Congratulations to Eva Tabarani, winner of the 2023 Research Hub Challenge. The Challenge was open to all delirium investigators who had used the NIDUS Delirium Research Hub to further their delirium research program and/or build their collaborative connections. Entrants were asked to show a creative use of the Hub to solve a problem in delirium research. […]
In our October 10, 2023 mentoring session, Drs. Eyal Kimchi and Gen Gen Shinozaki discussed the evolving research and clinical roles of EEG in delirium assessment across different patient settings.
In our November 20, 2023 Info Session, Dr. Frederick Sieber discussed the NIDUS II Pilot Grants and the application process. He also answered questions from those who attended the live session. Access the slides from the presentation. Watch the full session below:
John Newman, MD, PhD is a geriatrician, translational scientist, and educator at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Newman’s goal is to use our growing understanding of fundamental mechanisms of aging to better understand the pathophysiology of delirium and ultimately create new […]
Professor Alasdair MacLullich is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Usher Institute in the University of Edinburgh. He works clinically in acute orthogeriatrics and acute geriatrics, and conducts research in delirium, cognition, and hip fracture. He has made contributions in several areas of delirium research including clinical assessment tools, neuropsychology of delirium, pathophysiology of delirium, […]
In last week’s NIDUS mentoring session, Biomarkers at the Interface of Delirium and Dementia, Dr. Tamara Fong explored mechanisms that may be common to both delirium and dementia. She also reviewed shared biomarkers (AD biomarkers, neural injury biomarkers, systemic inflammatory biomarkers, and neuroimaging biomarkers). If you missed this session, you can watch the recording below. […]
Dr Gideon Caplan is Director of Geriatric Medicine and Post-Acute Care Services at Prince of Wales Hospital, and he is a Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His research interests have focused on health services research as principal investigator on seven investigator-initiated RCTs, and on the pathophysiology of […]
Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s 2023 Pilot Awards: Laurie Lee, MN, NP; University of Calgary Shih-Yin Lin, PhD, MPH, MM; NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Allyson Palmer, MD, PhD; Mayo Clinic These one year pilot grants provide $40,000 in funding for each investigator’s delirium research into priority areas. Pilot study results should […]
Dr. Donna Marie Fick is the Elouise Ross Eberly Endowed Professor of the Ross & Carol Nese College of Nursing at The Pennsylvania State University, and Director of the Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Dr. Fick is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatric care and research. She […]
Dr. Zachary Kunicki received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Rhode Island, and he has master’s degrees in Psychology, Statistics, and Public Health. Dr. Kunicki is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where he also serves as the assistant […]