Highlights of 2011-2012

Annual Report 2011/12:

GeriatricsMedAnnualReport2011Final.pdf

• The three-week Geriatrics Block course was taught spring of 2012.

• Dr. Kuttner-Sands joined the Department in January, 2012, and moved into the Chairs position May, 2012.

• Caregiver Series: a five-part series held throughout May covered topics of interest to those caring for elderly family members and friends. A website for caregivers lists topics and provides caregiver resources: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/geriatrics/CaregiverResources.htm

• Jerrod Steimle presented his MSTAR research, The inpatient hospital experience of caregivers of older adults: A qualitative study, at the Presidential Poster Session at AGS in Seattle. He received a Jerome Kowal Scholarship to help cover conference costs..

• Rachel Hart, MS III, attended the University of Edinburgh for a one-month rotation March 5-30, 2012. Fund from our program provided her with a $1,500 stipend.

• 3 students received placements  in the national competitive MSTAR:

• ·         Kerry Bertke at UNC-Chapel Hill

• ·         Ashley Gerdeman, UC San Diego

• ·         Megan Cochran, US San Diego; M. Cochran also asked to participate in MSTREAM: offers the same summer stipend and activities as MSTAR (MSTAR and MSTREAM students attend the same activities) but in addition she has to attend a conference to present her research the first weekend in August in San Diego (https://mstream.ucsd,edu/)

• Department members received $498,000 in grant money.

• Department members published 4 articles and gave 9 presentations.

Highlights of 2010-2011

Annual Report 2010/11:

GeriatricsMedAnnualReport2011Final.pdf

• The three-week Geriatrics Block course was taught spring of 2011.

• Dr. Gau was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in Geriatric Department, effective on July 1, 2010.

• Dr. Gau was appointed as Geriatric Department Chairman by Dean Brose.

• Caregiver Series: a five-part series held throughout May covered topics of interest to those caring for elderly family members and friends. A website for caregivers lists topics and provides caregiver resources: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/geriatrics/CaregiverResources.htm

• Senior Rural Outreach: interprofessional teams traveled to a rural community, offering health screenings, consultations and education.

• George Asaad, MS II, presented at the Presidential Poster Session at AGS in Washington, D.C. May 12: Title: Rapamycin inhibition of TNF-alpha production by splenocytes in a rat model for obese frailty: Specific to T-cell stimulation as part of the MSTAR program.  He was also was awarded the Jerry Kowal Scholarship to attend the AGS conference in May.

• Jerrod Steimle was selected for the nationally competitive MSTAR program for this summer at Johns Hopkins University with Dr. Gau as his mentor.

• Rachel Hart, MS III, was accepted at the University of Edinburgh for a one-month rotation March 5-30, 2012. Fund from our program will provide her with a $1,250 stipend.

• Department members received $482,000 in grant money.

• Department members published 14 articles and gave 20 presentations.
   

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Highlights of 2009-2010

Annual Report 2009/10

• The three-week Geriatrics Block course was taught spring of 2010.

• The Department completed the third year of a collaborative grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support a consortium site of the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center (WRGEC) at OU-HCOM. We submitted a new proposal for the next cycle, which increase from three to five years.

• Dr. Carlsen was promoted to Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, effective on May 10, 2010.

• Dr. Gau was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in Geriatric Department, effective on July 1, 2010

• Dr. Gau was appointed as Geriatric Department Chairman by Dean Brose.

• Two community-based programs provided needed resources to the elderly and their families.

• ·      Caregiver Series: a four-part series held throughout May covered topics of interest to those caring for elderly family members and friends. A website for caregivers was created: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/geriatrics/CaregiverResources.htm

• ·     Senior Rural Outreach: interprofessional teams traveled to rural communities, offering health screenings, consultations and education.

• A three-part nurse aid education program was offered to nursing homes with a focus on topics pertinent to nurse aids.

• 3 current medical students and 2 previous OU-HCOM students presented posters at AGS in May: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/geriatrics/medical_student_education.htm#StudentPresentations

• Chau Uong, OMSII, and Rachel Hart, OMSII, as part of the MSTAR program.

• Chris Varacallo, OMSIII, presented research he completed with Dr.  Gau.

• Erica Oleson, D.O. (2007), and Sara Snyder, D.O. (2006), presented research they completed during their geriatric medicine fellowships.

