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Fellow Independent Projects:

 

2011

Kannan Sivaraju Severely suppressed bone turnover and atypical skeletal fragility due to long term use of bisphosphonates - An evidence based review
   

Fade Mahmoud

Primary Care physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding their impaired driving-elderly patients

 

2010

Ashley Hendrix Primary Care physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding their impaired driving-elderly patients
   
Michael Isaac A study of mandated annual urinalysis in long term care facilities
   
Shobha Karan A meta-analysis of the effect of DHEA on muscle strength and function
   
Marguerite Taillefer Atypical presentation of Creutzfeld- Jacob Disease in a 75 year old woman

 

2009

Amir Ahmad Frailty phenotype and 6-minute walk as predictors of survival and performance in heart failure.
   
Leen Bakkali Does sub-clinical hyperthyroidism increase prevalence of frailty in the elderly?
   
Tina Gardner Valproate-induced myoclonus
   
Sam Najjar Influenza surveillance: reporting respiratory illness in the community

 

2008

Uzma Rahat Effects of vitamin D on bone markers, muscle strength, and performance measures in patients with ESRD.
   
Sweet Ver Cognitive effects of omega fatty acids in healthy post-menopausal women
   
Neer Zeevi Effects of aging on the blood brain barrier

 

2007

Marcos Estrada Development of a brief, illustrated, Spanish exercise book
  Analysis of the functional impact of relative versus absolute sarcopenia in healthy older women
   
Yazeed Maghaydah Age and co-morbidity as predictors of geriatric patients' preferences of colorectal cancer screening
  Colon muscle quality and quantity in mouse models of aging & sarcopenic obesity
   
Sanjay Shah Neglected opportunities for studying comorbidity in common animal models of aging, a systematic review
  Role of MIF in promoting glomerulosclerosis in aged male B6 mice

 

2006

Karen Bleser Memory loss: do patients want to know?
  Sex hormones , B-amyloid, and white matter disease in the elderly
   
Emre Noteroglu Osteoporosis and physical performance in frail older adults
   
Mary Ann Pefanco Low dose estrogen and cognition
   
Maria Renna Impact of MIF expression in oxidations stress resistance and lifespan in drosophila melanogaster

 

2005

Mayes DuBose Locomotion in vitamin D redeptor gene knockout mice
   
Rita Jepsen Oral health and care of the frail elderly
   
Fahim Kazi Investigation of bone mass and metabolism among pre- and post-menopausal women with Down syndrome
   
Lavern Wright Chronic alcohol use and bone density among alcoholics

 

2004

Adejoke Aina-Babalola The effect of low dose estrogen in older women
   
Rebecca Boxer Frailty and congestive heart failure: are hormones a factor?
   
Ann Datunashvili Fall risk awareness in older adults and possible new strategies for fall prevention education
   
Cherian Joseph Mif genotype correlation with osteoporosis

 

2003

Elisa Gil-Peres Bone mass and metabolism among pre- and post-menopausal women with Down Syndrome
   
Michelle Iannuzzi-Suchich Prevalence of sarcopenia and predictors of skeletal mass in healthy older women and men
  Analysis of provider responses to the Connecticut Collaboration on Falls programs
  Virtual precepting case report and qualitative analysis
   
Ellen McMahon Does a multiple vitamin have adequate vitamin D for older adults in a nursing home?
   
Chaewon Song Connecticut practicing physicians' knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of dementia

 

2002

Yan Li Life expectancy and mortality among people with mental retardation
   
Jennifer Ritzau Indirect revenue for UCHC generated by the geriatrics associates practice
   
Sharon Yang Effect of low dose estrogen replacement on established and potential markers of geriatric frailty
   
Wiesa Zablocki Lipid therapy in the elderly with coronary artery disease

 

 
 

 

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