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 in partnership with the University of Minnesota and aims to advance research capacity for mechanistic-based home and community-based dementia care interventions. (PI: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN)

Gilmore-Bykovskyi Lab

Dedicated to promoting effective and meaningful research and care for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. It is one of just five U.S. teams funded by the National Institute on Aging to lead national research on 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, with a focus on supporting older adults affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias. (PI: Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH)

Prehospital Medicine & EMS Systems

Develops new knowledge to advance the science and delivery 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)