The Research & Education Scholars Program is created by the Research Education Core which identifies, supports, and nurtures talented junior investigators who will become national leaders in aging research.
The Core’s mentorship and curricular programs help junior investigators progress along the pathways that lead to high impact publications and grant funding that develops the scholar’s national reputation as a leader in their area. Mentoring services, seminar series, and resource core services are also available to investigators whose goals are to develop careers in aging research. A particular focus is junior faculty who have trained outside of geriatric medicine but seek to incorporate Geriatric principles into their developing research program.
The Research Education Component actively seeks outstanding candidates for Diversity Supplements. We are committed to in offering comprehensive support to assist these candidates in achieving successful award outcomes.
Current REC Scholars
REC Alumni
2022-2023
Alex Lee, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Glycemic Metrics to Identify Risk of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia in Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes
Kenny Lam, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Aging in place: a study of regional variation in risk-adjusted mean home time after hospitalization in older adults
2019-2020
Lindsay Hampson, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, Urology
Project: Evaluating Quality of Life and Decisional Regret Among Older Men Undergoing Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence
Scott Bauer, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Prevalence of Frailty Among Older Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Project: Cognitive Change Before and After Total Joint Arthroplasty in Older Adults
Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP
Assistant Professor, Physiological Nursing
Project: Live Discharge from Hospice: Impact on Burdensome Transitions in the Last Month of Life in Persons with Dementia
Willa Brenowitz, PhD MPH
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Project: Evaluating Explanations for the Association between Sensory Impairments, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia
Sachin Shah, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Anticoagulation in Vulnerable, Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation
2017-2019
Pi-Ju (Marian) Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Project: Risk Factors for Polyvictimization in Later Life
Krista Harrison, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Residence & End-of-Life Care among Elders with Dementia: Medical & Social Predictors
Melisa Wong Yajima, MD, MAS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Hematology/Oncology
Project: Life-Space Mobility in Older Adults with Lung Cancer
2016-2017
Heather Leutwyler, PhD, NP
Associate Professor, Physiological Nursing
Project: A video game-based physical activity program for older adults with serious mental illness (SMI).
Victoria Tang, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Advance Care Planning for Older Adults undergoing High Risk Surgery
Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
Project: A Lifecourse Perspective to Risk and Protective Factors for Dementia in Older Sexual and Gender Minorities
2015-2016
Meredith Greene, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: The Value of Functional Status Measures in HIV Clinical Care
Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Moral Distress and Burnout Related to Issues of Life-Sustaining Treatments at the EOL in Older Adults
Jane Jih, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Project: Nutrition and Food Insecurity among Older Adults with Multimorbidity
Anne Suskind, MD
Assistant Professor, Urology
Project: Improving urologic care in (frail) older adults
2014-2015
Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Medicine
Project: A Pilot Randomized Trial for a Home-Based, Structured Exercise Program to Improve Physical Function in Older Liver Transplant Candidates
Eleni Linos, MD, MPH, DrPH
Professor, Stanford
Project: Involving older adults in decision making for skin cancer
Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA, MPH
Associate Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
Project: The Social Isolation of Older Americans Living in High-Crime Neighborhoods: Root Causes and Possible Solutions
Raquel Gardner, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Project: Understanding cognitive, motor, and psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury in older adults
2013-2014
Sei Lee, MD, MAS
Professor, Medicine
Project: Development and Validation of a Life Expectancy Calculator for Veterans
Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Project: Factors Associated with Early versus Late Life Homelessness in a Cohort of Older Homeless Adults
Brie Williams, MD, MS
Professor, Medicine
Project: Health outcomes and the provision of health care in older prisoners
Ryan Greyson, MD, MHS, MA
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Project: Are low SES and limited social support, strong predictors of 30-day readmission in hospitalized elders over the age of 65,
Alexander Smith, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Professor, Medicine
Project: Longitudinal survey to confirm the validity of the quality of life domains important to elders, as well as needs for communication about prognosis