Professor Agar’s research aims to improve the support and care for people who are experiencing cognitive and other brain impacts as a result of advanced illness. She is particularly focused on improving interventions to prevent and manage delirium at the end of life, and measure their efficacy and harms through endpoints that are meaningful to […]
Calling all delirium investigators to the NIDUS Research Hub Challenge! Have you used the NIDUS Delirium Research Hub to further your delirium research program and/or build your collaborative connections? Can you show your creative use of the NIDUS Research Hub to solve a problem in delirium research? If so, we encourage you to submit what […]
Periodically, NIDUS features a Delirium Research Hub investigator as a Spotlight Investigator. This month, we feature Dr. Nadia Lunardi and her study, Developing a Clinically Relevant Mouse Model of Delirium.
Recently, Dr. Sharon Inouye was co-author on a paper entitled Estimating the number of cases of dementia that might be prevented by preventing delirium. Published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, the paper highlights “evidence of the strong inter-relationship between delirium and dementia.” The paper also states that, “understanding how many cases of dementia might […]
Less than two weeks left to save on AGS 2023 Annual Meeting Registration! Join the AGS CoCare: HELP Preconference taking place at the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California on Wednesday, May 3rd from 7am – 5:30pm PT. The preconference will feature topics including delirium screening & recognition, mobility, strategies for […]
Recently, Dr. Ed Marcantonio, NIDUS Delirium Research Hub Leader, created a list of 10 Questions about the NIDUS Delirium Research Hub. Below is a preview of the list: 1) What is the NIDUS Delirium Research Hub? The Delirium Research Hub, one of five NIDUS cores, is a repository of meta-data (like a “table of contents”) […]
New Resource from the American Geriatrics Society for New and Emerging Investigators with an interest in including Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions in Research NIDUS is pleased to share that the AGS/AGING LEARNING Collaborative has launched its website and published the first two of a planned eight domain curriculum (the remaining six domains will […]
Here are the top three NIDUS webinars from the past year: Being Truly Responsive: How to Win Over Your Reviewers featuring Dr. Sharon Inouye Career Development Award Research Mentoring Session featuring Drs. Tom Gill, Nicholas Reed, Esther Oh Optimizing Delirium Assessment in Research Proposals featuring Dr. Richard Jones You can watch each of these sessions […]
NIDUS Multi-PI Dr. Sharon Inouye was recently appointed as the editor in chief of JAMA Internal Medicine. Dr. Inouye’s appointment will officially begin on July 1, 2023. “I am truly excited to become the next editor in chief of JAMA Internal Medicine. I hope to build on the tremendous foundation provided by Dr. Rita Redberg […]
Periodically, NIDUS features a Delirium Research Hub investigator as a Spotlight Investigator. This month, we feature Dr. Ben Palanca and the Protocol for Prognosticating Delirium Recovery Outcomes Using Wakefulness and Sleep Electroencephalography (P-DROWS-E) study.