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It is with great pleasure that we announce that David L. Roth, PhD, will become the next Director of the Center on Aging and Health on Monument Street at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Roth comes to Johns Hopkins from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he is a Professor of Biostatistics in the UAB School of Public Health. He is also a psychologist with considerable expertise in aging research, and is well known for his ability to apply biostatistical approaches to clinical studies related to aging and chronic disease. He has recently received R01 funding to study the effects that family caregivers have on health care utilization and long term outcomes for older patients who have had strokes. His goals are to build on the remarkable accomplishments of the multidisciplinary faculty at COAH and to lead his own scientific research endeavors regarding the health and well-being of those older adults with chronic illnesses and their caregivers. We look forward to his arrival on January 17th, 2012. Special thanks to the senior faculty on the selection committee from the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health for their hard work and thoughtful deliberation in their recommendation of Dr. Roth as the new COAH director.
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(COAH News): We send our warmest congratulations to Dr. Rebok for this outstanding honor. And we are particularly touched, albeit not surprised, to learn of Paul’s recognition. Word coming back from his courses during the spring terms was that Paul was truly beloved by his students. We miss our generous colleague and dedicate ourselves the goal of translating the scholarly advances we achieve to the benefit of the older population, that he so tirelessly championed.
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(COAH News) Dr. Giuriceo's dissertation is entitled "Changes in Retirement Decisions: Determinants of Plans and Timing." Her degree, Ph.D. in Gerontology, will be conferred by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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The fellowship recognizes early-stage research excellence and promise to achieve leadership on aging. The fellowship, one of the most prestigious career awards in gerontology, supports 75% effort for awardees for two years. Dr. Varadhan was one of two national fellows are named this year. He will pursue research to better delineate the applicability of intervention trial findings to populations not well-represented in trials, such as older adults
. Dr. Wang’s dissertation is entitled, "Multivariate One-sided Tests for Multivariate Normal and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models with Complete and Incomplete Data." His degree will be conferred by the University of British Columbia.
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Dr. Samuel (Chris) Durso named Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (COAH News)
Please see the following message from Dr. Myron Weisfeldt, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine: “David Hellmann, Rick Bennett and I take great pleasure in announcing that Samuel (Chris) Durso has accepted the permanent position as Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Clinical Gerontology. Dr. Durso brings to this position a stellar reputation as a clinical scholar and teacher. As the Interim Director over the past 18 months, he has demonstrated enormous administrative and leadership skills. His vision of “senior strategy” and commitment to leadership in molding the health care agenda of the future has excited all of us in support of his vision.
It is anticipated that Dr. Durso will continue to build strong partnerships with his leadership team and the Center on Aging and Health to strengthen the research, teaching and clinical agenda of this nationally leading Geriatric Unit. Dr. Durso also looks to strengthen the relationship with the National Institutes on Aging Intramural and Clinical programs. All of us look toward initiatives to bring Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Health System into a creative focus on the emerging challenge and opportunity as the demographics of our country change with the growth of the senior population. We look forward to seeing sparkling new initiatives and programs.”
Dr. Karen Bandeen-Roche receives both 2010 Advising, Teaching and Mentoring Award (AMTRA) and a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching in the School of Public Health. (COAH News)
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, Hurley Dorrier Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, and Interim Director of COAH, is the recipient of a 2010 Advising, Teaching and Mentoring Award (AMTRA). These awards are given annually to instructors, advisors, mentors, or other faculty members, nominated by their students as truly exceptional. Ten awards are given out each year (usually one per department). Recipients are chosen based on student nomination statements. Dr. Bandeen-Roche is also the recipient of a 2010 Golden Apple Award. Since 1971, this award has been given annually by the students of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in recognition of excellence in teaching. Congratulations to Dr. Bandeen-Roche on both of these outstanding awards. (Social Science Medicine) (ABC2News) COAH staff member Vijay Varma receives Student-Community Small Grant Award from the Urban Health Institute. (COAH News)
We are pleased to announce that Vijay Varma, Brain Health Sub-study Research Assistant and MPH student in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, is the recipient of a Student-Community Small Grant Award from the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. Vijay’s proposal, Volunteer Stress and Burnout in Experience Corps Baltimore, was competitively reviewed and scored as excellent. Congratulations to Vijay on this achievement! More information will be provided in the coming months as the project progresses.
COAH staff member Brian Buta inducted into Delta Omega. (COAH News)
We are pleased to announce that Brian Buta, COAH Administrator, was inducted into the public health honor society, Delta Omega, in May 2010. As detailed on the website of the Bloomberg School of Public Health for the society http://www.jhsph.edu/delta_omega/index.html, Delta Omega “is a national honor society that aims to encourage research and scholarship among students taking graduate study in public health and to recognize attainment in the field of public health.” Inductees must demonstrate academic excellence and high promise for advancing the field. At most 10 percent of those graduating are inducted in a given year. Brian graduated with his MHS in Health Education and Health Communication from the Department of Health, Behavior and Society in May. His award recognizes his high achievement in coursework and his internship project, as well as his potential for public health leadership as demonstrated by the above and his engagement in COAH and EBA. Back to top
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Congratulations to Qian-Li Xue, PhD, on being named the Nathan Shock Scholar in the Johns Hopkins Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. The Nathan Shock Scholar fund is used to support the research career of a junior faculty member in the division, and was created in 2006 through a generous gift from the Nathan and Margaret Shock Foundation. Dr. Nathan Shock is often considered the father of the field of Gerontology (for more information on Dr. Shock, please visit: http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/docs/shock.htm). This first recipient of this award was Cindy Roy.
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Cynthia Boyd, MD, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the AGS Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award. Dr. Boyd is being recognized for her highly productive and original research into multi-morbidity in older adults and its impact on care guidelines and health care policy.
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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Gerontology Interest Group presents the 3rd Annual Research on Aging Showcase on Monday, April 26th, 2010. Poster Session: 1-3pm, Reception: 3-4pm in Feinstone Hall, 615 N. Wolfe Street (SPH), 2nd Floor. Eligibility: Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty conducting research on aging and older populations. Prizes will be awarded in two categories: (1) Graduate Students and (2) Post-Doctoral Fellows and Junior Faculty. 1st place: $100; 2nd place: $75; 3rd place: $50. RSVP: to aging@jhsph.edu by April 15, 2010. Include: Your name, e-mail address, degree/title, school and program affiliation, poster title and brief (250 words) abstract. For more information, please click here.
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Congratulations to Dr. Bruce A. Leff, MD, Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, on his promotion to Professor of Medicine.
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From Interim Division Director, Dr. Chris Durso: "Please join me in extending hearty congratulations to the following individuals (representing faculty, fellows, summer students and house staff) on the selection of their abstracts for the Presidential Poster Session and/or for the Oral Paper Session Presentation at the 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society.
Presidential Poster Session: Karina Janicka; Jennifer Cheng; Greg Taylor; Amy Unterman; Esther Pak; Erin Giovannetti; Paulo Chaves; Matt McNabney; Mya Thein; Jonathan Rodriguez; Esther Oh; Anita Kohli; Samir Sinha
Oral Paper Presentation: George Wang; Samir Sinha.
Selection is highly competitive and only those receiving the highest scores through the peer review process are included in the Presidential Poster Session. We wish everyone the best in the competition." (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
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Back to top . (Journal of Gerontology) . (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)
COAH faculty member, Bruce Leff, MD, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, has been elected to Vice Chair of the Council of Subspecialty Societies (CSS) by the American College of Physicians. As CSS Vice Chair, Dr. Leff will also be a member of the American College of Physicians Board of Governors.
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Dr. Samuel C. Durso, Interim Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, issued the following message: " I am most pleased to announce that Dr. Jeremy Walston, Co-Director of the Biology of Frailty research group has been promoted to Professor of Medicine. Dr. Walston received his medical doctorate from the University of Cincinnati and completed a General Internal Medicine Residency and Geriatrics Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University. Since joining the Division, his major clinical focus has been on geriatric rehabilitation medicine. He was the Medical Director of the Terrace Rehabilitation Unit for several years, and still regularly attends on that unit. His research interests have focused on the identification of physiological and molecular underpinnings of chronic disease, frailty, and late-life vulnerability. This research has resulted in an internationally recognized portfolio of frailty research that has been instrumental in helping to uncover important physiologic and molecular changes that contribute to late-life vulnerability. He leads the NIA-sponsored Johns Hopkins Older American Independence Center and is the PI of several other grants that focus on inflammation and on translational uses for molecular discoveries. In addition, he is a co-founder and co-director of the Biology of Frailty Program. In the school of nursing, where he holds a joint appointment, he regularly lectures on frailty and geriatric clinical care. In addition, he provides ongoing aging research and academic career mentorship for several highly successful junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students in the Division and across the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Please join me in extending a hearty congratulations on the outstanding achievement.
