Current Aging-Related Research Studies

Nursing Faculty	Role	Title	Funding Agency
Basia Belza	Principal Investigator	Arthritis in Focus: Improving Quality of Life through the Lifetime Fitness Program	Northwest Health Foundation
Gail Bond Linda Teri	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator	Telehealth Intervention for Diabetes Self-Management	National Institutes of Health
Bond, Gail	Principal Investigator	The Development of a Web-Based Intervention for Diabetes Self-Management	School of Nursing
Ya-Mei Chen	Principal Investigator	Disability and the Use of Home-and-Community-Based Services Used by the Elderly	School of Nursing
Barbara Cochrane	Co-Investigator	Biochemical and Genetic Markers of Hypertension in Women (Sesso, PI)	National Institutes of Health
Barbara Cochrane	Co-Investigator	Frailty in WHI: Drugs, Inflammatory & Genetic Markers (LaCroix, PI)	National Institutes of Health
Barbara Cochrane	Co-Investigator	Clinical Coordinating Center for the Clinical Trial and Observational Study of the Women's Health Initiative (Prentice, PI)	National Institutes of Health
Barbara Cochrane	Co-Investigator	Estrogen and Progesterone Related Gene Variants and Colorectal Cancer Risk (Zhang, PI)	National Institutes of Health
Susan McCurry	Co-Investigator	Alzheimer's Disease Patient Registry (Crane, PI)	National Institutes of Health
Pamela Mitchell Sarah Shannon	Co-Investigator Co-Investigator	An ICU Intervention to Improve End-of-Life Care (Curtis, PI)	National Institutes of Health
George Demiris	Principal Investigator	Patient and Family Participation in Hospice Team Meeting	University of Missouri, Columbia
George Demiris	Principal Investigator	Technology Interventions for Elders with Mobility and Cognitive Impairments	National Science Foundation
Doorenbos, Ardith George Demiris	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator	Enhancing End of Life Communication Between Clinicians and Family Caregivers	School of Nursing
Ersek, Mary	Principal Investigator	Nursing Assistant End-of-life Care Computerized Education Project	National Institutes of Health
Ersek, Mary	Principal Investigator	Cognitive Effects of Opioids in Older Adults	National Institutes of Health
Ersek, Mary	Principal Investigator	Nursing Home Pain Management Algorithm Clinical Trial	National Institutes of Health
Carol Landis	Principal Investigator	Valerian for Sleep Disturbance in Healthy Older Adults	National Institutes of Health
Rebecca Logsdon	Principal Investigator	Aging & Disability Services - Alzheimer's Demonstration Grant	Department of Social and Health Services
Rebecca Logsdon	Principal Investigator	Efficacy of Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease Support Groups	Alzheimer's Association
Rebecca Logsdon	Principal Investigator	Dementia-Specific Exercise Program	Department of Social and Health Services
Rebecca Logsdon	Principal Investigator	Prevention Research to Promote and Protect Brain Health	University of South Carolina
Rebecca Logsdon	Principal Investigator	Evaluate Dementia Day Services	Department of Social and Health Services
Rebecca Logsdon Linda Teri	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator	Efficacy of Early Stage Alzheimer's Support Groups	National Institutes of Health
Susan McCurry	Principal Investigator	The Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign, “Own Your Future”: Program Evaluation in the State of Washington	School of Nursing
Susan McCurry	Principal Investigator	Efficacy of Behavioral Interventions to Improve Sleep in Adult Family Homes	Alzheimer's Association
Susan McCurry Linda Teri	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator	Behavioral Treatment of Nocturnal Disturbances in Alzheimer's Disease	National Institutes of Health
Ellen Mitchell Nancy Woods	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator	Menopause Transition: Biobehavioral Models of Symptoms	National Institutes of Health
Sandra Motzer Cathryn Booth-LaForce Carol Landis	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator Co-Investigator	Menopausal Symptoms and Metabolic Syndrome: A Feasibility Study	School of Nursing
Cynthia Perry	Principal Investigator	Intergenerational Physical Activity Program	Center for Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research
Jamie Shirley Barbara Cochrane	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator	Autonomy, Dependency and Obligation: Negotiations in Female Patient- Caregiver Dyads	School of Nursing
Linda Teri	Principal Investigator	Exercise & Health Promotion for MCI: A Controlled Trial	National Institutes of Health
Linda Teri	Principal Investigator	Improving Affect & Behavior in Assisted Living Residents	National Institutes of Health
Linda Teri Rebecca Logsdon Susan McCurry	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator Co-Investigator	Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging	National Institutes of Health
Kathleen Watson	Principal Investigator	Changes in Bone Mineral Density and Fracture Incidence of Residents in a Residential Habilitation Center Following Initiation of an Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment Standard	School of Nursing
Nancy Woods Ellen Mitchell Kevin Cain	Principal Investigator Co-Investigator Co-Investigator	Staging Reproductive Aging in 4 Cohorts: Issues of Hormone Use, Spotting & Bias	University of Michigan