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at Penn, Center news, faculty and student
activities as well as relevant information
on community organizations. This News
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In collaboration with the
Leonard Davis Institute, as part of the
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are pleased to present:
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 Gabriel
Leung, MD, MPH
Physician, Department of Community Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Gluttony, Sloth and Death - a Paradox Explained
Monday, October 9
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Colonial Penn Center (3641 Locust Walk)
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Biosketch:
Gabriel Leung is Associate Professor in Translational
Public Health at the University of Hong Kong and holds
an adjunct appointment at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Leung's research focuses on synthesizing best, current
evidence for high-impact public health priorities in
Hong Kong and other East Asian populations, particularly
Greater China and the Asian Tigers. He has published
widely on chronic disease and cancer epidemiology,
infectious disease epidemiology, pediatric and
lifecourse epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, and
health services and policy research.
Abstract:
There have been recent controversial suggestions in the
scientific and lay media that "some extra heft may be
helpful". Particularly in older people, it is unclear
whether obesity relates to mortality, which calls into
question its etiologic role in disease, the significance
of obesity in deaths attributable to lifestyle habits,
and the appropriate public health interventions for the
rapidly growing older population worldwide. This
apparent lack of relationship in older people could be
an artifactual result of their diverse health states.
Using data from the Hong Kong Elderly Cohort, I will
show that the effect of body mass index on mortality
varied with baseline health status such that in the
healthiest group, where obese people had higher
mortality but in the unhealthiest group they had lower
mortality compared with subjects of normal weight.
Independently, physical activity was associated with
lower mortality compared with inactivity in the
unhealthiest group but not in the healthiest group.
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| 2005 HCGNE CENTER
NEWS |
| December
9, 2005 |
 Dr.
Neville E. Strumpf has
accepted an appointment to serve as a member of the
Health Sciences Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE) for the University Grants Committee (UCG) of
Hong Kong. The main function of the UGC is to advise
the Hong Kong government on the disbursement of appropriate
funds to UGC funded Institutions, of which there are
8 in Hong Kong. The RAE for 2006 is to assess the quality
of the research output of the eligible academic staff
of the 8 UGC funded institutions, so as to assist the
UGC in assessing the allocation of a part of the recurrent
research funding for the UGC funded sector. Much of
the work will be done at a distance, but Dr. Strumpf
will travel to Hong Kong next fall to participate in
the final decisions. She is the only nurse serving
on this panel, which includes an international group
of researchers.
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| November
18-22, 2005 |
58th
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society
of America (GSA) Conference
Program and the
UPenn SON Faculty/Student Presentations are
available online
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| November
4,
2005 |
| Youth
and Aging: Penn Integrates Knowledge Locally and Globally |
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"Youth
and Aging: Penn Integrates Knowledge Locally and Globally," a
symposium, presented by The Faculty Senate of the University
of Pennsylvania in conjunction with Homecoming
2005,
brought together faculty representing all twelve schools
to discuss two of the most important issues of our
time, being young and growing old in America and around
the globe. Neville
Strumpf, chair of the Faculty Senate,
welcomed the audience and introduced the panel members. President
Amy Gutmann provided the introductory comments
and Provost Ronald Daniels concluded the conference
with his closing remarks.
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| October
28, 2005 |
| HCGNE
Co-director Elected Member of Institute of Medicine of
the National Academies |
 Dr.
Mary D. Naylor has recently been elected as a member
of the Institute
of Medicine of the National Academies,
an organization that works to protect and advance the health
professions and sciences, promote health research and development,
and improve health care.
Members are elected on the basis of professional achievement, demonstrated
interest, and concern and involvement with public health problems and issues.
Dr. Naylor is also a current member of the Governor’s Office of Health
Care Reform advisory panel, where she is responsible for examining
options to expand health care access to all Pennsylvanians.
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| October
28, 2005 |
The
Institute on Aging and
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics sponsored
the Oct 26th conference, Living
Longer and Paying the Price? Healthcare
Costs and Longevity in America.
- Welcoming
Remarks and Introductions from Dr. John
Trojanowski, Director of the Institute of Aging
and co-Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
Research, University of Pennsylvania.
