November 2009
Dr. Boyd and colleagues receive funding for "Improving Clinical Practice Guidelines for Complex Patients" from AHRQ. (COAH News)

Dr. Oh receives a Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation / AFAR New Investigator Award in Alzheimer’s Disease. (COAH News)

Exercise Capacity directly related to physiological reserves and frailty in older women. (Journal of Gerontology)

Dr. Varadhan develops a statistical software package for solving large nonlinear systems of equations. (Journal of Statistical Software)

Dr. Leff elected to Vice Chair of the Council of Subspecialty Societies and the Board of Governors of the American College of Physicians. (COAH News)

October 2009
Hopkins investigators, led by COAH faculty member Dr. Ravi Varadhan, win AHRQ award to develop "Methods to Study the Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Comparative Effectiveness Research. (COAH News)

Cumulative lead dose associated with persistently lowered cognitive function in older adults. (Epidemiology)

Dr. Arbaje to present at 2009 Johns Hopkins Medicine annual women's conference, A Woman's Journey. (Hopkins Medicine)

September 2009
Watch Dr. Alicia Arbaje's latest TV segment: "Elder Care: Hitting the Road" (abc2news.com)

Functional recovery in Activities of Daily Living after disability associated with hospitalization for acute illness may occur between 6 months and 2 years. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

In a pilot study, Experience Corps volunteers exhibit intervention-specific gains in executive function and prefrontal cortex brain activity. (Journal of Gerontology)

Low socioeconomic status associated with increased odds of frailty. (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)

Guided Care, a comprehensive health care model based in primary care, reduces net healthcare costs among older patients. (American Journal of Managed Care; http://www.guidedcare.org/)

Anemia associated with poorer performance on executive function and memory tests among older women. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Dr. Cynthia Boyd named a 2009 Beeson Scholar. (Beeson.org)

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