National Academy of Medicine Archives - Page 6 of 11

CARS Silver: Mental Health Screening and Targeted Resources for Older Adults

Sarah E. Nelson, PhD | Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance; Debi A. LaPlante, PhD | Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 Mental health consists of the absence of mental disorder and the presence of emotional, psychological, and…

Catalyst Awardee

The Social-Medical Network: Using a Network Approach to Explore the Integration of Informal and Formal Care Networks of Older Adults

Catherine Ann Clair, MHS | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Karin Tobin, PhD | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Competition Sponsor: U.S. National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 Older adults have two care networks, their informal network and their formal network. The informal network…

Catalyst Awardee

Nanomedicine to detect senescence

Aditi Gurkar, Ph.D. | Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh; Rama Balasubramanian, Ph.D.
Competition Sponsor: U.S. National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 To date, a unified molecular fingerprint for senescence is unknown. Importantly, senescent cells also display distinct morphological features, including enlarged cell size, increased mitochondrial and lysosomal (organelle)…

Catalyst Awardee

Tailoring Tissue Engineering Approaches to the Aging Population

Rosalyn Abbott, PhD | Carnegie Mellon University
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 Biomaterials can be used to restore or replace tissue function by filling defects, providing physical stability, and allowing cells to infiltrate, expand in number, and form tissue. One of the goals of tissue…

Catalyst Awardee

Effects of maternal obesity on oocyte aging in female offspring of the BPH/5 preeclamptic-like mouse

Jenny L. Sones, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT | Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine; Fiona Herzog, DVM | Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 The majority of adults in the United States are overweight or obese…

Catalyst Awardee

Imaging oxidant production to improve aging and longevity

John W. Chen, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Cuihua Wang, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 Oxidative stress is postulated to be involved in aging and many diseases. When oxidative species…

Catalyst Awardee

Machine Learning-Driven Multimodal Wearable Biosensor for Stress Monitoring

Wei Gao, PhD | California Institute of Technology
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 High levels of stress and anxiety can significantly affect human performance and can substantially reduce life expectancy by several years. Early detection and classification of the severity of stress allow for timely…

Catalyst Awardee

Defining the phenotype-axis of frailty and resilience at single-cell resolution

Jude M. Phillip, PhD | Johns Hopkins University; Jeremy Walston, MD | Johns Hopkins University; Sean Sun, PhD | Johns Hopkins University
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 Age is considered a key risk factor for the development and progression of many diseases. However,…

Catalyst Awardee

Financial Decision Making: Identification of Financial Vulnerability and Early detection of Cognitive Impairment

Eric Chess MD, JD | University of Denver, Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging
Competition Sponsor: U.S. National Academy of Medicine
Awardee Year: 2022 The first sign of cognitive decline is often found in impaired financial decision-making by those who are unaware. This can occur years before any symptoms are…

Catalyst Awardee

Defining drivers of ovarian aging to balance the scales toward healthy longevity

Jennifer Garrison, PhD | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Award year: 2021 The female reproductive system ages precociously – females rapidly lose their reproductive capacity by midlife while somatic tissues continue to function normally. Beyond reproduction, the end of fertility sets off…

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