Thiago J. Avelino-Silva, MD, PhD, is a geriatrician and T32 Aging Research Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). His medical education, Internal Medicine residency, and Geriatrics Fellowship were completed at the University of Sao Paulo Medical School in Brazil. His primary focus is geriatric hospital care research, with a particular emphasis on […]
The National Academy of Medicine is accepting applications for the 2024 cycle of its U.S.-based Catalyst Awards. The application period is open from January 29, 2024, through March 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. Awardees will each receive a cash prize of $50,000 USD and become part of a global network of innovators with exclusive […]
The AGING Initiative is hosting a webinar entitled Dyadic Research in Older Adults Living with Chronic Conditions on Thursday, February 1 at 12pm ET. Join speaker Courtney Polenick, PhD (University of Michigan) and discussants Evan Plys, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School) and Maria Pellerano, MA, MBA, MPH (Rutgers University) as they focus […]
Join from anywhere on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 10am – 3:30pm ET for this year’s AGS CoCare: HELP VIRTUAL Pre-Conference. This event is a part of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting and will also take place virtually. Featured presenters will include NIDUS PIs Dr. Sharon Inouye and Dr. Edward Marcantonio (this year’s […]
In a newly published article on Delphi Delirium Management Algorithms, Thomas Ottens, Arjen Slooter, and Carsten Hermes describe, “an initiative to create a clinical algorithm to provide healthcare providers with a structured approach to hospitalised patients who develop delirium.” Multiple collaborators were involved in this project including several NIDUS PIs (Drs. Sharon Inouye, John Devlin, […]
Mark Oldham, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). He completed fellowship training in consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. After that, he served as medical director of the Behavioral Intervention Team at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In 2017, he transferred to URMC where he launched […]
The AGING Initiative is pleased to announce the sixth 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. To learn […]
In this joint NIDUS and American Delirium Society webinar, Drs. Emily Carter, Christine Waszynski, and Esther Oh will focus on strategies to implement and evaluate evidence-based delirium care in era of the Age-Friendly Health System. John Devlin, PharmD will moderate this session. Topic: Bringing Evidence to Practice: Implementing Delirium Care in the Era of the […]
In our November 30, 2023 mentoring session, Drs. Ben Palanca and Melissa Knauert discussed discuss the relationship between sleep and delirium. Watch the full session below:
Dr. Kathryn Agarwal received her MD from Baylor College of Medicine and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Geriatrics at Baylor. The focus of her academic career is the development and implementation of programs to improve the care of hospitalized older adults. From 2012-2016, Dr. Agarwal served as content expert for a […]