improve Oral Health for Individuals with Mild Dementia 

Rutgers- NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity 

Resource Center for Alzheimer's and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans

Daily psychosocial stress and cardiometabolic health of older Chinese Americas

Postdoctoral and Research Scientists

Shih-Yin Lin

Roybal Translational Research Center to Promote Context-Specific Caregiving of Community-Dwelling Persons Living with Alzheimer's Disease or Related Disorders  

Development and Validation of a Delirium Caregiving Self-Efficacy Scale