Volume 1, Issue 5
June 20, 2005
In This Issue
- New Grants Awarded by Hartford Trustees (June 2005)
- Hartford-NIA Partnership: Details Finalized for Medical Student Program
- Eleven Scientists Named Beeson Scholars
- Twenty-Four Hartford Nursing Scholars & Fellows Announced
- Nine Hartford Social Work Scholars Selected
- Geropsychiatric Nursing Conference Call For Papers
- Communications Tip: Quality of Health Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Chartbook
1. The trustees of the JAHF recently approved the following grants.
2.
Hartford-NIA Partnership: Details Finalized for Medical Student Program
The details of the Medical Student Summer Research Training in Aging Program, a National Institute of Aging (NIA)-John A. Hartford Foundation partnership, conducted in collaboration with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), have been announced.
Seven training sites have been chosen for the program, with T35 grants worth $3 million to train up to 18 students per year for five years. The schools are: Harvard Medical School; Johns Hopkins University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Diego; University of Hawaii; University of Michigan; and the University of Pittsburgh.
Since 1994, the program has awarded scholarships to more than 800 students from 98 medical schools interested in aging research and geriatrics, providing them with a focused eight- to twelve-week research, instruction, and clinical experience at designated geriatrics training centers throughout the country. The objectives of the program are to introduce medical students early in their careers to an enriching experience in geriatric medicine and research to encourage them to enter and stay in the field.
For more information or to apply to this grant program, students should refer to the AFAR web site at www.afar.org/medstu.html.
3.
Eleven Scientists Named Beeson Scholars
The Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program has named eleven 2005-2008 recipients. This highly competitive award is granted to up to 12 physician-faculty scholars each year who are laying clinically relevant groundwork in many areas related to aging, including the biology of aging, age-related diseases, and health services and clinical management issues, with the aim of enhancing the health and quality of life of older adults.
Through the additional support of the program's newest partner, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), recipients receive $600,000 to $800,000 for a three- to five-year period.
The 2005-2008 Beeson Scholars are:
Liana Apostolova, MD, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
“Structural MRI Outcome Predictors in MCI”
Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Indiana University
“Enhancing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment”
Jennifer Brach, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
“Gait Variability: Epidemiology, Assessment & Management”
Arleen Brown, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles "Neighborhoods and the Management of Chronic Conditions”
Cynthia Carlsson, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin
“Effect of Statins on Pathobiology of Alzheimer's Disease”
Daniel Goldstein, MD, Assistant Professor, Yale University
“Strategies to Enhance Immunity in Aging”
Wendolyn Gozansky, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Health Science Center
“Cortisol Metabolism & Central Adiposity After Menopause”
Leanne Groban, MD, Associate Professor, Wake Forest University
“Growth, Angiotensin II, and Cardiac Aging”
Arti Hurria, MD, Assistant Member I, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“Can Geriatric Assessment Predict Oncology Outcomes?”
Pearl Seo, MD, MPH, Duke University
“PPARgamma: Biomarker for Breast Cancer in Older Women”
Dellara Terry, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Boston University
“Centenarian Offspring and Vascular Disease Resistance”
4.
Twenty-Four Hartford Nursing Scholars & Fellows Announced
The Foundation's Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Scholar Awards Program recently selected 24 nurse scholars and fellows. Scholars will receive up to $105,000 each to support their studies. Fellows are awarded up to $125,000 to support research in the field of geriatric nursing. The 2005 scholars and fellow join 82 BAGNC colleagues selected since the program began in 2000.
