JAGS Paper: Impact of Cognitive Impairment Across Specialties - Summary of a Report From the U13 Conference Series
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) has published a paper, "Impact of Cognitive Impairment Across Specialties: Summary of a Report From the U13 Conference Series."
The paper summarizes the full conference report, “The Impact of Cognitive Impairment Across Specialties,” from an American Geriatrics Society-convened meeting in March 2018 that explored cognitive impairment across the subspecialties. This was the third of three conferences, supported by a U13 grant from the National Institute on Aging, to aid recipients of Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) in integrating geriatrics into their subspecialties.
"The GEMSSTAR award supports early‐career physician‐scientists and dentist‐scientists who have recently completed their medical, surgical, or dental training in any specialty and are launching careers in clinical aging research in that specialty. The program builds on the success of two programs: the T. Franklin Williams Scholar program, previously funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies; and the Dennis W. Jahnigen Scholar program, funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation."
Scientific conference sessions focused on the impact of cognitive impairment, sensory contributors, comorbidities, links between delirium and dementia, and issues of informed consent in cognitively impaired populations. The importance of multidisciplinary team science in future aging research was noted, and opportunities for GEMSSTAR awardees to contribute to research progress in this area were highlighted.
To go to the paper, click here.
To go to the conference report, click here.
