GEMSSTAR Scholars | 2011-2016

2016 GEMSSTAR Awardees

Marianna Alperin, MD, University of California, San Diego: Impact of Aging on Structure and Function of Pelvic Floor Muscles

Uduak Umoh Andy, MD, University of Pennsylvania: Diet and Fecal Incontinence in Older Women

William D. Arnold, MD, Ohio State University: Sarcopenia and the Motor Neuron

Shipra Arya, MD, SM, Stanford University: Failure to Rescue in Frail Surgical Patients

Cynthia Brincat, MD, PhD, Rush University: Host Response to Pessaries in the Postmenopausal Vagina

Andrew B. Cohen, MD, DPhil, Yale University: Guardianship and Medical Decision Making for the Unbefriended Elderly

Scott Michael Dresden, MD, MS, Northwestern University at Chicago: Effects of a Dedicated Nurse Liaison Intervention for Geriatric Patients in the Emergency Department

Matthew Bach Friese, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Age-Dependent Abnormalities in Postanesthetic Synaptic Scaling as a Potential Mechanism for Delirium

Mohit Jain, MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego: Reactive Electrophiles in Human Aging and Longevity

Anil Naga Makam, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center: Role of Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals

Ryan D. Nipp, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)

Veerawat Phongtankuel, MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University: Identifying Correlates of Symptom Burden Experienced by Home Hospice Patients and its Association with Patient and Caregiver Outcomes

Maya K. Rao, MD, Columbia University Health Sciences: A Pilot Randomized Trial of Arteriovenous Fistula Versus Arteriovenous Graft In Elderly Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease

Tatiana V.D. Sanses, MD, University of Maryland Baltimore: Urinary Incontinence, Mobility and Muscle Function in Older Women

Heidi J. Zapata, MD, PhD, Yale University: The Effects of Age and HIV Infection on C-type Lectin Receptor Function

2015 GEMSSTAR Awardees

Miles Berger, MD, PhD, Duke University: The Significance of Perioperative Changes in CSF Tau Levels in the Elderly

Benjamin S. Brooke, MD, PhD, University of Utah: Improving Communication between Providers Caring for Older Patients Undergoing Surgery

Robert Burke, MD, MS, Denver Research Institute: Improving the Outcomes of Older Adults Discharged to Post-Acute Care Facilities after Hospitalization

Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS, Yale University: Critical Illness, Disability, and Vulnerability in Older Persons

Rasheeda K. Hall, MD, Duke University: Improving Quality of Life Measurement in Older Dialysis Patients

Aluko A. Hope, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Frailty Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit and Short-Term Outcomes in Older Patients (FRAIL-STOOP)

Jane Jih, MD, University of California, San Francisco: Identifying and Assessing Food Insecurity in Older Diverse Primary Care Patients

Sunghye Kim, MD, Wake Forest University Health Sciences: The effects of aquatic prehabilitation in knee OA patients on knee arthroplasty outcomes

Eyal Yaacov Kimchi, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital: Determining the pathophysiology of delirium in the elderly through translational models

Kevin Munjal, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Transport PLUS: Improving Transitions of Care by Adding Value to Routine Patient Transports

Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles: Evaluation of T Cell Immune Function Impairment in Elderly Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Katherine Rachel Schafer, MD, Wake Forest University Health Sciences: The Syndemic of Stress and Aging in an HIV-infected Population

Suzanne Elizabeth Schindler, MD, PhD, Washington University: Age-Related Biomarker Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Nancy Li Schoenborn, MD, Johns Hopkins University: Understanding Older Adults Perspectives on How to Incorporate Life Expectancy in Cancer Screening

Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco: Immediate and Long-term Outcomes of Common Urologic Procedures in Nursing Home Residents

Yuan Yuan, MD, PhD, Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope: Peripheral Blood Biomarkers of Molecular Aging Predicting Chemotherapy Induced Toxicity and Functional Decline in Women 60 and Older with Breast Cancer

2014 GEMSSTAR Awardees

Gelareh Gabayan, MD, University of California, Los Angeles: Predictors of Negative Outcomes Following Acute Care Encounters in Older Medicare

Christopher Hughes, MD, Vanderbilt University: Role of Endothelial and Brain Injury in Acute and Long-term Brain Dysfunction

Bruce L. Jacobs, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh: Enriching Claims-Based Analysis of Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision Making

Richard H. Lee, MD, Duke University: Metabolomics of Low-Trauma Fracture Among Older Women with Diabetes

Brendan Patrick Lucey, MD, Washington University: Sleep: A Potential Novel Modulator of Alzheimer Disease Pathology

Rowena McBeath, PhD, MD, Thomas Jefferson University: Human Enthesis Regeneration

Juliessa M. Pavon, MD, Duke University: Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders

Rajeev S. Ramchandran, MD, MBA, University of Rochester: Tele I CARE for Seniors A Teleophthalmology Vision Health Surveillance Service

Scott Ellis Regenbogen, MD, University of Michigan: Toward More Effective Enhanced Recovery Protocols for Major Surgery in Older Adults

Anthony E. Rosen, MD, MPH, Weill Medical College of Cornell University: Improving Recognition of Elder Abuse through Analysis of Highly Adjudicated Cases

Tamara D. Rozental, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Utility of Cortical Bone Tissue Properties in the Assessment of Fracture Risk

Charles D. Scales, Jr, MD, MSHS, Duke University: Urinary Dysfunction in the Elderly: Informing Accountable Urologic Care

Margaret “Gretchen” Schwarze, MD, MPP, University of Wisconsin-Madison: A Communication Tool to Assist Older Adults Facing Difficult Surgical Decisions

Christina L. Shenvi, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Pilot Trial of ED Intervention and Referral for Alcohol Misuse in Older Adults

Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, University of Nebraska Medical Center: Echocardiography Guided Hemodynamic Management for Elderly Surgical Patients

Andrew Franklin Teich, MD, PhD, Columbia University Health Sciences: A study of ZCCHC17 Regulation of Synaptic Genes in Alzheimer’s Disease

2013 GEMSSTAR Awardees

Ilana B. Addis, MD, MPH, University of Arizona: Is Acupuncture a Viable Alternative to Medication in Overactive Bladder

Laren Becker, MD, Stanford University: Effect of Aging on Enteric Neural Stem Cells is Dependent on the PI3K/Akt Pathway

Nathan E. Brummel, MD, MSCI, Ohio State University: Early Prediction of Long-Term Cognitive Impairment Following Critical Illness

Bihong T. Chen, MD, PhD, Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope: Structural and Functional Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Chemotherapy

John A. Dodson, MD, MPH, New York University: Determinants of Fall-Related Bleeding among Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation

Nancy J. Donovan, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital: Loneliness and biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease in Clinically Normal Elderly

William Fischer, MD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: The Effect of Aging on LAIV Replication in Human Nasal Epithelial Cells

Jennifer C. Lai, MD, MBA, University of California, San Francisco: Global Functional Status in the Older Liver Transplant Candidate

Kasia Joanna Lipska, MD, MHS, Yale University: Toward Personalized Diabetes Care: Understanding HypoglycemiaiIn Older Adults

Jared W. Magnani, MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh: Atrial Fibrillation, Functional Decline, and Arrhythmia Detection in Older Adults

Rebecca L. Manno, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University: The PRESS ERA: Protein & Resistance Exercise Supplement Study for Elderly with RA

Nahid Jamal Rianon, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston: Effects of ACE Inhibitor (ACEI) use on Bone Turnover in Humans: A Clinical Trial

Avelino C. Verceles, MD, University of Maryland Baltimore: The Multimodal Rehabilitation of Older Ventilated Survivors of Critical Illness

2012 GEMSSTAR Awardees

Itay Bentov, MD, PhD, University of Washington: Aging and IGF-1 Receptor in a Three-Dimensional Matrix

Robert Morris Blanton, MD, Tufts Medical Center: Cardiac Myocyte-Specific Role of PKG I Alpha in Aging-Dependent Cardiac Remodeling

