Research Interests
The goal of the Department's research efforts is to study the multiple domains of health and well-being of older adults and to examine how we can best educate further physicians to care for this population. The Department's faculty conduct research on a wide range of topics related to aging, aging policy, health, and healthcare delivery. Below is a list of each faculty member's research and scholarly interests.
| Faculty | Research and Scholarly Interests |
|---|---|
| Damaris Aschwanden | Personality, cognition, dementia, health, aging, lifespan, ambulatory assessment studies |
| John Agens | Vitamin D deficiency, medical student charting of geriatric syndromes, adverse events after hospital discharge for geriatric patients, the patient-centered medical home |
| Suzanne Baker | Disparities in health outcomes for older adults, depression, research methodology and ethics, medical education |
| Ken Brummel-Smith | Non-pharmacological approaches to geriatric syndromes, end-of-life care, advance care planning in dementia, healthcare policy, use of technology in medicine |
| Lisa Granville | Medical education: competency-based learning, development of clinical skills, use of simulators and standardized patients, assessment of learning outcomes Clinical topics: urinary incontinence, prostate disorders, falls and gait disorders |
| Marshall Kapp | Legal, ethical, and public policy aspects of health care and long-term care |
| Paul Katz | Long-term care workforce, geriatric education, quality improvement |
| Heidi Kinsell | Access, utilization, and quality of care, healthcare workforce, mental health/substance abuse, health economics, health policy |
| Mridul Mazumder | Neurocognitive and personality disorders, medical education, and ECT |
| Chris Mulrooney | Culture change in long-term care; competency model development and competency-based assessment of healthcare executives, physician leaders, and nursing assistants; leadership development |
| Xan Nowakowski | Health equity issues in the experience and management of chronic conditions as people age |
| Alice Pomidor | Video game learning, older adults drivers, interprofessional medical education |
| Niharika Suchak | Assessment tools for learning outcomes in medical education, transitions of care, functional status, patient care planning with use of Resident Assessment Instruments (RAI), interprofessional teamwork and team-based care |
| Antonio Terracciano | Aging, personality, genetics, health, neurodegenerative diseases, cross-cultural studies |