- Stephen
C. Goss, Chief Actuary, U.S. Social Security Administration "U.S.
Life Expectancy in the 21st Century is Highly Likely
to Continue to Increase," and
- the Panel
Discussion and Wrap-up - Moderated
by Dr. David Asch, Executive Director, Leonard
Davis Institute of Health Economics; Participants:
Mr. William Novelli; Dr. Olivia Mitchell, University
of Pennsylvania; Stephen Goss; Alice Wade, Deputy
Chief Actuary, U.S. Social Security Administration,
and Dr. Jay Olshansky.
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| October
19, 2005 |
Geroscholar
highlighted on Penn Nursing's Admissions website
The Admissions
Office at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Nursing launched a streaming
video featuring Hartford/MSN geroscholar, Mary
DeVry. In this film the recent
Penn Nursing graduate reflects on her experiences at
Penn. The video was produced by Monika
Wood with
funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation.
>>> Watch
the video
clip (1:56 min.) ---DOWNLOAD
REALPLAYER |
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| October
15, 2005 |
Penn
Nursing at GSA 2005
 As always in November, Penn Nursing faculty and students
are making plans to migrate to the annual Gerontological
Society of America (GSA) meeting to disseminate research
findings to promote best practices in gerontological nursing.
This year's meeting, originally scheduled to be held in New
Orleans, had to be relocated to Orlando, FL due to Hurricane
Katrina.
>>> List
of this year's UPenn
SON Faculty/Student Presentations
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| October
5, 2005 |
New
book by Norma Cuellar
Conversations
in Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Norma
G. Cuellar, DSN, RN, University of Pennsylvania
to be published in March 2006 by Jones and Bartlett
Publishers. This
text includes a series of 27 interviews with leaders in Complementary
and Alternative Medicine. Covered throughout the book are
modalities such as acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy,
and herbal medicine. Issues related to ethics, culture, education,
and research are covered as well. Congratulations,
Norma!
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| September
30, 2005 |
Geropsychiatric
Nursing: State of the Future
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, together
with the John A. Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing
Excellence at Penn and the University of Iowa School
of Nursing, presented a one-day Conference,
Geropsychiatric
Nursing: State of the Future. Commissioned
white papers, discussant reports and panel discussions
summarized and disseminated the current state of knowledge
in geriatric mental health nursing science, curriculum,
and clinical care. In addition, there was a poster
session to showcase and advance successful models of
geropsychiatric nursing practice, education, research
and dissemination. Download Conference
brochure
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| September
8, 2005 |
New
Study Funded By NIA
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded a new five year research project, "Hospital
to Home: Cognitively Impaired Elders/Caregivers," directed by Dr.
Mary Naylor. This study will test case management interventions
with high risk, cognitively impaired elders. Three hospital sites will
be used to compare interventions of different intensities, varying nurse
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| September
1,
2005 |
| Free
Download Available for Palm Pilots
The American
Geriatrics Society's 2005 Edition of Geriatrics
at Your Fingertips is now available for
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The free
distribution of GAYF for
handhelds-which is available for Palm OS and Windows
CE devices-is supported by a grant from The
John A. Hartford Foundation. To download this free software,
visit www.geriatricsatyourfingertips.org.
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| July
25, 2005 |
| 2005 Summer
Institute on Aging Research |
 Summer
Institute on Aging Research (July 9-15) sponsored
by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute
on Aging, the Alzheimer's Association and the John
A. Hartford Foundation offered intensive exposure to
issues and challenges in research on aging. Included
lectures, seminars, and small group discussions.
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| July
22, 2005 |
| Funding News |
| Dr.
Kathryn Bowles has been awarded NIH
funding for her R01 proposal titled "Promoting
Self-Care Using Telehomecare: Impact on Outcomes". The
purpose of this study is to compare the effects of
a telehomecare intervention that substitutes for some
standard home care services and is designed to enhance
self-care and improve outcomes for elders following
hospital discharge for heart failure with the effects
of standard home care services alone. |
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| July
22, 2005 |
| Dr.
Karen Hirschman has been awarded an Institute
on Aging pilot grant for her proposal titled "Improving
Advance Care Planning for Dementia Patients and Their
Family Members". The goal of this project is
to survey persons in the early stages of dementia and
their family members to identify what aspects of advance
care planning are most important and to identify what
information would assist these individuals to navigate
health care preference discussions. |
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| July
22, 2005 |
| Dr.
