Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award Lecture

Speaker: Malaz A. Boustani, MD, MPH, Indiana University School of Medicine
Over the past decade, Dr. Boustani conducted multiple research projects to evaluate the benefit and harms of dementia screening in primary care. This presentation will review the results of his work including the systematic review of dementia screening for the USPSTF recommendations; The Indianapolis Dementia Screening and Diagnosis study that recognized the barriers and facilitators of dementia screening in primary care; the PRISM study that identified depression and anxiety as common perceived harms of dementia screening reported by patients attending primary care; and finally the PREVENT study that demonstrated the efficacy of the Collaborative Dementia Care model in improving the behavioral and psychological symptoms related to dementia and enhancing the quality of dementia care in primary care.