for their work on aging
Three researchers in the Yale Program on Aging were honored for their work at the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 56th meeting in San Diego, California.
The GSA meeting is organized to foster interdisciplinary interactions among gerontological health care, clinical, administrative and research professionals. The Yale researchers honored are:
Dr. Sharon K. Inouye, professor of medicine/geriatrics and co-director of the Yale Program on Aging, is the winner of the 2003 Ewald W. Busse Research Award in Biomedical Sciences. The Ewald W. Busse Research Awards were established in 1990 with an endowment to Duke University from Gerontology International Inc. to promote international research and education in the field of gerontology. The awards recognize the achievements of promising mid-career scientists and encourage their continued contribution to aging research. Inouye was recognized for her contributions to advancing the scientific understanding of delirium and functional decline, two pervasive conditions for older hospitalized persons. Inouye's overarching goal has been to translate clinical investigation from its theoretical basis to practical applications that will improve clinical care and quality of life for older persons.
Becca Levy, assistant professor of epidemiology and psychology, was honored as the 2003 recipient of the Margret M. Baltes Early Career Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology. The Baltes award recognizes outstanding early-career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology. Presented by the GSA in conjunction with the Baltes Foundation, the award is given to a person from any country and from any discipline in the social sciences. An international panel selected Levy for her research that examines how psychosocial factors influence aging, which she has conducted by drawing on methods from social psychology and epidemiology. Levy is the first researcher to demonstrate that older people's stereotypes of aging can influence their cognitive functioning, such as memory, and physical functioning, such as survival.
Dr. Susan Hardy, a postdoctoral fellow in geriatric medicine and Ph.D. candidate in investigative medicine, was awarded the 2003 Person-in-Training Award. This is one of two cash awards for trainees who are members of the GSA Clinical Medicine Section. Applicants must demonstrate primary responsibility for work resulting in a 1,500-word manuscript. Hardy's manuscript, titled "Predictors of Recovery of Independent ADL Function Among Newly Disabled Community-Dwelling Older Persons," identifies those characteristics of disabled older persons associated with regaining their independence in basic activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing and walking.
Established in 1991, the Yale Program on Aging is an interdepartmental effort to encourage multidisciplinary aging-related research, support junior investigators and build upon collaborative relationships with individuals and agencies in the surrounding communities.
According to director Dr. Mary E. Tinetti, the Yale Program on Aging aims to identify physical, psychological and social factors that put older persons at risk for geriatric health conditions, as well as those factors associated with successful aging. "Other goals of the Program on Aging have been to develop and test cost-effective interventions aimed at preventing or reducing functional disability," says Tinetti, who is also the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Public Health.
A major goal of the program is to translate research findings into improved quality of life and health for older persons, she adds.
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