Kim Oosterhouse

Life Changing: Early Delirium Identification and Intervention

Contributed by Kimberly Oosterhouse, PhD, RN, CNE, Loyola University Chicago, NIDUS Pilot Grant Awardee “Kim, I think this is it; she is not responding to me. Can you please come and be with us?” These are the words I woke up to one morning 16 years ago. My distraught grandfather called me from the inpatient […]

Lee Sangil

Delirium Research Profile: Sangil Lee, MD

Hi everyone,   My name is Sangil Lee, and I am currently working at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine as a clinical associate professor.   Tell us how you got started in delirium research.   My passion for clinical research has been with me since I became a physician in 2005, when […]

Major Themes for 2018 NIDUS Pilot Grants Announced

The NIDUS Pilots and Innovation Task Force is accepting proposals for pilot grants focused on delirium research, due on November 7, 2018. The Pilots and Innovation Task Force has identified three major themes of special interest for the pilot grants below, each representing a research area likely to have broad impact on the field. However, […]

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2018 NIDUS Pilot Grant Call for Applications Announced

$50,000 pilot funding opportunity for researchers interested in delirium The Network for Investigation of Delirium: Unifying Scientists is offering two $50,000 pilot grants for proposals related to delirium research. The purpose of these awards is to encourage innovative research that will advance investigation in delirium and lead to future grant funding. Early career investigators or […]

NIDUS to offer two $50,000 Pilot Grants in 2017

The NIDUS Pilot and Innovations Task Force is pleased to announce that they will award two pilot grants of $50,000 each (total direct costs) in October, 2017. Proposals must be related to delirium research in the following priority areas: (1) risk factors, prognosis, outcomes; (2) pathophysiology, mechanisms, biomarkers, genomics and other –‘omics’ approaches; (3) diagnostic […]