Congratulations to our 2011 Annual Meeting Presidential Poster Awardees

We are pleased to recognize the following Presidential Poster award recipients, who were honored during the 2011 Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony.  This year, 145 posters that received the highest rankings from the abstract reviewers were selected for the Presidential Poster session.  Reviewers for each category then viewed the posters and judged them on the importance and methods of the research presented as well as the clarity and overall effectiveness of the presentation.  Click here for abstracts of these posters.

Case Studies from Clinical Practice Kristen Thornton, MD, University of Rochester "Long Term Care Residents with Criminal Backgrounds: Developing Care Plans to Balance Autonomy, Privacy, and Risk" (Poster B5)	Geriatric Syndromes Danielle Victor, BS, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio "Caspase-2 Plays an Important Role in Age-Dependent Osteoporosis" (Poster B72)
Clinical Trials Malaz Boustani, MD, University of Indiana Medical School "MAGD Trial-Memantine for Agitation in Alzheimer's Dementia" (Poster B9)	Health and Healthcare Disparities Cesar Garcia, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "Ethnic Differences in Perceived Caregiver Burden between Mexican American and European Older Caregivers" (Poster B84)
Emergency Medicine Kevin Biese, MD, MAT, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Impact of a Geriatric Curriculum on Emergency Medicine (EM) Resident Attitudes, Knowledge, and Decision Making" (Poster B14)	Health Services and Policy Research Kathleen Unroe, Duke Clinical Research Institute & Durham VA Medical Center "Associations between Published Quality Ratings of Skilled Nursing Facilities and Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure" (Poster B97)
AGS 2011 Annual Meeting attendees engage in stimulating discussions about the latest in geriatrics research at the poster sessions.
Epidemiology Valerie Wilson, MD, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital "Relationship Between Vitamin D Level and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Health ABC Study" (Poster B22)	Organ Specific and Systemic Disorders Jamal Ahmed, Mount Sinai School of Medicine "Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in A Homebound Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study" (Poster B128)
Ethics Samantha Zuckerman, MBE, Mount Sinai School of Medicine "Quality Improvement Analysis: Advance Directives in Geriatric Palliative Care Patients with Cancer" (Poster B35)	Quality of Life Mary O'Meara, Florida State University "Benefits of the Wii Video Game in Geriatric Communities" (Poster B135)
Geriatric Bioscience Matthew Rondina, MD, University of Utah "Platelet-Monocyte Aggregate Formation in Healthy Elderly Individuals Results in Increased Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion Compared to Healthy Young Subjects" (Poster B40)	Rehabilitation Jessie VanSwearingen, University of Pittsburgh "Effect of Multi-Tasking on Gait: How Do Older Adults with Mobility Limitations Respond to the Challenge?" (Poster B136)
Geriatric Education Karin Ouchida, MD, Montefiore Medical Center "An Interactive Elder Mistreatment Workshop Effectively Trains Medical Students to Assess and Document Elder Abuse and Neglect" (Poster B48)	Surgery in Older Patients Ann Gruber-Baldini, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine "Blood Transfusion and Delirium at 45-days Post-Hip Fracture: Long-term Outcomes from the FOCUS Cognitive Ancillary Study" (Poster B145)