Upcoming Aging-Related Events:
IDEAS Forum – Duke/UNC ADRC: Kinin B1 Receptor: Emerging Target for Neuroinflammation in SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 infection?
Srinivas Sriramula, BVSC, MVSC, PhD – East Carolina University
Thursday, October 26 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roybal State of the Science Webinar: Strategic Planning for Dissemination and Implementation of Behavioral Interventions
Lynda Powell, PhD, Med – Rush University
Thursday, October 26 4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Center for Aging and Policy Studies 2023 Visiting Scholar Keynote: Understanding American Health Trends: Deaths of Despair, Racial Disparities, and the Declining Health in Boomers to Millennials
Dr. Hui Zheng
Friday, October 27 10:30am – 12:00pm
Geriatrics Grand Rounds: Updates on PCI for Older Adults
Dr. Karen Alexander and Dr. Jennifer Rymer
Monday October 30, 2023 | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Duke GeriaTreks – Cox Mountain Trail
Saturday November 4, 9:00am – 10:30am
Join us for a Fall Hike on the Cox Mountain Trail, a 3.75 mile moderate hike that starts at a cool suspension bridge. Those wanting a shorter (and flatter) hike can peel off and do the Fanny’s Ford loop after the initial section. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle. Two and four legged family members welcome! When you enter the state park, drive all the way to the end of the road and park in the lot near the bathrooms (or the adjacent overflow lot). https://enotrails.com/cox-mountain-trail.htm
Good News:
- Congratulations to Geriatrics faculty members Maria Marquine and Mamata Yanamadala who have both been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine!
- Dave Madden and Jenna Merenstein have a recent ADRC-related publication in NeuroImage: Quantitative susceptibility mapping of brain iron in health aging and cognition
- ICYMI: Nathan Boucher and colleagues were awarded $60,000 by the National Center for Homelessness among Veterans (https://www.va.gov/homeless/nchav/index.html) to work with Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) to analyze new VA health system survey data on older Veteran homelessness and conduct in-depth interviews and user centered design sessions resulting in homelessness implementation blueprints to pilot for two large VA networks. Their project is titled “Supporting Community Partnerships to Optimize HUD-VASH Services for Older and Disabled Veterans” and the aims are as follows:
- Aim One: Analyze FY23 HUD-VASH nationally-collected assessment data. These data will a) help HUDVASH directly understand aspects of the local context of community partnerships and b) inform content for the Aim 2 interview guide. We will analyze nationally-collected local assessment data using descriptive analysis of quantitative data and qualitative content analysis of open-ended data.
- Aim Two: Identify facilitators of and constraints to developing local community partnerships. We will conduct virtual semi-structured interviews with HUD-VASH VISN-based geriatric specialists or their designees (N=18), using rapid qualitative analysis to identify salient themes. Based on Aims’ 1 and 2 findings, our team will draft an implementation blueprint for VISN 1 and for VISN 6.
- Aim Three: Refine the implementation blueprints employing User-Centered Design. We will convene two VISN-wide user-centered design teams of community, HUD-VASH partners, and Veterans and facilitate two rounds of deliberations in VISNs 1 and 6 to finalize an implementation blueprint for each of these VISNs.
Save the Dates:
Duke Ice Cream Social @ GSA 2023 in Tampa!
Friday, November 10 from 9pm-11pm
Bright Ice Scoop Shop on Water Street (adjacent to headquarters hotel)
Pepper Shakers Event: Preparing Awesome NIH Grants – Tips for a successful, smooth, and lower-stress process
Martha Payne, PhD, RD, MPH
Monday December 4 from 4:00pm-5:00pm
Aging Center Hub 2514
Annual Aging Center Research & Education Showcase and Wrenn Lecture
Friday, December 15 from 8:30am-1:00pm
Trent Semans Great Hall
ISTAART Latinos & Alzheimer’s Symposium
April 4-5, 2024
San Diego, USA, and Online
Current Funding & Other Opportunities:
Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) RFA – Applications due 11/3
Latest NIA Funding Opportunities
Bass Connections Proposals - Bass Connections is now seeking proposals for year-long, team-based research projects that engage faculty, undergraduates, and graduate/professional students in the interdisciplinary exploration of complex societal challenges. Please see the project proposal guidelines. Proposals due 11/6/23
Duke SOM Office for Faculty is accepting applications for four 2024 Leadership Programs – Applications are due 11/3/2023
- ADVANCE-UP (for Early Career Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Faculty)
- ALICE (for mid-career women faculty)
- DCLP (for mid-career faculty members with clinical responsibilities)
- LEADER (for junior faculty who are leading a research team)
Tideswell at UCSF AGS Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholar Program – Applications are due 1/26/24 for the 2024-2025 cohort