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Goldberg Lab
Mission: To advance healthy aging through effective clinical interventions and technology enabled approaches together with academic, government, and industry partners.
Vision: To extend the health span of people in our community and the world.
Values:
Vision: To extend the health span of people in our community and the world.
Values:
- Collaborate with the communities we serve
- Promote equitable healthcare free of ageism, racism, and other forms of bias and discrimination
- Lead in biomedical research by addressing barriers that make the health system difficult to access or inefficient in delivering high-quality care
- Encourage and mentor junior scientists and clinicians to lead in this work
Our Team
Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
@LizGoldbergMD
Kathryn Erickson, MS
Research Services Principal Professional
Trish Smith, MS, RD
Research Services Senior Professional
Christie Hartman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Rachel Lockwood, MPH
Research Services Intermediate Professional
Emily Pincus, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
Maren Clark, MS
Research Assistant, Rehabilitation Science PhD Student
Funded Research
| GAPcareAD: A Brief Emergency Department Intervention to Address Post-Fall Care Needs of Persons Living with Dementia and Care Partners | |
| Description | This multi-site randomized controlled trial will compare the GAPcareAD (intervention) to usual care for persons living with dementia. GAPcareAD is an ED-initiated, caregiver-inclusive intervention designed to address fall risk at the point of care. The intervention includes pharmacist- and physical therapist-led assessments, targeted modification of fall risk factors, and coordinated communication of fall prevention plans with caregivers and care teams. This study aims to determine whether a pragmatic, ED-based intervention can reduce fall-related healthcare utilization and improve patient and caregiver outcomes. |
| Supported by | National Institute of Health (NIA), R01 AG091334-01A1 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Project Lead | Trish Smith |
| Co-Lead | Jonathan Gomez Picazo, Kathryn Erickson |
| Start Date | March 2026 |
| STEP: Scaling Trusted Evidence-based Fall Prevention in Colorado | |
| Description | In collaboration with Engaging Communities in Mental and Behavioral Health Research (EMBHR) Lab, STEP is a statewide initiative to implement, evaluate, and sustain a statewide coordinated fall prevention system and to improve the delivery and accessibility of fall prevention services for individuals across all age groups and geographic regions in Colorado reduce fall-related injuries among older adults. |
| Supported by | Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – Administration for Community Living (ACL), 90AAFP0001-01-00 |
| Role | Multiple Principal Investigators |
| Project Lead | Rachel Lockwood |
| Co-Lead | Trish Smith, Christie Hartman |
| Start Date | September 2025 |
| ALERT-ED: Awareness and Linkage to Resources for At-Risk Emergency Department Patient | |
| Description | This pragmatic clinical trial employs an electronic health record embedded intervention that links emergency department patients at high risk for falls with evidence-based and low-cost community fall prevention resources. This trial was launched at eight different UCHealth Hospitals across the North, South, and Metro regions of Colorado |
| Supported by | NIH/NCATS, PEET-25-003 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Lead | Jonathan Gomez Picazo |
| Co-Lead | Maren Clark, Emily Pincus |
| Start Date | August 2025 |
| eGAPcare | |
| Description | This project tests the feasibility of delivering the GAPcare intervention via telehealth in the Emergency Department (ED) at The Medical Center of the Rockies. The telehealth intervention involves physical therapists and pharmacists consulting with the patient during their ED visit via video conference |
| Supported by | National Institute of Health (NIA), R21 AG091218-01 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Lead | Jonathan Gomez Picazo |
| Co-Lead | Trish Smith, Katheryn Erickson |
| Start Date | January 2025 |
| ED- LEAD: Emergency Departments Leading the transformation of Alzheimer’s and Dementia care | |
| Description | Pragmatic clinical trial encompassing eighty emergency departments nationwide that seeks to improve the care of persons living with dementia and their care partners by addressing emergency and post-emergency care through different combinations of three dyad focused programs; emergency care redesign, nurse-led telephonic care, and community paramedic-led transition intervention |
| Supported by | NIH, 5U19AG078105-03 |
| Role | Site Principal Investigator |
| Lead | Katheryn Erickson |
| Co-Lead | Jonathan Gomez Picazo, Emily Pincus |
| Start Date | September 2024 |
| Enhancing Emergency Longevity: a technology-based exploration of sleep, fitness, and wellbeing | |
| Description | This is a nationwide 90-day observational study measuring emergency physicians’ (EPs) sleep patterns and wellbeing associated with shift work. These measures are collected through a research app that connects with the EPs’ iPhone and Apple Watch |
| Supported by | Apple Investigator Support Award |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Lead | Jonathan Gomez Picazo |
| Start Date | May 2024 |
| GEAR 2.0: Modifying the GAPcare Fall Prevention Intervention for Persons with Cognitive Impairment and their Caregivers | |
| Description | Interviews with experts, patients, and caregivers were conducted to refine GAPcare to meet capture the needs of persons with cognitive and their caregiver(s) |
| Supported by | Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0) Network – Advancing Dementia Care/Emergency Medicine Foundation / West Health Institute |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Start & End Date | August 2023 – November 2025 |
| Caregiver Assist: A Chatbot and Community Health Worker Intervention to Facilitate Skills Training and Referral to Services for Caregivers of Diverse, Low-income Older Adults | |
| Description | Develop and validate a model that can predict which older emergency department patients will move to a nursing home within 6 months and test an intervention designed to support these patients’ caregivers through skills building and navigation to home and community-based services. |
| Supported by | NIH |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Start & End Date | October 2023 – October 2024 |
| Ensuring Medication Ingestion Without Altering Existing Medication Regimen | |
| Description | Tested novel, home-based system to remotely monitor and confirm medication ingestion among older adults, aiming to improve adherence without requiring changes to their daily routines |
| Supported by | National Institute of Health (NIA), Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), R43 AG073011 (PI Carnes) |
| Role | Site Principal Investigator |
| Start & End Date | September 2022 – September 2024 |
| GAPcare II: The Geriatric Acute & Post-acute Care Coordination Program for Fall Prevention in the Emergency Department | |
| Description | Trial evaluating an emergency department–based intervention in which physical therapists and pharmacists assess older adults after a fall to identify risk factors, improve discharge safety, and prevent future falls. The study also examines the feasibility of using wearable technology (Apple Watch) to objectively measure gait, fitness, and fall occurrence over time |
| Supported by | National Institute of Health (NIA), Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging, K76 AG059983 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Start & End Date | October 2021 – September 2022 |
| GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute & Post-acute Fall Prevention in the Emergency Department | |
| Description | Trial evaluating a multidisciplinary emergency department–based fall prevention intervention in which pharmacists and physical therapists provide medication review, fall risk assessment, and discharge planning for older adults after a fall |
| Supported by | National Institute of Health (NIA), Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging (GEMSSTAR), R03 AG056349 |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
| Start & End Date | July 2017 – June 2019 |