Students and Faculty present at the American Geriatrics Society Scientific Meeting

91AV's Department of Geriatric Medicine had strong representation at the American Geriatrics Society Scientific Meeting that was held in Orlando, Florida, May 12-15. The following research was presented in a variety of poster sessions and abstracts were published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:

Gugliucci, Marilyn; Murphy, Kristen (MS II); Johnson, Victoria (MS II). Learning by Living©: Medical Students’ Research on Living the Life of an Elder Nursing Home Resident. JAmer Geri Soc. Apr 2010; 58:S42.

Bissonnette, Stephanie (MS II); Greene,M; LaPorte, K; Klimtchuk, E; Seldin, D; Connors, LH. Oligomers of Wild-Type Transthyretin are Cytotoxic:  Understanding the Pathology of Senile Systemic Amyloidosis. JAmer Geri Soc. Apr 2010; 58:S126.

Dodd, Katie (MSII); Saczynski, JS; Zhao, Y; Goldberg, RJ; Gurwitz, JH. Exclusion of Older Adults and Women from Recent Trials of Acute Coronary Syndromes. JAmer Geri Soc. Apr 2010; 58:S225.

Anderson, Corrie (MSII); Ngo, L; Marcantonio, ER. Complications in Post-Acute Care are Associated with Persistent Delirium. JAmer Geri Soc. Apr 2010; 58:S178.

Kristen Murphy and Viki Johnson’s Learning by Living© ethnographic research was elevated to the Professional Poster Session; Stephanie Bissionnette’s research was selected to be presented in the AGS President’s Poster Session as well as the Student Poster Session; Corrie Anderson and Katie Dodd presented their respective research in the General Poster Session and the Student Poster Session; and Katie Harmoney presented her research at the Student Poster Session. 

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