Susana Vacas, MD, PhD, is a neuroanesthesiologist, clinician innovator, investigator, and educator at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She completed her postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco, where her research focused on the underlying mechanisms and risk factors of perioperative neurocognitive disorders, a set of debilitating, costly, and increasingly pervasive […]
The AGING Initiative is announces the seventh cycle of the AGING Initiative MCCs Scholars Program. The program will create a cohort of emerging leaders who are committed to pursuing training and collaborative opportunities to align their research interests with issues relevant to the health and healthcare of older adults with MCCs. View the full RFA. […]
The Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research has opened applications for the 2025-2026 T32 Harvard Translational Research in Aging Training Program. There are three postdoctoral positions available on this NIA funded Institutional Research Training Grant. Applications require a mentor. Key dates: Letters of intent are due Friday, November 15, 2024 at 5pm. Final […]
Join AGS on Monday, December 2 from 2pm to 5pm ET for this engaging online workshop. Taking the Next Steps to Implement AGS CoCare®: HELP is a great opportunity to learn more about the AGS CoCare®: HELP program model and how to get started on implementation at your hospital. Hear firsthand from experienced sites about their […]
Each month, we highlight news stories and articles featuring NIDUS Boot Camp alumni. If you are a Boot Camp alum and have an accomplishment that you’d like featured here, let us know. A.M. Barrett, MD UMass Chan Medical School: UMass Memorial Health gift, with matching funds from UMass Foundation, to fund five new endowed chairs […]
NIDUS will host two additional mentoring sessions in 2024. Our October 15, 2024 session will feature Dr. Sharon Inouye (NIDUS Multi-PI & Harvard Professor). In addition, our November 21, 2024 session will feature Heidi Lindroth, RN, PhD & Anirban Bhattacharyya, MD, MPH (both from the Mayo Clinic). Learn more about these sessions and register here.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 NIDUS Pilot Awards: Christina Boncyk, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Sunyang Fu, PhD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center. These one-year pilot grants provide $40,000 in funding for each awardee’s delirium research. The overarching goal of these pilot studies is to provide key preliminary […]
Dr. S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, specializing in general anesthesiology and critical care medicine. Her clinical expertise is complemented by a robust research program that focuses on the impact of circadian health on clinical outcomes of hospitalized and critically ill […]
The US Deprescribing Research Network is pleased to announce a new Request for Application for Pilot Awards. The maximum budget per award is $30,000 in direct costs (and no more than $50,000 in combined direct and indirect cost). Letter of Intent (Required): Due November 12, 2024 Full application: Due January 31, 2025 Read more about […]
Join the USDeN October 1, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET (11:00 am PT) for a special webinar: N-of-1 Trials to Promote Deprescribing. The featured presenter will be Dr. Parag Goyal of Weill Cornell Medicine. This webinar will outline the potential value of N-of-1 trials as an innovative strategy to promote deprescribing. More broadly, it will […]