Funded by a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation, Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program provided two years of support for physician-scientists during the critical transition from junior faculty to independent researcher. Awardees evidenced a commitment to leveraging outcomes-based research to improve the care of older adults.
Outcomes research is defined as the study of functional status, impairments, perceptions, social opportunities, and health services utilization influenced by disease, injury, treatment, or health policy. The scholars’ research focused on older adults and addressed clinical strategies and effectiveness, innovative outcomes measures, and quality of life.
- 2009
Daniel Matlock, MD (University of Colorado)
Measuring the Quality of the Decision to Receive an Implantable Cardioverter-DefibrillatorJane Givens (Hebrew SeniorLife)
Experiences of Family Members of Nursing Home Patients with Advanced Dementia - 2008
Sarah Berry, MD (Hebrew SeniorLife/Harvard Medical School)
Medications as Acute Precipitants of Falls in the Nursing Home Setting
Holly M. Holmes, MD (University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Utility of Medications for Patients with Cancer in Hospice CareSei Lee, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
Glycemic Control and Health Outcomes in Frail, Dependent EldersStephen Thielke, MD (University of Washington)
The Effects of Pain on Health and Quality of Life in Older AdultsAlexia Torke (Indiana University)
A Prospective, Observational Study of Surrogate Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults
- 2007
Timothy Girard, MD (Vanderbilt University)
Delirium as a Predictor of Cognitive Impairment in Older ICU PatientsSupriya Gupta Mohile, MD (University of Rochester)
Patterns of Care and Outcomes of Vulnerable Elders with CancerHeather Whitson, MD (Duke University)
Adding Insult to Insult: Functional Consequences of Comorbid Cognitive Impairment in Elders with Macular DiseaseBrie Williams, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
The Health, Functional Status and Health Outcomes of Older Adults in Prison and After Release - 2006
Vineet Arora, MD (University of Chicago)
Measuring the Quality of Care for Hospitalized Vulnerable EldersS. Nicole Hastings (Duke University)
Incidence and Predictors of Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency DepartmentAanand Naik, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Goal-Setting for Older Adults with Multiple Morbid ConditionsMara Schonberg, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
Breast Cancer Screening Characteristics and Outcomes Among Oldest-old Women
- 2005
Margaret C. Fang, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
Use and Outcomes of Warfarin for Older Adults with Atrial FibrillationNathan Goldstein, MD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Decision Making in Older Patients with Implantable DefibrillatorsLillian Min, MD (University of Michigan)
Does Better Overall Quality of Care of Older Ambulatory Care Patients Result in Decreased Mortality and Functional Decline?Kaycee Sink, MD (Wake Forest School of Medicine)
Balancing Risks and Benefits of Pharmacotherapy in Older Adults: Cognitive and Functional Outcomes Associated with Anticholinergic UseLisa Walke, MD (Yale University)
Barriers to and Facilitators of Strategies to Alleviate Symptoms in Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease