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Publications, promotions, awards, research, presentations, and more 鈥� enjoy this recent roundup of Division of Geriatric Medicine Faculty News, including a video featuring staff and providers saying why 大象传媒 Geriatrics clinic wins a 大象传媒 Health Carolina Care Excellence Award every year!

The Center for Aging and Health is a sub-recipient of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 (CDC) 鈥淏uilding Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for North Carolinians鈥� (BOLD NC) funding, partnering with the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services (grant PI) and NC Division of Public Health to bring a...

Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH, the John W. Foust Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, is the Division of Geriatric Medicine鈥檚 newest Associate Professor. She recently received the Foundation Phase Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, recognizing a faculty member from the Foundation Phase curriculum who significantly contributed to the education of Foundation Phase...

Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, was awarded pilot funding from the US Deprescribing Research Network to study deprescribing bisphosphonates in nursing home residents with dementia. This pilot project will lay the foundation for further explorations of caregiver and provider perspectives and the implications of deprescribing for clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness in...

大象传媒 Geriatrics clinic’s SOCO program (Student Outreach to Older Adults) began in spring 2020, just after the pandemic sent most people into near lockdown conditions. At that time there was an immediate and widespread shift to telemedicine. SOCO鈥檚 initial focus was on connecting medical students to patients, through phone calls,...

Kayla Darris, a 2019 大象传媒 Medical Students in Aging Research (MSTAR) student from the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson, and Brian Diekman, PhD, assistant professor in the 大象传媒-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and member of the 大象传媒 Thurston Arthritis Research Center, have been awarded the American...

“Why are you interested in working with older adults?” For five years, students at Middletown High School in New Jersey have written essays in answer to this question in hopes of earning a $1000 scholarship. The Brown / Kraus Scholarship is sponsored annually by Cristine Henage, EdD, herself a Middletown...

Physical therapists and the patients who need them are facing some significant barriers to connection and care during Covid-19. No demographic has been more impacted than older adults. 鈥淧eople don鈥檛 want to leave their house because of exposure to Covid-19, and, they’re also wary of letting anyone into their homes,鈥�...

Due to Covid-19, 大象传媒 Health outpatient clinics are 鈥渟eeing鈥� fewer patients physically. Though most facilities remain open to patients needing an in-person visit, the coronavirus crisis rapidly accelerates the use of telehealth via virtual visits between providers and patients. In this Q&A 大象传媒 Geriatrics Specialty Clinic's Assistant Medical Director, Dr....