Arlene Houldin has been awarded AHRQ
funding for her conference proposal titled "State
of the Science Nursing Approaches to the Late and Long-Term
Sequalae of Cancer and Cancer Treatment". This
project is designed to provide direction for the nursing
profession to develop a research agenda that will address
the needs of long-term cancer survivors; identify the
barriers to nurses' and the health care system's response
to meet these needs; and develop strategies for reducing
the barriers to care. |
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| July
7, 2005 |
Website
launched for LIFE
LIFE
(Living Independenly for Elders) is
an innovative program which
has been providing services to elders in West Philadelphia
since 1988. LIFE is
a program for all-inclusive care to help eligible frail elderly
residents remain in the community as it promotes
independence and the highest level of functioning while allowing
choice and dignity for members and their families. LIFE is
a service of the Penn
Nursing Network (PNN), a division of the University
of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing. PNN is a multi-practice
health care delivery network that provides community-based
health care.
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| June
28, 2005 |
| Dr.
Charlene Compher has received an award
from the University Research Foundation (URF) for
the Spring cycle 2005. Her project is entitled "Development
of a web-based feedback tool for patients with severe
obesity after gastric bypass." This is a project
to develop and evaluate a web-based feedback tool to
obtain pilot data on weight loss, body composition
patterns, and measured physical activity and energy
expenditure to inform the web site. |
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| May
10, 2005 |
John
A. Hartford Foundation Announces 2005 Hartford Scholars
>>> Press
Release (PDF)
Congratulations
to our new Penn Hartford Foundation pre-and post-doc
award winners:
The
new pre-doc scholars are Sadie Mitchell and Jennifer
Bellot .
The new post-doc scholar is Michele Balas.
The new Hartford fellow is Chris Bradway.
Two of our current pre-docs, Anna Beeber and Margaret
Crighton, will also receive
post-doc awards. Anna will be at UNC Chapel Hill and Margaret will be
at the University of Pittsburgh.
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| December
9, 2005 |
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Dr.
Neville E. Strumpf has
accepted an appointment to serve as a member of the
Health Sciences Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE) for the University Grants Committee (UCG) of
Hong Kong. The main function of the UGC is to advise
the Hong Kong government on the disbursement of appropriate
funds to UGC funded Institutions, of which there are
8 in Hong Kong. The RAE for 2006 is to assess the quality
of the research output of the eligible academic staff
of the 8 UGC funded institutions, so as to assist the
UGC in assessing the allocation of a part of the recurrent
research funding for the UGC funded sector. Much of
the work will be done at a distance, but Dr. Strumpf
will travel to Hong Kong next fall to participate in
the final decisions. She is the only nurse serving
on this panel, which includes an international group
of researchers. |
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| October
24, 2005 |
HCGNE
Co-director Elected Member of Institute of Medicine
of the National Academies
Dr.
Mary D. Naylor has recently been elected as a member of
the Institute
of Medicine of the National Academies, an organization
that works to protect and advance the health professions and
sciences, promote health research and development, and improve
health care. Members are elected on the basis of professional
achievement, demonstrated interest, and concern and involvement
with public health problems and issues. Dr. Naylor is also
a current member of the Governor’s Office of Health Care
Reform advisory panel, where she is responsible for examining
options to expand health care access to all Pennsylvanians. |
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| July
29, 2005 |
American
Heart Association Honors Dr. Riegel
Dr.
Barbara Riegel has been selected as the recipient
of the Katharine Lembright Award from the American Heart
Association, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. This award
is the highest honor that the AHA Council on Cardiovascular
Nursing can give and it recognizes excellence in cardiovascular
research by an established nurse scientist. Congratulations! |
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| June
14, 2005 |
Penn
Nursing Faculty Honored Internationally
 Dr.
Sarah Hope Kagan has been selected as the
2005 International Award recipient of the Marie
Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing
Practice by the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta
Tau International. The Founder's Award," which recognizes "extraordinary
excellence" in nursing practice, will be presented
to Dr. Sarah Kagan at The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma
Theta Tau International's 38th Biennial Convention to
be held November 12 - 16, 2005 in Indianapolis, Indiana.>>> more about Sarah Kagan |
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| May
7, 2005 |
Eun-Hi
Kong - Recipient of the Ethel F. Lord Fellowship
 The
Ethel F. Lord Fellowship Award reflects
Ms. Kong's outstanding achievements and commitment to the field
of gerontology. The fellowship will support her qualitative
dissertation research that proposes to examine the experiences
of Korean immigrant families who place their elders with dementia
in American nursing homes.
