2023 NIDUS Pilot Awardees

Congratulations 2023 NIDUS Pilot Awardees!

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 Fick

Investigator of the Month (August 2023): Donna Fick, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, FGSA, FAAN

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 […]

Zachary Kunicki, PhD

Investigator of the Month (July 2023): Zachary Kunicki, PhD

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 […]

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12th Johns Hopkins ICU Rehab VIRTUAL Conference

Registration is now open for the 12th Hopkins ICU Rehab VIRTUAL Conference. The live virtual portion will be held November 8-11, 2023 with an unlimited on-demand portion taking place October 19 – December 18, 2023. Register before June 30 for an early bird discount. This Conference bridges the gap between research and bedside. The target […]

Annmarie Hosie, PhD, RN

Investigator of the Month (June 2023): Annmarie Hosie, PhD, RN

Dr. Annmarie Hosie is Associate Professor, Palliative Care Nursing at the University of Notre Dame Australia and St. Vincent’s Health Network Sydney; and an Adjust Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. Her PhD at the University of Notre Dame Australia researched delirium epidemiology, systems, and nursing practice in palliative care units, and her […]

Meera Agar, PhD

Investigator of the Month (May 2023): Meera Agar, PhD

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 […]

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Join the NIDUS Research Hub Challenge

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 […]

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Dr. Inouye BJA article: Preventing dementia by preventing 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 […]

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AGS CoCare: HELP Preconference

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 […]