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Lessons from a pilot of ALIGN: Aligning Medications with What Matters Most Description: ALIGN is a pragmatic, pharmacist-led telehealth intervention in primary care to optimize medications for people living with dementia and reduce inappropriate polypharmacy by focusing on what matters most to patients and care partners. Dr. Green presented on key learnings from the ALIGN

Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions to Support Deprescribing of Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists in Older Adults The US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) will soon be seeking applications for large pilot studies that test complementary and integrative health approaches to support deprescribing of benzodiazepine receptor agonists in older adults. The goal of this program is to support

We are thrilled to announce our 2022-2023 cohort of Junior Investigator Intensive Awardees. The Junior Investigator Intensive program provides dedicated supports and research learning opportunities to help fellows, post-docs, and early-stage faculty succeed with their deprescribing-related research and advance their research careers. This years cohort awardees include 13 outstanding physician, pharmacist, and PhD investigators from

We are thrilled to announce our 2021-2022 cohort of Junior Investigator Intensive Awardees. The Junior Investigator Intensive program provides dedicated supports and research learning opportunities to help fellows, post-docs, and early-stage faculty succeed with their deprescribing-related research and advance their research careers. This years cohort awardees include 13 outstanding physician, pharmacist, and PhD investigators from the US, Denmark, and Ireland.

The US Deprescribing Research Network’s 2nd Virtual Annual Meeting is now open for registration. The meeting with take place virtually on Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 11am-2pm ET. We hope you can join us! Click for agenda and registration

The US Deprescribing Research Network seeks applicants to form special interest groups (SIGs) in order to encourage networking and collaboration on specific projects. These member-led SIGs should: Be centered around a product (e.g., submitting symposia for presentation at a national meeting, a paper, etc.) Have a structure with a defined leader Be open to all

Apply now to be part of USDeN’s next cohort of Junior Investigator Intensive Program participants! The program will create a cohort of emerging leaders who are committed to pursuing research training and collaborative opportunities related to deprescribing. Applications due February 1, 2021. Learn more

We are pleased to announce that Drs. Sean Hennessy and Allison Willis from the University of Pennsylvania will represent the 5th site for the Data Harmonization Working Group. The objective of this project is to develop and refine methods around creating, operationalizing, and implementing measures relevant to deprescribing studies across 5 institutions with different data