The 2005-2007 Pre-Doctoral Scholars are:
Jennifer Bellot, RN, MHSA
University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Benton, RN, MN, CS
Oregon Health & Science University
Linda Beuscher, MSN, RN, GNP, BC
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Colleen Casey, RN, BS, BA
Oregon Health & Science University
Mary Louise Fleming, MSN, RN
University of California, San Francisco
Jennifer Merrilees, RN, MS
University of California, San Francisco
Sadie Mitchell, RN, MSN
University of Pennsylvania
Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff, MA, RN
University of Maryland
Kristen Swafford, RN, BS, BA
Oregon Health & Science University
Sarah Szanton, RN, MSN, CRNP
Johns Hopkins University
Michelle Umbarger, MSN, RN
University of Iowa
Amy Vogelsmeier, MSN, RN, BC, BCNS
University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair
Ronald Walent, MS, RN, CNS, BC
University of California, San Francisco
The 2005-2007 Post-Doctoral Fellows are:
Michele Balas, RN, MSN, CCRN, CRNP, BC
University of Pennsylvania
Margaret Crighton, MSN, RN
University of Pittsburgh
Tracie Culp-Harrison, PhD, RN, FNP
University of Texas at Austin
Mary Dyck, PhD, RN, BC, LNHA
University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair
Patricia Holkup, PhD, RN
Montana State University-Missoula Campus
Wen-Wen Li, RN,MS, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Sherry Pomeroy, PhD, RN
University of Buffalo,
University of Maryland
Cynthia Russell, RN, PhD
University of Missouri-Columbia, Sinclair
Anna Song Beeber, MSN, RN, APRN-BC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sunghee Tak, PhD, RN
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Christine Wanich Bradway, PhD, RN
University of Pennsylvania
5.
Nine Hartford Social Work Scholars Selected
The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Gerontological Society of America selected nine 2005 geriatric social work faculty members for the Hartford Faculty Scholars Program. The program will provide the scholars with opportunities for professional development and $100,000 in funding over the next two years.
Now in its fifth year, the program aims to improve the well-being of older adults by increasing the number of adequately trained geriatric social workers.
The 2005 faculty scholars and their research topics are:
Karen Bullock, PhD, University of Connecticut
Preference for utilization of medical treatment among older African Americans
Joan K. Davitt, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Racial disparities in Medicare home health care
Suk-Young Kang, Arizona State University
The quality of life, in terms of physical and mental health, among Chinese elders and Korean elders in the Southwest
Stacey Kolomer, PhD, University of Georgia
A survey of older caregivers about their caregiving experiences, level of burden, and their use/misuse of prescription medication and alcohol
Lene Levy-Storms, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Communication issues between health care providers and patients in long-term care
Yunju Nam, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis
The effects of welfare reform on elderly non-citizens' economic well-being and health
Sandra Owens-Kane, PhD, University of Nevada
Improving caregiving among ethnically diverse elder caregivers
Nan Sook Park , University of Alabama
The linkages among assisted living residents' perceptions of the facility, social resources, and psychosocial well-being
Sara Sanders, PhD, University of Iowa
Beliefs and practices of social workers about the role of hospice care for individuals with end stage progressive dementia, and also the beliefs and practices of familial caregivers who have utilized hospice care for their care recipients with progressive dementia.
6.
Geropsychiatric Nursing Conference Call For Papers
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, together with the John A. Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn and the University of Iowa School of Nursing, are presenting a one-day conference, “Geropsychiatric Nursing: State of the Future,” on September 30, 2005. Commissioned white papers, discussant reports, and panel discussions will summarize and disseminate the current state of knowledge in geriatric mental health nursing science, curriculum, and clinical care. In addition, there will be a poster session to help showcase and advance successful models of geropsychiatric nursing practice, education, research, and dissemination. Abstracts are being solicited at this time for poster sessions only. For more information, go to: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/ce/Geropsych/Callforposters.htm.
7. Communications Tip: Quality of Health Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Chartbook
As part of creating powerful messages to communicate research, it's essential to have the right frame and the right data to make the case and support your message. One excellent resource for such data is Quality of Health Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Chartbook published in May 2005 by The Commonwealth Fund. The Chartbook reflects a broad review of recently published studies and reports and presents a coherent picture of the quality of health care for elderly Medicare beneficiaries living in the community. It includes a wealth of evidence on a range of topics including immunizations in the elderly, colorectal cancer screening, falls & instability, hospital mortality, osteoporosis, diabetes, mental health care, patient safety, equity in care, and much more. To download the Chartbook, visit: http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=275195
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