Dean Popejoy’s program of research focuses on understanding the complex issues that surround the provision of care to elders in hospitals, nursing homes, community settings and primary care. The concept of Aging in Place as been pivotal to her research in terms of studying the impact of care coordination with and without the use of technology in identifying early illness and change in condition to support older adults’ independence in the home of their choice. She has also played key roles in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Centers grants serving as a co-director/co-lead/co-investigator in three funded initiatives. The Leveraging Information Technology to Guide High Touch, High Tech Care and Phase 1 of the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) were testing interventions to improve care coordination outcomes in primary and long term care. Phase 2 of the Missouri Quality Initiative tested nursing home health system change plus payment reform compared to payment reform alone. Additionally, Dr. Popejoy’s research teams have successfully translated the Re-engineered Discharge (RED) program developed for acute care to the short stay skilled nursing facility.  They have developed an ontology to quantify the work of nurse care coordinators. She is currently working with colleagues in the Sinclair School of Nursing and its partners to translate successful innovation into business models including the Missouri Quality Initiative and Aging in Place.