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Helen Hoenig, M.D., M.P.H., Duke University Medical Center: An<br />

Investig<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>the</strong> Physical Costs <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Quality of Life Benefits of<br />

Wheelchairs for Older Persons<br />

Elan D. Louis, M.D., College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia<br />

University: Functional Correl<strong>at</strong>es of Essential Tremor<br />

Charles A. Thornton, M.D., University of Rochester School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

P<strong>at</strong>hophysiology of Myotonic Dystrophy, a Progeroid Syndrome<br />

1998-2001 Beeson Scholars<br />

Helene Benveniste, M.D., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook Health Sce<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

Center: In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Microscopy <strong>and</strong> Alzheimer's<br />

Disease: Def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Stag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Progression of Alzheimer's<br />

P<strong>at</strong>hology <strong>in</strong> Transgenic Mice Overexpress<strong>in</strong>g Beta Amyloid Prote<strong>in</strong><br />

Laura Dugan, M.D., Wash<strong>in</strong>gton University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

Mechanisms of Neuroprotection by C60 Deriv<strong>at</strong>ives: Relevance to<br />

Oxid<strong>at</strong>ive Stress dur<strong>in</strong>g Ag<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Terri Fried, M.D., Yale University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>: A Longitud<strong>in</strong>al<br />

Study of Term<strong>in</strong>ally Ill P<strong>at</strong>ient's Preference for Care<br />

Anne Kenny, M.D., University of Connecticut Health Center:<br />

Mechanisms of Bone Loss <strong>in</strong> Older Men with Low Testosterone Levels<br />

Alison Moore, M.D., M.P.H., UCLA School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>: Screen<strong>in</strong>g for<br />

Harmful <strong>and</strong> Hazardous Dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Older Persons<br />

Thomas Perls, M.D., Harvard Medical School: Familiality of Extreme<br />

Longevity <strong>and</strong> Mitochondrial Longevity-Assurance Genes <strong>in</strong><br />

Centenarian Subjects<br />

Eric Peterson, M.D., Duke University Medical Center: Toward a R<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Use of Revasculariz<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Aged<br />

R. Scott Turner, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School:<br />

The Role of X11a <strong>in</strong> Amyloid Precursor Prote<strong>in</strong><br />

Jeremy Walston, M.D., Johns Hopk<strong>in</strong>s University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

Molecular Etiologies of Age-Rel<strong>at</strong>ed Changes <strong>in</strong> Body Composition<br />

Raymond Yung, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School:<br />

Lymphocyte Hom<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Ag<strong>in</strong>g<br />

1999-2002 Beeson Scholars<br />

Jeanne Anderson, M.D., University of Wash<strong>in</strong>gton School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Trials <strong>in</strong> Age-Associ<strong>at</strong>ed Leukemia <strong>and</strong> Leukemia-Rel<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

Diseases with Correl<strong>at</strong>ive Studies of Clonality <strong>and</strong> Functional St<strong>at</strong>us<br />

Kenneth Cov<strong>in</strong>sky, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, San Francisco:<br />

Outcomes of Frail Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Home-Eligible Elders Liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Community<br />

M<strong>at</strong><strong>the</strong>w Frosch, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School: Estrogen, Ag<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>and</strong> Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Model Systems<br />

Daniel Laskowitz, M.D., Duke University Medical Center:<br />

Apolipoprote<strong>in</strong> E, Microglial Activ<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>and</strong> Neurodegener<strong>at</strong>ive Disease<br />

Dale Leitman, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco:<br />

Role of Coactiv<strong>at</strong>ors <strong>in</strong> Estrogen Repression of Gene Transcription<br />

Richard L<strong>in</strong>, M.D., SUNY Stony Brook Health Science Center: The Role<br />

of Oxid<strong>at</strong>ive Stress <strong>in</strong> Ag<strong>in</strong>g Effects on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell<br />

Growth <strong>and</strong> Signal Transduction<br />

David Lynch, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania: Excitotoxicity <strong>in</strong><br />

Neurodegener<strong>at</strong>ive Disorders: New Underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g from NMDA<br />

Receptor Subtypes<br />

Edward Marcantonio, M.D., Harvard Medical School: Reduc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Delirium <strong>in</strong> Post-Acute Care: An Interventional Trial<br />

Mitchell Nobler, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians <strong>and</strong><br />

Surgeons: Seroton<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> PET Neuroimag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Normal Ag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Geri<strong>at</strong>ric</strong> Depression<br />

Anne Louise Oakl<strong>and</strong>er, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School: Cellular<br />

Mechanisms of Chronic Neurop<strong>at</strong>hic Pa<strong>in</strong><br />

Thomas R<strong>and</strong>o, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

Mechanisms of Age-Rel<strong>at</strong>ed Muscle Atrophy: The Role of Cellular<br />

Antioxidant Defenses<br />

2000-2003 Beeson Scholars<br />

Brock Beamer, M.D., Johns Hopk<strong>in</strong>s University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

Genetic vari<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>in</strong> PPAR- <strong>and</strong> RxR : Effects on Body Composition<br />

<strong>and</strong> Metabolism <strong>in</strong> Older Adults<br />

Gunnar Gouras, M.D., Weill College of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong> of Cornell University:<br />

Neuronal A-beta Accumul<strong>at</strong>ion: Ag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Oxid<strong>at</strong>ive Stress<br />

Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard Medical School: Decision<br />

Mak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Outcomes for Elderly P<strong>at</strong>ients with Surgical Problems<br />

Joshua Hare, M.D., Johns Hopk<strong>in</strong>s University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>: The<br />

Role of Nitric Oxide <strong>in</strong> Ag<strong>in</strong>g-Rel<strong>at</strong>ed Cardiovascular Adaptions<br />

Fuki Hisama, M.D., Yale University School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>: The Molecular<br />

Basis of Ag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Werner Syndrome<br />

Jason Karlawish, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of <strong>Medic<strong>in</strong>e</strong>:<br />

Caregiver <strong>and</strong> P<strong>at</strong>ient Preferences for <strong>the</strong> Tre<strong>at</strong>ment of Alzheimer's<br />

Disease<br />

Jean Kutner, M.D., M.S.P.H., University of Colorado Health Science<br />

Center: Symptom Management <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> End of Life: Decreas<strong>in</strong>g Distress<br />

<strong>and</strong> Improv<strong>in</strong>g Quality of Life<br />

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