2011 AGS Annual Scientific Meeting Presidential Poster Awardees

Case Studies from Clinical Practice
Kristen Thornton, MD from University of Rochester for Poster B5 “Long Term Care Residents with Criminal Backgrounds: Developing Care Plans to Balance Autonomy, Privacy, and Risk”

Clinical Trials
Malaz Boustani, MD from University of Indiana Medical School for Poster B9 “MAGD Trial-Memantine for Agitation in Alzheimer's Dementia”

Emergency Medicine       
Kevin Biese, MD, MAT from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Poster B14 “Impact of a geriatric curriculum on emergency medicine (EM) resident attitudes, knowledge, and decision making”

Epidemiology                      
Valerie Wilson, MD from Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital for Poster B22 “Relationship between Vitamin D level and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: the Health ABC Study”

Ethics               
Samantha Zuckerman, MBE from Mount Sinai School of Medicine for Poster B35 “Quality Improvement Analysis: Advance Directives in Geriatric Palliative Care Patients with Cancer”

Geriatric Bioscience                      
Matthew  Rondina, MD from University of Utah for Poster B40 “Platelet-Monocyte Aggregate Formation in Healthy Elderly Individuals Results in Increased Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion Compared to Healthy Young Subjects”

Geriatric Education           
Karin Ouchida , MD from Montefiore Medical Center for Poster B48 “An Interactive Elder Mistreatment Workshop Effectively Trains Medical Students to Assess and Document Elder Abuse and Neglect”

Geriatric Syndromes        
Danielle Victor, BS  from University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio for Poster B72 “Caspase-2 plays an important role in age-dependent osteoporosis”

Health and Healthcare Disparities                             
Cesar Garcia, MD from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for Poster B84 “Ethnic Differences in Perceived Caregiver Burden between Mexican American and European Older Caregivers”

Health Services and Policy Research                         
Kathleen Unroe from Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham VA Medical Center for Poster B97 “Associations Between Published Quality Ratings of Skilled Nursing Facilities and Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure”

Organ Specific and Systemic Disorders                    
Jamal Ahmed from Mount Sinai School of Medicine for Poster B128 “Incidence Of Venous Thromboembolism In A Homebound Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study”

Quality of Life                                  
Mary O'Meara from Florida State University for Poster B135 “BENEFITS OF THE WII VIDEO GAME IN GERIATRIC COMMUNITIES”

Rehabilitation                                  
Jessie VanSwearingen from University of Pittsburgh for Poster B136 “Effect of multi-tasking on gait: how do older adults with mobility limitations respond to the challenge?”

Surgery in Older Patients
Ann Gruber-Baldini, PhD from University of Maryland School of Medicine for Poster B145 “Blood Transfusion and Delirium at 45-days Post-Hip Fracture: Long-term Outcomes from the FOCUS Cognitive Ancillary Study”