Clin-STAR Journey Stories

Presenting stories of transdisciplinary clinician-scientists who took non-traditional paths to becoming aging researchers.

Lisa Simon, MD, DMD

Bridging the Divide: Lisa Simon’s Journey to Integrate Dental and Medical Care for Older Adults

Read Dr. Simon's story

Dana E. Giza, MD

Centering the Patient in Cancer Care: A Journey Toward Personalized Survivorship Care

Read Dr. Giza's story

Scott Bauer, MD, MSc

Mentorship, Multidisciplinarity, and Momentum: The Research Journey of Dr. Scott Bauer

Read Dr. Bauer's story

Jiha Lee, MD, MHS

Bridging Silos: How Aging Became Central to a Rheumatologist’s Clinical and Research Career

Read Dr. Lee's story

Tullika Garg, MD, MPH, FACS

Educating for Impact: Dr. Tullika Garg Leads the Charge in Geriatric Oncology Training for Urologists

Read Dr. Garg's story

Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS and Nathan Brummel, MD, MSCI

Building transdisciplinary support for aging research through related professional societies

Read Dr. Ferrante & Dr. Brummel's Story

Tanyanika Phillips, MD, MPH

Age-Adaptive Oncology: Rethinking Cancer Treatment for Older Adults

Read Dr. Phillips' story

Karen L. Fortuna, PhD, LICSW

Bridging Disciplines: Combining Behavioral Sciences with Gerontology to Shape Health Outcomes for Underserved Older Adults

Read Dr. Fortuna's story

Heidi L. Lindroth, PhD, RN

Pioneering Mobile Health to Prevent Delirium: From Patient Experience to Systemic Change

Read Dr. Lindroth's story

Mara A. McAdams DeMarco, PhD

Building a Network to Understand the Unique Needs of Older Adults in Kidney Transplantation

Read Dr. McAdams' story

Snigda Jain, MD, MHS

Older Adults in the ICU: Equitably Improving Long-term Outcomes

Read Dr. Jain's story

W. James Deardorff, MD

Improving Medical Care Using Prediction Models: A Geriatrician’s Approach to Algorithms

Read Dr. Deardorff's story

Raele Robison, PhD, CCC-SLP

From Paper Plates to Dinner Plates: A Speech Language Pathologist Helps Patients with Dysphagia

Read Dr. Robison's story

Ariela Orkaby, MD, MPH

A Whole Body Approach to the Care of Older Adults: The Marriage of Cardiovascular Disease and Frailty

Read Dr. Orkaby's story

Una Makris, MD, MPH

A VA-Based Clinician Scientist Inspires Medical and Surgical Specialties to Join the Aging Research Community

Read Dr. Makris' Story

Jasmine L. Travers, PhD, RN, MHS

Addressing Health Disparities in Nursing Home and Long-Term Care

Read Dr. Travers' Story

Adam S. Faye, MD, MS

Starting Young to Help Older Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Read Dr. Faye's Story

Jason R. Falvey, DPT, PhD

Cultivating Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration to Improve Mobility Equity Among Older Adults: One Physical Therapist’s Experience on a Clin-STAR Mini-Sabbatical

Read Dr. Falvey's Story

Michael J. Devinney, Jr., MD, PhD

Physician-Scientist Finds Supportive Mentors and Broader Interests in the Geriatrics Community

Read Dr. Devinney's Story

Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH and Kristine Yaffe, MD

A Mentoring Relationship Develops into One of Collaboration

Read Dr. Tamura & Dr. Yaffe's Story

Lori Daiello, MD and
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

Building a Productive Mentoring Partnership Across Disciplines and Institutions

Read Dr. Daiello & Dr. Inouye's Story

Mathew S. Maurer, MD and
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, RN

Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Bridges Disciplines and Institutions

Read Dr. Maurer & Dr. Creber's Story

Bharati Kochar, MD, MSCR

An IBD Specialist Turns to Geriatric Principles to Guide Treatment for Older Adults

Read Dr. Kochar's Story

William Dale, MD, PhD,
Heidi Klepin, MD, MS,
and Supriya Mohile, MD, MS

Oncologists Join Forces with Geriatricians and Other Clinician-Scientists in a Transdisciplinary Network: The Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG)

Read the CARG's Story

Sima Mozdbar, OD, MPH

An Optometry–Neuropsychology Collaboration Launches a Career in Aging Research

Read Dr. Modzbar's Story

James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH

Finding a Home in Aging Research: A Vascular Surgeon Discovers Mentors and Research Methods in Geriatrics

Read Dr. Iannuzzi's Story

Anoop Sheshadri, MD, MAS

Listening to Patients Leads a Nephrologist to Geriatric Medicine and Aging Research

Read Dr. Sheshadri's Story

COVID-19 & Different Disciplines Series: Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS

What's Lost with Telehealth: Patient Care and Research in Nephrology During the COVID Crisis

Read Dr. Hall's Story

COVID-19 & Different Disciplines Series: Elizabeth M Goldberg, MD, ScM, FACEP

The Emergency Department: Adapting Patient Care and Research for the COVID Crisis

Read Dr. Goldberg's Story

COVID-19 & Different Disciplines Series: Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH

Research and Patient Care in the Era of COVID-19: A Geriatrician's Perspective

Read Dr. Cudjoe's Story

Clin-STAR Journey Story:
Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA

Young Patients, Old Bodies: How a Clinical Puzzle Launched a Research Career

Read Dr. Lai's Story

Clin-STAR Journey Story:
Charles Brown, IV, MD, MHS

Mentors and Research Training Transformed a Clinician into a Clinician-Scientist

Read Dr. Brown's Story