Abstract

The University of Chicago Department of Medicine seeks a Geriatric Academic Program award for career development of junior faculty interested in academic careers in geriatric medicine, directed by Christine K. Cassel, MD. The University has a strong commitment to fostering research in geriatrics and a Geriatric Academic Program award would reinforce its continuing efforts in this area. The proposed program seeks to produce academic geriatricians who obtain the research, substantive and technical skills to become leading independent investigators in their fields. The strength of the program is the faculty who will serve as sponsors, all of whom are nationally recognized leaders in research related to aging. Current areas of faculty research are: neuroimmunology of Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, pharmacokinetics of antihypertensive medication, vitam D metabolism and osteoporosis, forecasts of active life expectancy, and biomedical ethics. Other resources are substantial clinical programs, including a model outpatient geriatrics clinic, inpatient geriatric consultation service, chronic care, and home-care, and one of the leading research focused fellowship programs in geriatrics, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, with a faculty of eleven geriatricians and four gerontologists.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Physician Scientist Award (Program) (PSA) (K12)
Project #
5K12AG000488-05
Application #
2048196
Study Section
Aging Review Committee (AGE)
Project Start
1991-09-03
Project End
1996-08-31
Budget Start
1995-09-30
Budget End
1996-08-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Chicago
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
225410919
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60637

  Publications

Schwarze, Margaret L; Sayla, Maliha A; Alexander, G Caleb (2009) Brief report: do patients with poor outcomes regret having had infrainguinal bypass surgery? J Surg Res 151:6-9
Chin, Marshall H; Drum, Melinda L; Jin, Lei et al. (2008) Variation in treatment preferences and care goals among older patients with diabetes and their physicians. Med Care 46:275-86
Gorawara-Bhat, Rita; Huang, Elbert S; Chin, Marshall H (2008) Communicating with older diabetes patients: self-management and social comparison. Patient Educ Couns 72:411-7
Shega, Joseph W; Hougham, Gavin W; Stocking, Carol B et al. (2008) Patients dying with dementia: experience at the end of life and impact of hospice care. J Pain Symptom Manage 35:499-507
Wang, Y Richard; Alexander, G Caleb; Stafford, Randall S (2007) Outpatient hypertension treatment, treatment intensification, and control in Western Europe and the United States. Arch Intern Med 167:141-7
Schwarze, Margaret L; Sayla, Maliha A; Alexander, G Caleb (2007) A comparison of patient and physician beliefs about infrainguinal bypass operation: what role should surgical optimism play? Surgery 141:239-44
Shega, Joseph W; Hougham, Gavin W; Stocking, Carol B et al. (2006) Management of noncancer pain in community-dwelling persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1892-7
Schwarze, Margaret L; Sayla, Maliha A; Alexander, G Caleb (2006) Exploring patient preferences for infrainguinal bypass operation. J Am Coll Surg 202:445-52
Huang, Elbert S; Sachs, Greg A; Chin, Marshall H (2006) Implications of new geriatric diabetes care guidelines for the assessment of quality of care in older patients. Med Care 44:373-7
Dai, Carolanne; Stafford, Randall S; Alexander, G Caleb (2005) National trends in cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor use since market release: nonselective diffusion of a selectively cost-effective innovation. Arch Intern Med 165:171-7

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