Highlights of 2008-2009 

Annual Report: 2008/09

• The three-week Geriatrics Block course was taught twice: July/August 2008 and May, 2009.

• The Department received $54,000 as part of a collaborative grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support a consortium site of the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center (WRGEC) at OU-HCOM. It is a three year grant.

• T. Heckman, J. Gau, V. Heh, B. Heckman and R. Barcikowski.  Title: Telephone Delivered Coping Improvement Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults.  Sponsor: NIH, received year 3 funding in the amount of $364,355.00.  This is a 4 year study.

• Rebecca Teagarden and Katherine Ritchey participated in the annual Charles J. Cannon Edinburgh Geriatric Tutorial Program, a program partially funded through contributions from previous participants.

• Two community-based programs provided needed resources to the elderly and their families.

• Caregiver Series: a five-part series held throughout April covered topics of interest to those caring for elderly family members and friends.

• Senior Rural Outreach: interprofessional teams traveled to rural communities, offering health screenings, consultations and education.

• A three-part nurse aid education program was offered to nursing homes with a focus on topics pertinent to nurse aids.

2007/2008

• The three-week Geriatrics Block course was taught for the sixth time in July/August 2007.

• The Department received $60,000 as part of a collaborative grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support a consortium site of the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center (WRGEC) at OU-HCOM. It is a three year grant.

• Lauren Wasson and Jennifer Drost participated in the annual Charles J. Cannon Edinburgh Geriatric Tutorial Program, a program partially funded through contributions from previous participants. Rebecca Teagarden and Katherine Ritchey were selected for the 2008 slots.

• Two new community-based programs provided needed resources to the elderly and their families.

• Caregiver Series: a five-part series held throughout April covered topics of interest to those caring for elderly family members and friends.

• Senior Rural Outreach: interprofessional teams traveled to rural communities, offering health screenings, consultations and education.

• A two-part nurse aid education program began in four nursing homes with topics based on surveys conducted with nurse aids.

2006

Several faculty members were given awards for outstanding teaching in April, 2006:

• First-year CPC Awards Outstanding Group Facilitator, Wayne Carlsen, D.O.; Kelly Coon, D.O

• First-year PCC Awards: Outstanding ICOM Preceptor, Allison Batchelor, M.D.

• Best CPC Block Team: Year III Class selected Geriatrics, along with Endocrine and Reproduction

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Allison Batchelor

• Presented at the 21^st Annual Statewide Geriatric Medicine Conference at Salt Fork from October 22-24, 2010: Antipsychotics-Use in Long Term Care.
• Recognized as an outstanding specialist physician in Athens O’Bleness Memorial Hospital campus of CORE programs during the Commencement of OU-HCOM 2010 class.

• February 2010 for the WRGEC at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital on Psychotropic Drug Use in the Nursing Home.

• September, 2008: Geriatric Noon Seminar, An Introduction to the Care of the Older Adult

• October, 2008: Infectious Disease Challenges in the Elderly, Salt Fork

• September, 2008: Psychiatric Issues in the Nursing Home/Use of Antipsychotic Medication at the Defense Research Institute Nursing Home Liability Seminar, Orlando FL.

• April, 2009: Geriatric Noon Seminar, April Normal Aging: A Practical Overview

• Reviewer for American Family Physician
   

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Wayne Carlsen

• 2012: Presented a COCA training session with Dr. Wadsworth at the AACOM Meeting in Washington, DC in March 2012 titles – “Best Practices; Adequacy of Afflictions, Prospective & Retrospective Clerkship Adequacy”. 
• 16^th Annual Family Practice Review at Grandview Hospital, Dayton, OH. (Feb. 2011) “Diamonds & Pearls of Clinical Precepting”
• Appointed to the Executive Committee for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners as an at large member.  Dr. Carlsen was also promoted from a Member of the Finance Committee to Chair of the Finance Committee.
• June, 2009:Drs. Carlsen and Clay co-editors: J Am Osteopath Assoc. Volume 109, 6 Supplement 2. The supplement is titled: Cruising the Senior Years Protected from Herpes Zoster. 
• October, 2008: Salt Fork, Medical Care of the Elderly in Hospitals

• March, 2005: Presented in the Geriatric Noon Seminar series;

• November, 2004: Presentation for the Geriatric Medicine Club;

• October, 2004: Presented at the annual statewide Geriatric Medicine Conference, “Caring for Older Adults;”

Jen-Tzer Gau

Publications

• Tennant KF, Takacs SE, Gau JT, Clark BC, Russ DW.  A preliminary study of symptomatic fatigue in rural older adults.  Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2011 Oct. 24. [Epub ahead of print].  PMID:22027409

• Wu SD, Gau JT, Wang YH. Ryodoraku as a tool monitoring the effects of walking exercise.  Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2011 Dec. 9 (12):1319:25.

