A5102992407- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Child Therapy and Development
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
McCrone Research Institute
2008-2022
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2018-2021
University of Colorado Denver
2018-2021
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
2021
National Institute of Mental Health
2018
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2016
National Institutes of Health
2008-2014
Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research
2012
National Eye Institute
2008
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2005
Significance Our spatiotemporal understanding of subcortical development in humans lags far behind that the cortical sheet. This disparity ignores developmental refinements and disruptions complex behavior involve systems spanning both components brain. We begin redressing this imbalance by applying new techniques for striatal, pallidal thalamic morphometry to large-scale longitudinal neuroimaging data extending from childhood through early adulthood. work ( i ) establishes curvilinear,...
Objective: To explore factors that influence how informal caregivers manage medications as part of caring for hospice patients. Methods: Semistructured, open-ended interviews were conducted with 23 and 22 providers from 4 programs in the Chicago metropolitan areas. Qualitative analysis was consistent grounded theory approach. Results: In general, identified similar key facilitated or impeded caregivers' process managing medications. Caregivers' life experience self-confidence considered...
To propose a theoretical construct of family caregiver skills in effective medication management for home hospice patients. Semistructured face-to-face interviews were conducted with 22 providers (14 nurses, 4 physicians, and social workers) 23 caregivers (10 daughters, wives, 2 husbands, 7 others) elderly patients (≥60 years old) who receiving services from four care programs the Chicago metropolitan area. Although both groups identified similar skill sets, emphasized technical such as...
Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major global health issue, resulting in debilitating consequences to families, communities, and health-care systems. Prior research has found that biomarkers aid the pathophysiological characterization diagnosis of TBI. Significantly, FDA recently cleared both bench-top assay rapid point-of-care assays tandem biomarker (UCH-L1/GFAP)-based blood test mTBI patients. With necessity TBI research, several consortium multicenter observational studies...
Background: Managing medications is a complex responsibility of family caregivers caring for end-of-life patients. This study characterizes with and without formal/informal support managing patients who receive care at home. Aim: To explore factors related to caregivers’ home hospice Design: A convenience-sampled, cross-sectional telephone survey. Setting/participants: Computer-assisted interviews were administered 120 medications, referred by five Chicago-based services. We measured...
The preponderance of research on self-care examines behaviors and attitudes while overlooking individual conceptualizations this domain. Qualitative analysis open-ended interviews regarding health beliefs explored ways taking care oneself among 50 older people. dialogue individuals was categorized into three overall approaches to self-care. Although one approach dominated the narratives most individuals, participants referred more than way take themselves. Variations in depended setting or...
Caring Together, Living Better (CTLB), a partnership of nonprofit and faith-based organizations, developed culturally appropriate regional network supportive caregiver services in the south suburbs Chicago, IL. This article describes findings mixed-methods evaluation that included analysis to track growth development, tracking service delivery, assessment caregiver-related outcomes using standardized pre-post measures, change stories elicited from project partners. Results include...
Background: Older adults taking multiple prescription and nonprescription drugs are at risk for medication use problems, yet there few brief, self-administered screening tools designed specifically them. Objective: The study objective was to develop validate a patient-centered screener community-dwelling older adults. Methods: In phase 1, convenience sample of 57 stakeholders (older adults, pharmacists, nurses, physicians) participated in concept mapping, using Concept System® Global MAX TM...
Group prenatal care (GPNC) is an alternative model to traditional individual and may improve public health outcomes. Prior studies suggest that interest in GPNC varies widely few have examined characteristics predictive of this model. The purpose study was inform recruitment efforts by examining likelihood participation delineated perceptions. Pregnant participants received information about then completed a survey measuring demographic, psychosocial, reproductive characteristics,...
Engaging employees with chronic conditions as partners in designing, implementing, and evaluating workplace wellness activities is a promising approach for optimizing the impact of health promotion programs. Yet, there need information on how are engaged this process. We conducted process evaluation Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Employees (PCORE) project formed around building capacity employee engagement initiatives. Individual interviews were 11 stakeholders to explore perspectives...
This case study analyzes one senior living and social service organization's coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis response. We conducted interviews with n = 14 department managers to explore the pivot remote work provision. used Pearson Mitroff Crisis Management Framework organize themes. A pre-existing culture of teamwork, willingness adapt adopt new approaches, responsiveness policies procedures facilitated COVID-19 However, low levels digital literacy among staff, decreased job satisfaction due...
Older adults receiving long-term care are often excluded from the design, development, and implementation of health-related research. The project aimed to create, implement evaluate a sustainable research advisory board consisting researchers, clinicians, older living at home or in skilled nursing facility (SNF).To initiate Bureau 15 adults, clinicians came together engage In meetings retreats, stakeholders mutually developed group procedures, roles, values. Process evaluation focused on...
While many other professions and disciplines have institutionalized the concept of a professional field experience, American anthropology offers only inconsistent opportunities for students to gain extended hands‐on training in anthropological methods skills real‐life settings. A good ethnographic experience can be powerful mechanism research first hand, understand dynamics work, reflect on ethical issues, discover whether role anthropologist fits. This retrospective account learning from...
Gerontology is an interdisciplinary field, bringing together researchers from vastly different orientations to study a complex human process. Often, the anthropologist one member of multidisciplinary team, and must address issues relevant research. This article describes our work on Aging in Chicago Project, effort designed comprehensively describe evaluate status older people Chicago. Through this experience we confronted several important tasks that tackle if wish effectively create...