>>> read more about the
award |
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| May
7, 2005 |
Geroscholar
Honored with Young Investiagor Award
 Carrie Stricker, MSN, RN, CRNP, AOCN,
was selected to receive the Young Investigator
Award from the Multinational
Association for Supportive Care in Cancer and she also was awarded an American
Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship.
>>> read
more about Carrie Stricker |
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| May
6, 2005 |
Doctoral
Student Organization Honors Dr. Evans
 The
Doctoral Student Organization (DSO) is pleased to present
the 2005 Barbara Lowery Faculty Award to Dr.
Lois K. Evans. The DSO gives her this award to honor her as a leader, scholar and
mentor. The award recognizes the significant impact and contributions
of a faculty member to the development of future nursing scholars,
researchers and leaders.
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more in the Almanac (Vol
51 No. 31) |
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| April
14,
2005 |
| Dr.
Neville Strumpf Receives Claire Fagin Distinguished Researcher
Award |
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Neville
Strumpf, PhD, RN, FAAN
Edith Clemmer Steinbright
Professor in Gerontology
presented
Old
Age Is Not A Diagnosis:
Creating the Field of Gerontology
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University
of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
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| April
6, 2005 |
| Dr.
Karen Buhler-Wilkerson has been selected to
receive the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
for 2005. The Lindback Award is given in recognition of distinguished
teaching - teaching that is intellectually demanding, permanent
in its effect, and teaching provides students the opportunity to
look with critical and informed perception at the fundamentals
of a discipline. With more than 30 years in the School
of Nursing, Dr. Buhler-Wilkerson has made a major impact
on our School, on the University, and on the profession.
She is a versatile scholar and gifted teacher who encourages
her students to think critically while providing a safe
atmosphere for them to voice varied and dissenting points
of view. She is tireless in her support of students and
alumni continuing to work with them long after graduation
in order to help them become successful scholars in their
own right. As Director of the Barbara Bates Center for
the Study of the History of Nursing, she has played a key
role in the development and maturity of nursing history
as a scholarly endeavor and as the co-founder with Dr.
Mary Naylor of the LIFE
program, she has been instrumental in
leading the School's efforts to integrate nursing education,
research, and practice. |
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| June 30, 2005 |
| As of 1 July, 2005 Dr
Lois Evans will asume the Program Director leadership
for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing master's program.
Dr. Evans has a long history of leadership in psychiatric
mental health nursing education. >>> more |
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| November
17, 2005 |
| Dr. Karen
Hirschman has
received a New Research Investigator Award from
the Alzheimer's Association titled "Redesigning the Hospice
Medicare Benefit for Persons with Advanced Dementia". The
goal of this study is to identify the palliative care needs
of persons with advanced dementia and their family members
and to determine what palliative care service can best meet
those needs. |
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| September
6, 2005 |
NEF
features Penn Scholars, Corrine Jurgens and Salimah
Meghani
Dr.
Corrine Jurgen's and Dr.
Salimah Meghani's research
careers are highlighted in the website of Nurses
Education Funds (NEF), an organization to help fund graduate nursing,
originally established in 1910. Over the years, these funds have
gradually increased as a result of wise investment, contributions from
nursing leaders, friends of nursing, schools of nursing and other organizations
such as nursing alumni associations and nursing honor societies.
Corrine Jurgen's current study is a collaborative effort and is being conducted
both at Stony Brook and the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania.
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| August
13, 2004 |
NORMA
CUELLAR Named Post-Doctoral Scholar in Gerontological
Nursing.
 The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute
for Geriatric Nursing, part of the New York University Division
of Nursing, has named Norma
Cuellar, PhD, an assistant professor at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, as a Scholar in its 2004
Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars Program. Dr. Cuellar was
selected for having conducted significant research in gerontologic
nursing and for her strong leadership potential.
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Hartford
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Pennsylvania - School of Nursing
- 420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096
TEL: (215)
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