• Gau JT, Yang YX, Chen R, Kao TC.  Uses of proton pump inhibitors and hypomagnesemia.  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.  2012 Feb. 15. doi: 10.1002/pds.3224. [Epub ahead of print]

• Dr. Gau and OU-HCOM graduates Drs. Utkarsh Acharya and Salman Khan et al.  “Pharmacotherapy and the risk for community-acquired pneumonia: A case-control study of hospitalized older adults” accepted  for publication in BMC Geriatrics Journal on June 28, 2010. 

• Gau JT. Urinary Incontinence Resolved after Adequate Vitamin D Supplementation: a Report of Two Cases.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  December 2010; 58(12):2438-2439.  Doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03179.x.

• Gau, J.T., Walston, S., Finamore, M., Varcallo, C.P., Heh, V., Kao, T.C., & Heckman, T.G. (2010). Risk factors associated with stool retention assessed by abdominal radiography for constipation. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 11, 572-578.

• Gau J-T. Advantages of using abdominal radiography for evaluating constipation in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58:212-13.

• Gau JT, Walston S, Finnamore M, Varacallo CP, et al.  Risk factors associated with stool retention assessed by abdominal radiography for constipation.  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2010; accepted as an original study in November 2009, and in press 2010.

• Gau JT. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency practice patterns in nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2010 May; 11(4):296.

• Gau JT, “Uses of proton pump inhibitors and serum potassium levels.” Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2009; 18: 865-871.

• Gau, JT., Shibeshi MR., Lu, IJ., Rafique M., Heh, V., Meyer, D., et al.  Interexpert agreement on diagnosis of bacteriuria  and urinary tract infection in hospitalized older adults.  J Am Osteopath Assoc.  2009; 109(4): 220-226.

• Gau JT, Heh V, Acharya U, Yang YX, Kao TC. Uses of proton pump inhibitors and serum potassium levels. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety. 2009 Jun 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.1795.

• Accepted for publication. Gau JT, Acharya U, Marx T, Verne GN, Carlsen W. Megacolon and stercoral proctitis after frequent fecal impactions: report of an unusual case and review of the literature. JAMDA. 

• Judge for Clinical Poster Presentation Category on OU-COM Research Day (September 29, 2006)

• Gau JT, Barcikowski RS, Clay S, Carlsen W. Falls and supplementation of vitamin D and calcium.  J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1020-1021, 2006.

• Gau JT, Shibeshi M, Rafique M, Barcikowski R, Meyer D, Clay S, Carlsen C. Clinical manifestations of urinary tract infections (UTI) among hospitalized geriatric patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006, 54(4):S103. 

• Gau JT, Clay S, Carlsen W.  Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and calcium intake.  JAMA. 295:1769-1770; 2006.

•  Gau JT, Carlsen W, Tomc M; Jenkinson S, Shen R, Clay S. (October 2005) “An elderly woman with asthma and eosinophilia presenting with fluctuating hoarseness and laryngopyocele.” Letter to the editor. J Am Geriatr Soc. 54:367-368, 2006.

• Gau JT. “An Elderly Woman with Asthma and Eosinophilia Presenting with Hoarseness and a Laryngopyocele.” Poster at the AGS May, 2005.

Presentations

•  Presented “Failure to Thrive in Older Adults: Recognition, Intervention, & Prevention,” at Geriatric Noon Seminar, September 9, 2011

• Presented, “Urinary Infections in the Elderly: What has changed?” at the 22^nd Salt Fork Geriatric Statewide Educational Conference on October 15, 2011.

• Medical Student Charles Forman MS II (with Jen-Tzer Gau) submitted a poster: “High vs. Regular Dose Vitamin D Supplementation in Adult Patients.” on OU-HCOM Research Day (09/23).

• Forman C*, Heh V, Gau JT.  Vitamin D supplementation in adult patients of a rural geriatrics clinic.  Accepted for AGS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on May 4, 2012.  * is OU-HCOM medical student class of 2014. 

