Research Programs

EMBRACE Roybal Center

The Establishing Mechanisms of Benefit to Reinforce the Alzheimer’s Care Experience Center is funded by the National Institute on Aging to advance research capacity for mechanistic-based home and community-based dementia care interventions. (PI: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN)

Gilmore-Bykovskyi Lab

Aims to improve equitable care and research for people affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD) by studying treatment, care, and disparities in access and outcomes for patients and caregivers. It is one of just five U.S. teams funded by the National Institute on Aging to advance understanding of lucid episodes in dementia. (PI: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN)

Emergency Care for Infectious Diseases

Endeavors to improve infectious disease diagnosis, infection control, and antibiotic stewardship in the emergency department and downstream care settings. (PI: Michael Pulia, MD, PhD)

Emergency Care Systems Lab

Working to make emergency care smarter, safer, and more efficient by designing and optimizing complex health care systems. By bridging clinical practice with integrative partnerships, ECSL develops solutions that improve continuity of care, clinician well-being, and health system performance. (PIs: Brian Patterson, MD, MPH & Hanna Barton, PhD)

Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Aims to improve care for older adults with acute illnesses by building capacity for aging-related emergency care research, using clinical informatics to identify and prevent falls, and developing care transition models — particularly for those with cognitive challenges like Alzheimer’s and related dementias. (PI: Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH)

Prehospital Medicine & EMS Systems

Develops new knowledge to advance the science of prehospital medicine through novel transitional care programs, high-fidelity education and training for Emergency Medical Services personnel, and the development of unique registries and data dashboards to drive quality improvement. (PIs: Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH & Michael Spigner, MD, NRP)