IOA Project Coordinators Forum
Project Coordinators and Managers involved in projects on aging are invited to attend these monthly discussions and/or to participate by presenting their work. Projects at any stage, from planning and development through final analysis, are welcome.
Join us the second Tuesday of the month at Ralston House, 3615 Chestnut Street – Conference Room 241 (unless otherwise noted) from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
2005-2006 Schedule of Presenters:
| Date | Speaker | Topic/Title |
| September 7, 2005 |
Cancelled |
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| October 11, 2005 | Therese Narzikul, MSN, RN, CRNP, Manager, Marian S. Ware Continuity of Care Project, School of Nursing | "Enhancing Care Coordination in the Presence of Memory and Thinking Problems" |
| November 8, 2005 | Mark Weiner, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine |
"IAIMS - Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems" |
| December 13, 2005 | Helen K. Black, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Research for Aging and Health, Jefferson College of Health Professions | "Experience of Suffering in Old Age" "Themes of Suffering in Later Life," Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2004 "Direct Care Workers' Response to Dying and Death in the Nursing Home: A Case Study," Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2005 |
| January 10, 2005 | Karen Hirschman, PhD, MSW, School of Nursing | "Advanced Planning and Dementia" |
| February 7, 2005 | Julie Dietrich, Adminstrator, Population Aging Research Center | TBA |
| March 14, 2005 | Jennifer Bruce, Research Project Manager, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, CNDR | TBA |
| April 18, 2005 | Su Cartmell, MSN, CRNP, Research Project Manager & Nurse Practitioner, Ware Alzheimer and Memory Disorders Latino Clinic | TBA |
| May 9, 2005 | Carol Edwards, Associate Director, Education and Information Transfer Core, Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center | TBA |
| June 13, 2005 | Stella L. Volpe, PhD, RN, LD/N, FACSM, Assistant Director, Integrative Research at The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; Associate Professor of Nursing, and Miriam Stirl Term Professor in Nutrition, Obesity, and Diabetes, School of Nursing | TBA |
| July 11, 2006 | Open | |
| August 8, 2006 | Open |
If you are interested in presenting your research or project in aging and for further information please contact:
Kathryn Jedrziewski
Deputy Director of the IOA
jedrzmk@mail.med.upenn.edu
215-898-2445
Many thanks to those who participated in 2004-2005: Marion Whitlock, Sleep Center; Liz Roben and Erica McGee, An Alternative Treatment for Insomnia; Jennine Groce-Martin, The EXPORT Report; Jill Idan, LIFE Center; Brian Bixby, Elders with Heart Failure; Martha Trudeau, VA Research; Susan Budenstein, Fitness Anytime, Anywhere; Nancy Chernett, Family Caregiver Research Program at Jeff; Jennifer Farmer, Genetic Research Studies for Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Margot Sklar, Program to Serve Elderly People.
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