May 2024 Updates

Clin-STAR Journey Story

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Clin-STAR Office Hours

May 8, 1-2pm ET

Kristine Yaffe, MD

Topics for discussion could include:

  • Epidemiology of dementia and cognitive agin
  • Other career development and research topics

Three 20-minute spots available. Register here.
Register for Upcoming Office Hours

Upcoming Clin-STAR Distinguished Professor Happenings!

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) will be hosting Clin-STAR Distinguished Professor, Dr. Ken Covinsky, at their upcoming conference. Dr. Covinsky will be giving two lectures (Integrating Geriatric Principles and Practices into Critical Care and ICU Recovery and State of the Science on ICU Delirium), moderating a session with aging-focused abstracts, attending the Aging Interest Group and offering 1:1 mentoring. For those attending, see the ATS program sessions. Note the Aging Interest Group will be held 5/21 at 6pm in Marina Ballroom E.
To bring a Clin-STAR Distinguished Professor in aging research to your specialty meeting, or to host a Clin-STAR Visiting Professor Travel Fund at your institution (eg, for Grand Rounds), contact andrea@afar.org for more information.

Clin-STAR Research Interest Groups

Clin-STAR Basic Science Group in formation for clinician-investigators doing basic science research. If interested in joining this group, please contact andrea@afar.org.
Upcoming guest researchers in May:
  • Exercise and Lifestyle Medicine Research Group
    May 1, 4-5 pm ET with NIA guest Dr. Lyndon Joseph  
  • Frailty Research Interest Group
    May 15, 2-3 pm ET with guest researcher Dr. John Dodson
  • Inflammation Research Interest Group
    May 22, 3-4 pm ET with guest researcher Dr. Cornelia Weyand
  • Aging and Perioperative Research Group
    May 23, 4-5 pm ET with guest researcher Dr. Zara Cooper

2024 AGS Annual Scientific Meeting

Virtual sessions that may be of particular interest to the Clin-STAR community:
Thursday, May 9
Friday, May 10

Webinars, Recordings, and Slides

NIH/NIA Grant Review Process
This webinar will discuss the K award review process, including an overview of peer review and information on how grants are scored.
Register here.

Career Development Awards at NIA/NIH
This webinar provided an overview of the different Mentored Career Development Awards (K) offered by NIA. 
Watch recording here.
View slides here.


Strategies for Preparing Strong Career Development Applications
This webinar shared tips and advice to help at every stage of preparing a K award application.
Watch recording here.
View slides here.

Clin-STAR Leadership News

Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF has been appointed Director, Stein Institute for Research on Aging and UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging!
Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc, has been named Co-Director of the Mayo Health Care System Learning Health Care System!

Publications

Invitation to Contribute to Special Issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia focused on advancing the science of AD/ADRD care and caregiving. Submission deadline: 10/1/24. Contact Haley Garland
Diversity in Research on Aging: A New Series launched in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) that will examine diversity in research with regard to age, race, and ethnicity of research participants.
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