We are pleased to announce the AWARD Network will be hosting our second Summer Training Institute the week of July 20-24, 2026, in San Francisco, CA.
The goal of the Summer Institute is to train early-stage researchers (doctoral candidates working on their dissertations, post-doctoral scholars, and assistant professors) in understanding concepts underlying research on the health and long-term care workforce that serves people living with dementia and developing approaches to conducting and disseminating such research.
The Summer Institute will offer didactic and interactive training on topics ranging from workforce definitions and labor economics to clinical dementia care and public policy, including state and federal regulations impacting the workforce. The program may include site visits to one or more sites involved in dementia research and health and long-term care programs supporting people living with dementia (PLWD). We will review quantitative and qualitative research methods, funding mechanisms and grant writing, research dissemination and outreach, and leadership development. The program will include group mentoring and networking opportunities, and participants will leave with actionable next steps.
Applications will be available in early 2026.
Please email us at [email protected] with questions.
Summer Training Institute 2026 Planning Committee
Members:
Susan Chapman, UCSF (Chair)
Lei Chen, UCSF
Jennifer Craft Morgan, Georgia State University
Moroni Fernandez Cajavilca, New York University
Jenny Kwon, UCSF
Yeonjung Jane Lee, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Maria Val Roche-Dean, Grand Valley State
Kezia Scales, PHI