• Heh V, Forman C*, Gau JT.  Calcium supplement may be associated with optimal responses to vitamin D supplementation in adults.  Accepted for AGS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on May 3, 2012.  * is OU-HCOM medical student class of 2014. 

• Presented at the 21^st Annual Statewide Geriatric Medicine Conference at Salt Fork from October 22-24, 2010: What’s New about Vitamin D?.

• Gau, JT, Chen R, Kao, TC.  Hypomagnesaemia and uses of proton pump inhibitors.  Submitted to Digestive Disease Week 2011 Annual Meeting in December 2010.  Topic Forum of “PPI efficacy and Safety” section; Chicago, IL on May 8, 2011

• “Predictors of Magnesium Level Measurements Among Hospitalized Adult Patients” in AGS Annual Meeting in National Harbour, Washington, DC on May 13, 2011. 

• Attended and presented at the Methodologies In Healthcare Outcomes In Gastroenterology 15^th Annual Workshop Symposium on November 13-14, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago, IL.

• June, 2009: Association Between Risk Factors for Constipation and Severity of Stool Retention as Analyzed by Abdominal X-ray; Walston S, Finamore M, Varacallo C, Christopher P, Heh V, Pan J, Kao, T, Gau, J, Digestive Disease Week in McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

• June, 2009: Characeteristics of Constipation in Hospitalized Older Adults: An Observational Study, Finamore M, Walston S, Heh V, Kao T, Pan J, Gau J, Digestive Disease Week in McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

• Two RSAC advanced summer research fellows under Dr. Gau’s tutelage participated in the OU-HCOM Research Day (September 29, 2006):  Utkarsh Acharya, BS, MSII and M. Salman Khan, BS, MSII presented a poster entitled “Does Gastric Acid -Suppressive Therapy (GAST) Increase the Risk of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Older Adults?”
   

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Timothy Heckman

Publications

•  Lovejoy, T.L., Heckman, T.G., Suhr, J., Anderson, T., Heckman, B.D., & Grance, C. (in press).  Telephone-administered motivational interviewing reduces risky sexual behavior in HIV-positive late middle-age and older adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial.  AIDS and Behavior.

• Bianco, J.A., Heckman, T.G., Sutton, M., Watakakosol, R., & Lovejoy, T. (in press). Predicting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected older adult: The moderating role of gender. AIDS and Behavior.

•  Skrajner, M.J., Camp, C.J., Haberman, J., Heckman, T.G., Kochman, A, & Frentiu, C. (in press). Use of videophone technology to address medication adherence issues in persons with HIV. HIV/AIDS – Research and Palliative Care

• Skrajner, M.J., Camp, C.J., Heckman, T.G., Haberman, J.L., & Kochman, A. (2011).  A fluctuating pattern of over-and under-adherence for HAART: A case study from a videophone intervention project. Clinical Gerontologist, 34, 144-153.

• Heckman, B.D., Berlin, K.S., Heckman, T.G., & Feaster, D.J. (2011). Psychometric characteristics and race-related measurement invariance of stress and coping measures in adults with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior, 15, 441-453.

• Heckman, T.G., Sikkema, K.J., Hansen, N., Kochman, A., Heh, V., Neufeld, S., and the AIDS and Aging Research Group. (2010). A randomized clinical trial of a coping improvement intervention for HIV-infected older adults.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 102-111.

•  Gau, J.T., Walston, S., Finamore, M., Varcallo, C.P., Heh, V., Kao, T.C., & Heckman, T.G. (2010). Risk factors associated with stool retention assessed by abdominal radiography for constipation. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 11, 572-578.

• Cosio, D., Heckman, T.G., Anderson, T., Heckman, B.D., Garske, J., & McCarthy, J. (2010). Telephone-administered motivational interviewing to reduce risky sexual behavior in HIV-infected rural persons: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 37, 140-146.

• Skrajner, M.J., Camp, C.J., Haberman, J., Heckman, T.G., Kochman, A & Frentiu, C. (in press).  Use of videophone technology to address medication adherence issues in persons with HIV.  HIV/AIDS – Research and Palliative Care.

• Cosio, D., Heckman, T.G., Anderson, T., B.D., Garske, J., & McCarthy, J. (in press).  Telephone-administered motivational interviewing to reduce risky sexual behavior in HIV-infected rural persons: A pilot randomized clinical trial.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

• Johnson, C.J., Heckman, T.G., et al. (in press).  Adherence to antiretroviral medication in older adults living with HIV/AIDS: A comparison of alternative models.  AIDS Care.

