Fiscal Year 2007 - Department of Medicine - University of ...

Kim Teal, MD, provides primary care in the
University Medical Pavilion. She also provides counseling
for older patients with psychosocial issues related
to their medical illness.
This year the division initiated a Geriatric
Interest Group intended to foster interest in older
adults and their unique medical problems. The
teaching conference is led by residents, and both
students and residents are invited to attend.
The division has an active research portfolio,
with more that $15 million in NIH funding. Tom
Mosley, PhD, is associate director of the division
and serves as principal investigator for several studies,
including the “Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
(ARIC) Study,” the “ARIC MRI and
Neurocognitive Longitudinal Study,” and the “Atherosclerosis,
Plaque, and Cardiovascular Disease in
“Solo”: Gary Patterson and Marion Barnes, artists.
Communities Study.” Mosley also leads the Neurocognitive
Center for the recently funded Hispanic
Community Health Study. This new NHLBI-sponsored
study will be the largest long-term study of
health and disease in Hispanic/Latino populations,
recruiting 16,000 participants in four communities
around the U.S.
Ken Butler, PhD, ARIC project manager
and publications coordinator, was promoted to the
rank of assistant professor.
Faculty members continue to speak and
present research at national meetings including the
American Heart Association meeting in Chicago,
the Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease
Epidemiology and Prevention in Orlando, and the
annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology
in Boston.
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