Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Jennifer A. Schrack, PhD, MS, with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, recently ascended to a Co-PI leadership role with the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), which systematically gathers information over time from a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries ages 65 and older. Regarding this significant research […]
Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, and a prior stroke is one of the biggest risk factors for future stroke events. Stroke survivors face a 13% increased risk of a subsequent stroke in the first year after stroke, and over 40% experience a second stoke within 10 years. Prior […]
We at COAH join the thunderous rounds of applause in celebrating that Dr. Sarah Szanton was named as the new Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She began her term on August 25th to much fanfare. Indeed, “I’m a Sarah Fan” signs were waving at the State of the School speech she delivered […]
Many congratulations to Dr. Cynthia Boyd, who was named the new Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine at the beginning of August. She previously held the position as Interim Director after Dr. Samuel Durso became the Director of the Department of Medicine at JHBMC […]
The 2021-2022 COAH Scientific Seminar Series starts on October 4th! We’re excited to kick off this academic year’s Scientific Seminar Series with Suzanne E. Judd, PhD, on Monday, October 4th at 3:30pm with a talk on “Diet and Brain Health: State of Science and Next Steps to Address Disparities.” Dr. Judd is the Director of […]
The COAH family congratulates the Johns Hopkins Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging (EBA) Training Program upon the great news that the National Institute on Aging refunded this remarkable T32 training for another five years! Continually funded since its start in 1996, and led by Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, that means the EBA will successfully reach 30 […]
Qian-Li Xue, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Biostatistics in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and Center on Aging and Health is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. He was also named the Associate Editor in January 2021. We celebrate you, Dr. […]
Jacek K. Urbanek, PhD. Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Center on Aging and Health is the recipient of the W. Leigh Thompson Excellence in Research: Clinical Research Award for his innovative research entitled “Free-living gait cadence measured by wearable accelerometers: a promising alternative to traditional […]
Drs. David L. Roth, Orla C. Sheehan, Jin Huang and their study team researchers examine the racial disparities in hospice use and end-of-life treatment which was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open
Congratulations to Drs. David L. Roth, Orla C. Sheehan, Jeremy D. Walston, Jin Huang and their study team members on the publication of their research article in the PNAS scientific journal entitled “The transition to family caregiving and its effect on biomarkers of inflammation”
