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INPCS Recognizes Dr. Hanson and Funds Dr. Lau

January 20, 2023
The International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) honored Laura Hanson MD, MPH with its Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award. The November 2022 award recognized Dr. Hanson’s research in dementia palliative care. In addition, UNC Neurocritical Care faculty member Winnie Lau, MD received an INPCS seed funding award at this meeting.

UNC Geriatric Medicine Represented at GSA22

November 29, 2022
Recently, UNC Geriatric Medicine personnel attended the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting, GSA22. Held from November 2-6 in Indianapolis, IN, GSA22’s theme was Embracing our Diversity, Enriching our Discovery, Reimagining Aging. Division Chief Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead was joined at the conference by Dr. John Batsis (Associate Professor, Division...

Dr. Lindsay Wilson receives Leonard Tow Award

October 25, 2022
The UNC School of Medicine Student Government honored Dr. Lindsay Wilson (Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine) with the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.

Clin-STAR Awards Pilot Grant to Dr. David Lynch

October 4, 2022
Dr. David Lynch was recently selected for a Clin-STAR Pilot Grant. By encouraging junior and senior researchers from different disciplines and institutions to come together, these Pilot Grants can stimulate new areas of age-related research.

Caroline Buse receives GSA James McKenney Travel Award

September 26, 2022
Caroline Buse (UNC MSTAR ’21) recently received the James McKenney Travel Award from the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) and The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

CGWEP News presents a Geriatrics ECHO Series for PCPs

September 22, 2022
From July to December, the CGWEP is hosting a monthly Project ECHO series, 'UNC Geriatrics for Primary Care Providers ECHO Series,' which is open to all providers.

Drs. Batsis and Coll analyze Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visits

September 7, 2022
In a recent special article in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society, John A. Batsis, MD (Associate Professor, UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine) and Patrick P Coll, MD (Medical Director for Senior Health and Associate Director for Clinical Geriatrics at the UConn Center on Aging at UConn Health), and colleagues...

Comfort First: offering comfort-focused dementia care

August 29, 2022
More than one million Americans have late-stage dementia. Sadly, they suffer significantly from physical pain, neuropsychiatric distress symptoms, and medical complications. On top of that, these people also often deal with hospital and emergency room visits.

MSTAR Scholars spend a summer with UNC Geriatrics

August 17, 2022
Since 2010, the UNC Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR)* Program, led by PI, Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, has welcomed 148 medical and osteopathic students to Chapel Hill. These students all came to gain experience in aging-related research. Students are paired with an UNC faculty mentor that currently has funding...

Legendary Coaches offer words to the Duke-UNC ADRC

July 1, 2022
From June 24–25, the Duke-UNC ADRC hosted the Symposium for Learning about Alzheimer’s disease-related Medical research at Duke and UNC (SLAM-DUNC). During this two-day event, former UNC men’s basketball coach Coach Roy Williams and former Duke men’s basketball coach Michael Krzyzewski offered encouraging words for Alzheimer’s researchers. See the full...