Example Research Opportunities
Each student has a structured research experience. Students conduct research in collaboration with a mentor to complete a project that can be accomplished in an 8 to 12 week period. Students should meet with mentors at least once a week to review their progress on the project and to work on preparing oral and written presentations of their research. Each program site has a distinguished list of mentors who have agreed to participate in the program. Please contact the program administrator for details on mentors and research interests.
Health Services
- Sleep problems in older adults
- Quality-of care indicators for older women with incontinence
- Quality of care for elders with diabetes
- Geriatric diabetes guideline development
- Neighborhood influences on health for older adults with chronic conditions
- Measuring quality of care for vulnerable elders
- Fall prevention and management for older adults
- Perceptions of social usefulness/value as predictors of health in older adults
- Palliative Care
- Care giving of older Latinos and aging-related health disparities
- Cost-effectiveness and decision-analysis in treatment of older cancer patients
- Role of Comorbidity and functional status in treatment selection and outcomes in older cancer patients
- Use of web-based data collection methodology in oncology practices
- Physician-patient communication
- Functional outcomes of elderly trauma patients
- Cross-cultural issues in end-of-life decisions
Clinical
- Neuroimaging in aging and dementia
- Biological underpinnings of cognitive expression of brain aging
- Dementia/memory impairment
- Alzheimer's disease
- Cognitive Function
- Physical activity and relation to cognition
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Interactions between cerebrovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease
- Neuropathic substrates of dementia
- Sleep disorders in nursing home residents
- How different methods of scoring neuropsychological tests influence diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment
Basic Science
- Mechanisms of Neuronal Regeneration after Stroke
- Epigenetic Regulation during the Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
- Mitochondrial genetics in skeletal muscle aging
- Gene Action in Sarcopenia