Co-Mentored research in Year 1, culminating in a Year 2 research project for which the Trainee serves as PI under Co-Mentor supervision. Active areas of research and corresponding faculty include:
- Pain management in older adults (Reid, Wethington, Loeckenhoff, Riffin, Ong, Pillemer)
- Palliative and end-of-life care (Phongtankuel, Reid, Shalev, Adelman)
- Family dynamics and caregiving (Czaja, Pillemer, Riffin, Adelman)
- Technology-based interventions (Czaja, Estrin, Boot)
- Mental-health disorders (Sirey, Kiosses)
- Behavioral intervention development and testing (Czaja, Riffin, Reid, Boot, Kiosses, Sirey, Ong)
- Elder abuse (Lachs, Rosen, Pillemer)
- Social isolation/integration (Wethington, Czaja, Reid, Boot)
- Positive affect, stress, and health (Ong, Reid)
- Bereavement and psychological trauma and aging (Prigerson)
- Decision making (Loeckenhoff)
- Administrative claims data (Bao)
- Deprescribing (Goyal)
- Non-drug approaches to improve sleep, palliative care, geriatric nursing (Capezuti)
- Imaging techniques to elucidate neurogenerative disease pathophysiology (Chiang)
- Technology assisted well-being (Choudury)
- Organization of clinical workforce in nursing homes and quality of care provided by these facilities (Jung)
- Improving delivery of ambulatory care; care coordination (Kern)
- Disparities research (Safford)
- HIV and aging (Siegler)
- Quality & cost of nursing home care and use of health information technology (Unruh)
- Improving surgical outcomes in older adults (Yeo)
- Psychosocial oncology, interventions for cancer patients and families (McConnell)
- Improving home healthcare delivery (Sterling)
- Role of positive and negative emotions in health and well-being of aging adults (Wells)
For a complete mentor list, contact Patty Kim at pak2020@med.cornell.edu. Trainees will be integrated into a large, ‘research-ready’ network of New York City organizations serving ethnically diverse older adults. We foster multiple opportunities for trainees to network with mentors and others within our aging networks.
Our Core Curriculum combines didactic training with interactive workshops to equip trainees with the skills necessary to develop high-quality research proposals and studies that address clinically significant issues in the field of aging. In addition to intensive training in grantsmanship and scientific writing, trainees enjoy an array of enrichment opportunities dedicated to enhancing their professional development and providing exposure to novel methods and innovations in Behavioral Geriatrics research.