• Mohr, D., Vella, L., Hart, S.L., Heckman, T.G., & Simon, G.E. (2008).  The effect of telephone-administered psychotherapy on symptoms of depression and attrition: A meta-analysis.  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 243-253.

• Ransom D, Heckman TG, Anderson T, Garske J, Holroyd K, Basta T. (2008). Telephone-Delivered, interpersonal psychotherapy for HIV-infected rural persons with depression: a pilot trial.  Psychiatric Services. 59(8): 871-7.

• Lovejoy TI, Heckman TG, Sikkema KJ, Hansen NB, Kochamn A, Suhr JA, Garske JP, Johnson CJ.  (2008).  Patterns and correlates of sexual activity and condom use behavior in persons 50-plus years of age living with HIV/AIDS.  Aids and Behavior.  12(6):943-56.
   

Presentations

• Poster at Annual Congress of the World Psychiatry Association, Florence, Italy.

• Presented a poster in the OOA/CORE Poster Competition entitled: Coping Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults, which tied for first place.

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Deborah Meyer

Publications

• Meyer D, Raffle H, Ware L. (in press) “The First Year: Employment Patterns and Job Perceptions of Nursing Assistants in a Rural Setting. “Journal of Nursing Management.

• Meyer, D, Marx, T & Ball-Seiter V. “Social isolation and telecommunication in the nursing home: A pilot study.”  Gerontechnology.

• Meyer, D, Wirrig M, Shubrook J.  “Co-management of elderly patients with Type 2 diabetes: Better adherence to ADA Guidelines?”  Osteopathic Family Physician.

• Meyer D. (April, 2006). “Technology, Job Satisfaction and Retention:  Rural Mental Health Practitioners. The Journal of Rural Health; 22 (2): 158-163

• Meyer D. (August, 2005). “Access and attitude of rural AHPs to CPD and training;” International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation; 12 (8): 362-362.

• Dr. Carlsen:Expanded a program of interprofessional education with Ohio State University (OSU) School of Pharmacy to train 16 Pharm D students in Athens by developing an Academic Elective in Case-Based Learning which is scheduled to begin in August, 2012.  This was developed in conjunction with Sara Adkins, Pharm D.  Dr. Carlsen was appointed as an adjunct Associate Professor at the OSU College of Pharmacy on July 1, 2011.

  Dr. Meyer: Developed online module,  Interprofessional Geriatric Health Care, for GM Block.

• Dr. Meyer co-taught a course since Fall, 2006, entitled Interprofessional Rural Gerontology (HLTH369G) with faculty from the Department of Social Work and College of Health and Human Sciences.

• Ellen Peterson facilitates a monthly CPE/CME video-conference series, “Geriatric Noon Seminars,” that is attended by healthcare  and mental health providers at7 sites.

• Drs. Gau and Meyer collaborated with COGAP, the Ohio Geriatrics Society, and the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center on the 2011 and 2012 Salt Fork Statewide Geriatric Medicine CME

• Drs. Carlsen and Meyer collaborated with COGAP, the Ohio Geriatrics Society, and the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center on the 2010 Salt Fork Statewide Geriatric Medicine CME Conference for primary care physicians. Drs. Carlsen and Meyer, along with Ellen Peterson participated in the conference in October, 2010. 

• The Department of Geriatric Medicine/ Gerontology along with Community Health Programs conduct  Rural Senior Outreaches and glaucoma screenings. We utilize an interprofessional approach, drawing students, faculty and providers from a number of disciplines. Between November, 2007 and December, 2010, we held Outreaches in 10 different communities with nearly 320 people participating (256 ≥ 50 years old). Over 110 individuals received hearing tests, 125 had glaucoma screens, and nearly 85 were screened for osteopenia and osteoporosis (Appendix C).                     http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/geriatrics/clinical.htm#SeniorOutreach

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Funded Proposals

• Meyer: The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science Community Engagement Program & Ohio University Appalachian Rural Health Institute grant for $100,000. Chronic Disease Management in Rural Appalachian Elderly

• Heckman: NIMH/NINR: “Telephone IPT Intervention for HIV-Infected Rural Persons.” RO1 MH087462; $1,630,785 (Total) for 12/01/2009 – 12/30/2013,                         

• Heckman: PI:NIMH/NIA/NINR:Telephone-Delivered Coping Improvement Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults" RO1 MH078749 $1,518,623 (Total), August 2006 – July 2012 (includes no-cost extension)        

• Gua: Was awarded $3,000 for a pilot study “Efficacy and Safety Profiles of High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation in Adult Patients: A Pilot Study” by RSAC in July 2011.

