The University of Iowa Health Alliance, a collaboration between the University of Iowa and more than 50 hospitals and more than 160 physician clinics across the state, has been selected as one of 10 trial sites for a new study intended to find effective, evidence-based strategies to address the personal and public health burden of fall injuries in older people.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) have joined to support a clinical trial to test individually tailored interventions to prevent fall-related injuries. The award, made by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the NIH and funded by PCORI as part of the Falls Injuries Prevention Partnership of the two organizations, is expected to total some $30 million over the five-year project.

For more information on the trial, visit the PCORI website.