Research Stimulus Grants in Aging

Overview

The Research Stimulus Grants in Aging program was active during 2006-2008. The goal of the program was to build greater strength in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary aging research on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. Information is provided here for historical purposes.

Funded Projects (2008)

A Pilot Study to Explore Factors Influencing Pursuit of Work in Persons with Disabilities After Age 50 (Continuation funded)

Co-Principal Investigators: Charles Bernacchio, Ed.D., CRC, Assistant Research Professor, Allied Health Sciences, Rehabilitation, Psychology and Counseling and Donna Falvo, RN, PhD, Clinical Professor, Allied Health Sciences, Rehabilitation, Psychology and Counseling

Research and Investigator Team: Kelty Bailey and Janice McGilberry; Graduate Research Assistants, Rehabilitation, Psychology and Counseling.

IOA Mentor: Jennifer Craft Morgan, Ph.D., Lead for Research, Institute on Aging

Risk Management and Retirement

Principal Investigator: John C. Scott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy

Research and Investigator Team: Jianlin Hou, MA, Health Policy and Management

IOA Mentor: Victor W. Marshall, PhD, Director, Institute on Aging, Professor, Department of Sociology

Clot Structure and Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism in the Elderly (Continuation funded)

Principal Investigator: Alisa S. Wolberg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Research and Investigator Team: Susan T. Lord, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Stephan Moll, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine; Kellie R. Machlus, Graduate Student, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

IOA Mentor: Virginia Neelon, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Director of the Biobehavioral Laboratory

Funded Projects (2007)

Use of Post-Acute Rehabilitation Care and Clinical Trajectories Following Stroke, Hip Fracture, and Joint Replacement, Janet K. Freburger, PT, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

Cancer Cachexia: Cytokines and Physical Exercise, A.C. Hackney, Ph.D., CPH, Director Applied Physiology Lab, Professor, Physiology & Nutrition, Department of Nutrition-SPH and Department of Exercise and Sport Science

Instrument Validation of a Falls Risk Home Self-Assessment Tool, Bonita L. Marks, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Exercise Physiology, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Adjunct Research Associate Professor Emergency Medicine, and Director of the Exercise Science Teaching Lab and the Undergraduate Fitness Professional Track

Clot Structure and Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism in the Elderly, Alisa S. Wolberg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Funded Projects (2006)

A Pilot Study to Explore Factors Influencing Pursuit of Work in Persons with Disabilities After Age 50

Disparities in Post-acute Rehabilitation Care

Effects of Foot Structure and Foot Orthotics on Balance and Self-Perceived Stability in the Elderly

A Feasibility Study to Determine Best Approaches to Study Visitable Single-Family Housing and Health Outcomes of Older Women