•  Drs. Meyer and Ice received a $1,900 RSAC grant to purchase entry software for use in Kenya and other International Programs that do field research and gather data.

• Heckman: 4th year awarded for Project LinkAGE: Telephone Delivered Coping Improvement Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults; NIH, $371,573.00.

• Heckman: Telephone IPT Intervention for HIV-Infected Rural Persons (4 years, $1.8 million).  Received a score of 24 and is at the 12^th percentile.  Grant began on December 1, 2009. 

• Gau Co-PI: RSAC award for $6,436.72 for “A Pilot Study of Establishing Real-time PCR Protocol for Intestinal Microbiota Profiling in Older Adults” on March 15, 2010. Erin Murphy Co-PI.

• Gau: December 4, 2009: A pilot study of Forteo^® treatment for the enhancement of skeletal muscle function in aged rats.  Co-Principal investigator: David Russ, PhD; Jen-Tzer Gau, MD, PhD.  Funding source: RSAC research award; OU-COM.  Status: funded for $4,000.

• Gau  Co-PI: October 15, 2009: A pilot study of Forteo^® treatment for the enhancement of skeletal muscle function in aged rats.  Principal investigator: David Russ, PhD.  Co-PIs: Jen-Tzer Gau; Brian Clark.  Funding source: Eli Lilly and Company.  Effort: 10%. 

• Gau: September 2008: “Unexplained fatigue in the elderly.”  Clark, B., Gau, J., Russ, D.  Internal grant.

• Gau:June 16, 2009:  “Hydration status and cognitive performance in rural elderly.”  Patterson, SM., Suhr, J., Gau, J.  Submitted to NIH

•  Gau: December 11, 2008:  “A pilot study of muscle metabolic supply and demand characteristics in older individuals with and without unexplained fatigue.”  Russ, D., Gau, J., Clark, B.  Internal grant.

• Meyer: Co-Pi: 2009:Department of Health and Human Services, Geriatric Education Center: Collaborated with four other medical schools in Ohio in writing grant to fund the Western Reserve Geriatric Center. OU-COM, Department of GM/G budgeted for $54,000.

• Meyer: Co-PI: November, 2008: Webcams and Improved Quality of Life Among Nursing Home Residents. $5,000.

• Meyer Co-PI: : June, 2009:  Competitive Research Grants through RSAC with a proposal entitled SHARE Kenya.  Gillian Ice, Ph.D., is co-investigators: $1,750.

• T. Heckman, J. Gau, V. Heh, B. Heckman and R. Barcikowski: 2009:   Title: Telephone Delivered Coping Improvement Intervention for HIV-Infected Older Adults.  Sponsor: NIH, just received year 3 funding in the amount of $364,355.00.  This is a 4 year study.

• Meyer Co-PIi: 2007: Department of Health and Human Services, Geriatric Education Center: Collaborated with four other medical schools in Ohio in writing grant to fund the Western Reserve Geriatric Center. OU-HCOM, Department of GM/G budgeted for $60,000.

• Meyer Co-PI:2007: Athens Foundation and Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Foundation: Co-PI with Kathy Trace, MHA, BSN, RN, is Director Clinical and Community Health Programs. Access to Health Care for Athens County Senior Adults for $20,000. We were selected to move on to the full proposal phase.

• Meyer and Carlsen: 2007:  received $6,500 grant from OU-HCOM Research and Scholarly Affairs for a pilot study, Nursing Aids: Where do They Go?

• Gau:2006:  Received $6,500 grant from OU-HCOM Research and Scholarly Affairs for Evaluating the Problem of Clinical Constipation in Hospitalized Older Adults. 

• March 2005 - Faculty and staff members collaborated with four other medical schools in Ohio to submit a grant renewal that funds the Western Reserve Geriatric Center. The five year grant will bring $60,000 to the Department of GM/G to support interprofessional educational programs for faculty, students and providers.

• Gau: June 2005:  received a research grant for $6500 from RSAC OU-HCOM for the above research project;

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