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(CNN.com). Please see Dr. Carlson's journal abstract, currently in press, related to the CNN article (COAH News): Carlson MC, Erickson KI, Kramer AF, Voss MW, Bolea N, Mielke MM, McGill s, Rebok GW, Seeman T, & Fried LP. (In press) Evidence for Neurocognitive Plasticity in At-risk Older Adults: The Experience Corps Program. J Gerontol Med Sci. Objective: To determine whether Experience Corps (EC), a social service program, would improve age-vulnerable executive functions and increase activity in brain regions in a high-risk group through increased cognitive and physical activity. Methods: Eight community-dwelling, older female volunteers and nine matched, wait-list controls were recruited to serve in the ongoing EC: Baltimore program in three elementary schools. We employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) pre and post intervention to examine whether EC volunteers improved executive function and showed increased activity in the prefrontal cortex relative to controls. fMRI volunteers were trained and placed with other volunteers 15 hours/week for 6 months during the academic year, to assist teachers in kindergarten through third grade to promote children's literacy and academic achievement. Results: Participants were African-American, and had low education, low income, and low Mini-Mental State Exam scores (mean=24), indicative of elevated risk for cognitive impairment. Volunteers exhibited intervention-specific increases in brain activity in the left prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex over the 6-month interval relative to matched controls. Neural gains were matched by behavioral improvements in executive inhibitory ability. Conclusions: Using fMRI, we demonstrated intervention-specific, short-term gains in executive function and in the activity of prefrontal cortical regions in older adults at elevated risk for cognitive impairment. These pilot results provide proof-of-concept for use-dependent brain plasticity in later life, and, that interventions designed to promote health and function through everyday activity may enhance plasticity in key regions that support executive function.
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On June 1-2, 2009 Dr. Varadhan gave an invited talk at the symposium on Clinical and Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods: II, which was hosted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of this symposium was to provide a forum for the scholarly deliberation of new and emerging research methods of scientists working in different disciplines and across settings. Dr. Varadhan’s presentation was entitled Methods to Evaluate Benefits in the Presence of Competing Risks of Death or Adverse Events which described advanced statistical methods for doing comparative effectiveness research in settings where competing risks are present. The following is the link to Dr. Varadhan’s presentation: Varadhan_ARHQ_2009.pdf. Also, more information regarding the symposium is located on the web at here. Full length manuscripts based on the symposium talks are expected to be published in a supplement to Medical Care in early 2010. Dr. Bruce Leff is named Director of COAH-East. (COAH News)
Dr. Samuel C. Durso, Interim Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, issued the following message: "I am extremely pleased inform you that Dr. Bruce Leff has agreed to serve as the Director of the Center on Aging and Health East (Bayview Campus). As many of you know, Bruce has led faculty and programs at COAH East with great energy and skill as Interim Director for a little more than two years. Under his leadership the faculty of COAH East have grown in number and are developing impressive research in health services and the study of multi-morbidity in older adults. Dr. Leff is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with a Joint Appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where he is also a member of the Health Services Research and Development Center and the Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care. His principal areas of research relate to home care and the development, evaluation, and dissemination of novel models of care for older adults, notably the Hospital at Home model of care. In addition, his research interests extend to issues related to multi-morbidity and case-mix issues; is a member of the Johns Hopkins ACG development team. Dr. Leff cares for patients in the acute, ambulatory, and home settings. He is the Director of the Basic Medicine Clerkship at the School of Medicine and has received awards for his teaching and mentorship. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Physicians and the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians.”
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Congratulations to Vijay Varma, Brain Health Substudy Research Assistant and current MPH student in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, who has received two House of Delegates scholarships from Maryland Higher Education Commission towards his academic studies. In addition, Vijay has been awarded a scholarship from the Roothbert Fund for the coming academic year.
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The Center on Aging and Health has partnered with the Johns Hopkins Odyssey Program to hold a Mini Med School on Aging and Health this fall. Read more |
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