CERC Projects

CERC-related projects ( Alphabetically by Principal Investigator )

Joseph Agostini

• Net benefits versus harms of total medication use in older veterans.
• A computer-based intervention to decrease psychoactive medication use.

[ Team members : Gregory Acampora]

Dawn Bravata

• Quality of care for patients hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke.
• Management of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with cerebrovascular disease.
• Outpatient management of patients with cerebrovascular disease.

[ Team members : Diane Chodkowski , Jean Melillo , Paul Tabereaux, Larry Zygmunt ]

John Concato

• Prognostic factors in prostate cancer.
• Acetylcholinesterase activity in Gulf War veterans.

[Team members/Fellows: Karen Anderson, Patricia Crutchfield, Nancy Cummings, Diane Orlando, Carolyn Wells, M.P.H., John Chang, M.D., Sarwat Chaudhry, M.D.]

Liana Fraenkel

• Treatment preference in osteoporosis.
• ACA to improve patient education in hepatitis C.
• Explicit elicitation of preferences to improve decision making in older patients with knee OA.

[ Team members : Diane Chodkowski , Janet Mahoney ]

Terri Fried

• Honoring treatment preferences at the end of life.
• Treatment goals at the end of life.
• Enhancing goal elicitation and attainment among older persons with chronic disease.

[ Team members : John O'Leary, Martha Oravetz ]

Barbara Gulanski

• Gender differences in the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
• Impact of diet- and exercise-induced weight loss on CV risk factors.
• C-Reactive protein and endothelial dysfunction in women with glucose intolerance.

[ Team members : Elizabeth Holt ]

Richard Marottoli

• Driver-related interventions in the elderly.
• Enhancing driving performance in older drivers.

[Team members : Shari Ciarleglio, Jennifer Fawcett, Lynne Iannone ]

Lisa Walke

• Longitudinal examination of symptoms in older adults with chronic disease.
• Longitudinal analysis of the effects of symptoms on functional status and quality of life in older adults with chronic disease.