Christopher Barrett Bowling, MD, Duke University: Reasons for the Excess Mortality and Functional Decline in Older Adults with CKD

Charles Hugh Brown, IV, MD, Johns Hopkins University: The Impact of Impaired Cerebral Autoregulation on Postoperative Delirium

Rabih A. Chaer, MD, University of Pittsburg at Pittsburgh: Effect of Aging and Aortic Wall Behavior as Predictors of Aortic Aneurysm Growth

Zara R. Cooper, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women’s Hospital: The One-Year Trajectory of Elderly Patients after Cervical Spine Fracture

Elisabeth A. Erekson, MD, Yale University: Vulvovaginal Skin Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women

Laura Pilar Gelfman, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Impact of Palliative Care on Healthcare Utilization of Seriously Ill Older Adults

Luke O’Brien Hansen, MD, Northwestern University at Chicago: Self-Reported Health and Function among Older Adults and Rehospitalization Risk

Praveen Mannam, MD, Yale University: MKK3 is a Mediator of Sepsis and Lung Injury in the Elderly

Supriya G. Mohile, MD, MS, University of Rochester: Geriatric Assessment - Driven Interventions for Older Cancer Patients

Arati V. Rao, MD, Duke University: Clinico-Genomic Assessment of Performance Status in Elderly AML Patients

John Ross Rizzo, MD, New York University School of Medicine: Eye-Hand Coordination in Elderly Stroke Victims: A Functional Visuomotor Rehab Study

Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Probiotics to Improve Outcomes of Clostridium Difficile

Tanya M. Wildes, MD, MSCI, Washington University: Pilot Study of Geriatric Assessments in Senior Adults with Multiple Myeloma

Jennifer Marie Wu, MD, MPH, Duke University: URGE

Lin Yip, MD, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh: Older Age and BRAF-positivity as Risk Modifiers for Papillary Thyroid Cancer

2011 GEMSSTAR Awardees

Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania: Role of Notch Signaling in Fracture Healing as a Function of Aging

Markus Bitzer, MD, University of Michigan: MicroRNA-21 in Renal Aging

Stacie Deiner, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: The Geriatric Surgical Patient: Stress, Anesthetics, and Functional Outcomes

Kristine Mace Erlandson, MD, MS, University of Colorado Denver: Mechanisms of Frailty in HIV-1 Infection

Jose M. Garcia, MD, Baylor College of Medicine: The Role of Ghrelin and the Ghrelin Receptor GHSR1a in Sarcopenia of Aging

Shi-Jun Jean Hsieh, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Intranasal Insulin for Neuroprotection in Elderly Cardiac Surgery Patients

Robin Jump, MD, PhD, Case Western Reserve University: Colonization Resistance and Older Adults Vulnerability to C. difficile Infection

Alok Kapoor, MD, University of Massachusetts: Older Adult Safety in Surgery (OASIS)

Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Assess Emergency Department Patients Developing Delirium after Hospital Admission

Una E. Makris, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas: Restricting Back Pain in Community-Living Older Persons: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Kendall Moseley, MD, Johns Hopkins University: Glycemic Derangement and Osteogenic Cells: A Model of Premature Skeletal Aging

Kent Ronald Nilsson, MD, Duke University: The Role of Ankyrin-B Mutations in Premature Senescence

Matthew T. Rondina, MD, MS, University of Utah: The Regulation of Inflammatory Gene Responses in Aging

Melissa Andrea Simon, MD, MPH, Northwestern University at Chicago: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Among Seniors and Their Family Caregivers

David Van Duin, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University: Dectin-IL-17 axis, candidemia, and aging

Jessica Weinstein Weiss, MD, Oregon Health and Science University: Predicting Mortality in Older Adults with Kidney Disease: A Pragmatic Risk Score

Adam T. Whaley Connell, DO, University of Missouri-Columbia: The Role of Angiotensin II on mTOR mediated Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis

Michael W. Yeh, MD, University of California, Los Angeles: Long-Term Impact of Primary Hyperparathyroidism on Bone Density in the Elderly