Faculty

Acampora, Denise

Allore, Heather

Research Interests:State transition models; experimental design; longitudinal methods; missing data methods; marginal structural models; latent class models; trajectory models; dynamic stochastic models; joint models

Baker, Dorothy

Research Interests:Home care of older adults; Home-based clinical trials with older adults; Fall prevention; Preventing functional decline among hospitalized older adults; Preventing functional decline among community living older adults; Adherence; Dissemination strategies to translate research findings into clinical practice

Chang, Sandy

Clinical Interests:geriatrics syndromes (e.g., frailty), multi-morbidity, and cognitive and functional impairment

Cooney, Leo, Jr

Research Interests:Geriatric medicine; assistance in elderly independence; resource utilization; transitional care models of care for nursing home residents

Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; rheumatology; mobility disorders

De Rekeneire, Nathalie

Research Interests:aging;disability;diabetes;inflammation

Drickamer, Margaret

Research Interests:Ethics and Dementia; Truth-telling in Alzheimer's disease; Decisional-capacity

Clinical Interests:Dr. Drickamer is a half–time clinician in the Yale New Haven Geriatric Practice and Medical Director at Arden House, a 360 bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, Whitney Center, a continuing care retirement community and the Home-Based Primary Care Program at VA Connecticut. She attends on the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit at Yale–New Haven Hospital and is active in housestaff teaching through their geriatric rotations and electives. She leads 2 medical student workshops on the cognitive and functional assessment of the geriatric patient

Fried, Terri

Research Interests:Treatment decision-making; preferences; advance care planning; multiple conditions

Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; functional decline

Gill, Thomas

Research Interests:Epidemiology and prevention of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons

Clinical Interests:Memory loss; Dementia; Geriatric assessment; Depression; Frailty; Functional decline; Disability

Henchel, Jacqueline

Clinical Interests:geriatric assessment; functional decline; dementia

Jenq, Grace

Research Interests:Improving Transitions of Care; Enhancing Communication between Healthcare Providers; Simulation-Experiential Learning

Clinical Interests:Inpatient adult medicine; Geriatrics; Inpatient Operations, Quality, and Safety; Transitions of Care

Kapo, Jennifer

Clinical Interests:palliative care.

Kumar, Chandrika

Clinical Interests:geriatric medicine

Marottoli, Richard

Research Interests:at-risk older drivers; driving cessation

Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; dementia; functional decline; assessment of older drivers

Murphy, Terrence

Research Interests:aging; Bayesian methods; spatial modeling; non-randomized interventional designs; multistate modeling

Van Ness, Peter

Research Interests:analysis of categorical and longitudinal data; techniques for handling missing data; qualitative data analysis; measurement issues; gerontologic biostatistics

Vaz Fragoso, Carlos

Research Interests:Pulmonary function and sleep disorders in older adults

Walke, Lisa

Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; functional assessment; memory loss; depression; dementia; pre-operative geriatric assessment