This award honors an undergraduate student in dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or social work who submitted the most outstanding student abstract for the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
2024 Recipient: Elizabeth Margaret Ann Kelly
Elizabeth Margaret Ann Kelly is the 2024 Clinician Student Research Award recipient for her submission, “Early Dementia Care Through the Patient Portal”. By analyzing medical advice portal messages of patients aged 65 or older in the first 12 months after a dementia diagnosis sent from patients or caregivers to PCPs or dementia specialists, Elizabeth found that understanding common topics addressed through this medium can inform technology- and portal-based strategies to improve dementia education and care while reducing clinician burden. A second-year medical student at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ms. Kelly’s dedication, creativity, and research acumen position her as an emerging leader in aging research and clinical care as her career progresses.
Past Recipients of the Clinician Student Research Award
2023 Matthew Cosmai
2022 Dallas Mindo-Panusis
2021 Linda H. Phung
2020 Vanessa Ho, MS
2019 Smrithi Sukumar
2018 Michael Liu
2017 Laura Hatchman
Jessica Rizzuto
2016 Margaret Puelle, BS
2015 Justin Yamamoto
2014 Julie Thai, MPH
Lucille Brunker
2013 Nerissa Duchin
Bianca Methvin
2012 Israel (Riley) Peña, Jr.
2011 Siobhan M. Case, BA, MS-II
2010 Cynthia So, BS, MSII
2009 Melissa M. Fish, MS-II
2008 Gina Fujikami, MSIV
2007 Priscilla Yee, MSIV