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University of Pittsburgh Research Initiatives
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Giving to The Aging Institute
The Aging Institute is committed to supporting and promoting aging-related research programs that enhance the health and overall quality of life for older adults. Together, UPMC and the University devote more resources to aging than almost any other academic system in the nation. Physicians and researchers within UPMC and the University participate in Aging Institute initiatives. The Aging Institute research activities include:
- Assisting in recruiting senior patient participants
- Funding multidisciplinary research seed grants in gerontology
- Collaborating among UPMC and the University’s aging-related disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, economics, law, basic sciences, health care delivery, and health services research
- Disseminating research outcomes and presenting relevant topics through forums, seminars, and symposia
University of Pittsburgh Research Initiatives
- Alzheimer’s disease, including neuroimaging and gene testing
to test the effects of comorbidities and pharmacology
- cancer
- diabetes
- end of life issues and bioethics
- epidemiology
- functional assessment, especially as applied to frail, older adults
and its relationship to improved technology, treatment, and prevention
- gene therapy, focusing on multiple diseases and conditions including
cardiologic, endocrine, neurologic, neurodegenerative, vision, osteoarthritis,
urologic, and mood disorders
- health care disparities and anthropologic research, investigating
the racial differences in coping with chronic disease
- health care economics, outcomes, and utilization, including the
effects of aging and results of care provided in multiple settings
for specific diseases and conditions
- incontinence, addressing epidemiology, comorbidity, treatment protocols,
and long-term management
- infectious diseases, including pneumonia-related morbidity and
mortality in the community and nursing homes, as well as urinary
tract and other infectious diseases prevalent in long-term care
- late-life mood disorders, including depression, epidemiology, psychopharmacology,
and functional brain imaging and focusing on prevention, detection,
pathophysiology, treatment, and impact on social functioning as well
as applications in other research areas such as elderly suicide,
disabilities, and mortality rates
- long-term care assessment including studies on quality of life,
quality of clinical care, issues and initiatives in multiple settings,
and opportunities for improvement
- osteoporosis
- prevention
- sarcopenia, including risk factors, pathophysiology, effect of
comorbidity, and evaluation of the effectiveness of comprehensive
prevention programs
- sleep disorders, including primary insomnia, treatment responses,
and other sleep disorder factors
- suicide, including elderly suicide prevention that involves primary
care practitioners
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To learn more about the Aging Institute, contact us.
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