Congratulations 2013 Jahnigen/Williams/GEMSSTAR Scholars
Congratulations and welcome to the 2013 Jahnigen and Williams Scholars and all other recepients of the National Institute on Aging GEMSSTAR awards. The federal Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program and the complementary Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Awards and the T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program provides financial and career development support targeted to physician faculty who have recently completed their clinical training in any medical or surgical specialty and are embarking on a career in clinical aging research in their specialty area.
Congratulations and welcome to the 2013 Jahnigen and Williams Scholars and all other recepients of the National Institute on Aging GEMSSTAR awards. The federal Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program provides financial and career development support targeted to physician faculty who have recently completed their clinical training in any medical or surgical specialty and are embarking on a career in clinical aging research in their specialty area. Matching funds are required and two programs, the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Awards and the T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program support the leadership development of several GEMSSTAR recepients, including seven scholars this year. The Williams and Jahnigen Scholars programs are supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and several partnering professional specialty societies.
2013 Dennis W. Jahnigen/GEMSSTAR Scholar
Ilana Addis
University of Arizona
Project: Is acupuncture a viable alternative to medication for overactive bladder in an elderly female population?
Partnering Specialty Society: Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
2013 T. Franklin Williams/GEMSSTAR Scholars
John A. Dodson
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Project: Determinants of Fall-Related Bleeding among Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation
Partnering Specialty Society: American College of Cardiology
William Fischer
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Project: The Effect of Aging On LAIV Replication in Human Nasal Epithelial Cells
Partnering Specialty Society: Infectious Disease Society of America
Jennifer C. Lai
University of California San Francisco
Project: Global Functional Status in the Older Liver Transplant Candidate
Partnering Specialty Society: American College of Gastroenterology
Kasia Joanna Lipska
Yale University
Project: Toward Personalized Diabetes Care: Understanding Hypoglycemia in Older Adults
Partnering Specialty Society: America Diabetes Association
Rebecca Manno
Johns Hopkins University
Project: The Press Era - Protein & Resistance Exercise Supplement Study for Elderly with RA
Partnering Specialty Society: American College of Rheumatalogy
Nahid Jamal Rianon
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Project: Effects of ACE Inhibitor (ACEI) Use On Bone Turnover in Humans: A Clinical Trial
Partnering Specialty Society: American Geriatrics Society
Other 2013 GEMSSTAR Award Recipients
Laren Becker
Stanford University
Project: Effect of Aging On Enteric Neural Stem Cells is Dependent on the Pi3k/Akt Pathway
Nathan E. Brummel
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Project: Early Prediction of Long-Term Cognitive Impairment Following Critical Illness
Bihong Chen
City Of Hope/Beckman Research Institute
Project: Structural and Functional Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Chemotherapy
Nancy J. Donovan
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Project: Loneliness and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in Clinically Normal Elderly
Jared W. Magnani
Boston University Medical Campus
Project: Atrial Fibrillation; Functional Decline; And Arrhythmia Detection In Older Adults
Avelino Catalino Verceles
University of Maryland Baltimore
Project: The Multimodal Rehabilitation of Older Ventilated Survivors of Critical Illness