Dr. Kirsten Fiest is an Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Community Health Sciences & Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. She is also Director of Research and Innovation in the Department of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Fiest received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Calgary and completed post-doctoral training in neuro and […]
NIDUS is co-sponsoring a webinar with Clin-STAR: Enhancing Your Research: How to Collaborate Effectively with Medical and Data Librarians. Organized by the Clin-STAR Coordinating Center, the event is also co-sponsored by: a2 Collective AGING Initiative Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging Coordinating Center Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (Pepper OAIC) National […]
Recently, NIDUS Multi-PI Dr. Sharon Inouye and several colleagues published a new article entitled ‘The Modified and Extended Hospital Elder Life Program: A remote model of care to expand delirium prevention’. Dr. Tamara Fong was lead author. Read the background, methods, results and conclusions in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Every few months, the Delirium Research Hub features an investigator and research study from the Delirium Research Hub. This month’s Spotlight Investigator is Dr. Babar Khan. We feature his study, the Decreasing Delirium through Music listening (DDM) trial.
Michele Cavallari is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cavallari graduated cum laude in Medicine in 2005, then completed a residency in Neurology at the Sapienza University Hospital Sant’Andrea (Rome, Italy) and a PhD program in Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience and Psychiatry. Dr. Cavallari’s research aims at exploring neurological conditions through […]
2023 Summer Workshop on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Disparities The Hopkins’ Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease & Services (HEADS) Center, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (JHAD-RCMAR), and Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions (HCHDS) are co-organizing a workshop, Tuesday, June 6 – Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Baltimore, MD. Application […]
Patricia A. Tabloski, Ph.D., GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN is an associate professor at the Connell School of Nursing. Dr. Tabloski’s work focuses on the epidemiology and treatment of various threats to quality of life and function in older adults. This work has involved elucidating risk factors for poor outcomes, the development and testing of non-pharmacologic interventions […]
Researchers at the Marcus Institute and University of Michigan will receive over $13 million to study the delirium prevention in Older Adults. The focus of this new PCORI-funded study is on the efficacy of family caretaker support in reducing delirium risk. NIDUS Multi-PI Sharon Inouye says, “More than 2.6 million older adults develop delirium in […]
The AARP and the GEDC (Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative) have collaborated on two short educational videos. Specifically, these videos cover dementia care and delirium risks in in hospitals and the ER. Designed to educate and raise awareness of delirium and dementia, the videos ‘provide key information and action steps that healthcare providers and caregivers can […]
Recently, Dr. Sharon Inouye recorded several VJDementia videos. The site published these short videos on several delirium-related topics. Among them are topics like ‘Screening for delirium in individuals with dementia’ and ‘Biomarkers of delirium incidence and severity.’ Click the image below for the full series of clips.