Dear
Louise
January 2008 Volume 2, Number 1
A publication of the University of Utah Center on
Aging
phone: 801.585.9540
email:
aging@hsc.utah.edu
News and Events
Center on Aging Research Retreat February 28 and 29,
2008The second annual Center on Aging Research Retreat
is scheduled for Thursday and Friday February 28 and 29, 2008 and
will be held in the Alumni Hall in the Health Sciences Education
Building. I am very pleased that Jeff Halter will be joining the
retreat as our keynote speaker. Please go to http://aging.utah.edu for specific
details regarding poster instructions and the itinerary.
One
of the important parts of the research retreat is the opportunity
for Center on Aging faculty and your students to display their
scholarship materials on poster boards and on display tables. The
goal is to share and dialogue with others (faculty and community
representatives) your scholarly work in the field of
aging.
It is hoped that each faculty member (or your graduate
student or trainee) will contribute a poster for display during the
poster session on Thursday afternoon, February 28. A limited number
of tables will also be provided for exhibit booths and for reprints,
books, etc.
Please submit the following information by
February 5th to reserve your space at the poster session to
louise.tonin@utah.edu
• Names of author/co-authors
•
Title of your poster presentation
• Need table space for other
materials?
• If you wish to present more than one poster. (If
space remains after the reservations are returned, it may be
possible to accommodate more that one poster per faculty member.
Please indicate that you have additional posters that you’d like to
present and we will notify you if there is space to accommodate this
request.)
Center on Aging Faculty Member Spotlight: Norman
FosterNorman L. Foster, M.D., is Professor of
Neurology, Director of the Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and
Research (CACIR), and Senior Investigator for the Brain Institute at
the University of Utah. Before joining our faculty, he served over
20 years as a faculty member of the Department of Neurology at the
University of Michigan.
Dr. Foster’s research has focused
primarily on brain imaging, clinical drug trials, and the clinical
features and pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal
dementia and related neurodegenerative disorders. He and his
collaborators are validating FDG-PET as a biomarker for
frontotemporal dementia. He also is an investigator in the
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). This project is
evaluating imaging as a measure of disease progression to more
rapidly evaluate new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr.
Foster has a son, Daniel, a financial analyst who lives in Troy,
Michigan, and a daughter, Sarah, a geology major who attends Beloit
College in Wisconsin. His wife, Carol, is a pediatric
endocrinologist and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of
Utah. In his off-hours he enjoys hiking, reading, travel, and
skiing. He has conducted research in African-American health care
history and has a long-standing interest in Russian history. He
currently is reading “The Battle for God: A History of
Fundamentalism” by Karen Armstrong and “Going Overboard: the
Misadventures of a Military Wife” by Sarah Smiley.
Dr. Foster
has published research in a wide range of topics related to
Alzheimer’s and other dementias, drug trials, and imaging. Some of
his recent publications include:
• Foster NL, Heidebrink JL,
Clark CM, et al. FDG-PET improves accuracy in distinguishing
frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Brain. 2007 Oct;
130:2616-35.
• Porter AB, Healy L, Foster NL, Josephs KA.
Compulsive urination as a presenting symptom of frontotemporal
dementia [Letter]. European Journal of Neurology.
2007;14:e16-7.
• Foster NL. A new framework for the diagnosis of
Alzheimer’s disease [Invited Editorial]. Lancet Neurology.
2007;6:667-9.
• Fletcher PT, Powell S, Foster NL, Joshi SC.
Quantifying metabolic asymmetry modulo structure in Alzheimer's
disease. Information Processing in Medical Imaging.
2007;20:446-57.
VA Physician Byron Bair Recognized for Excellence in
Geriatric Clinical CareVA Salt Lake City Health Care
System’s (VASLCHCS) Bryon Bair, MD, Associate Director/Clinical
Programs, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, and
Professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry in the University of
Utah School of Medicine, recently received the Marsha Goodwin-Beck
Award for Excellence in Geriatric Clinical Care
Delivery.
Bair was selected from a group of outstanding
nominees as the winner of the Excellence in Geriatric Clinical Care
Delivery Award. “Bair has developed creative and innovative model
care delivery systems to improve the health care provided to aging
veterans,” said Mark A. Supiano, MD, Director, VASLCHCS Geriatric
Research, Education and Clinical Center.
Bair is one of only
a very small number of individuals who has achieved board
certification in internal medicine, psychiatry, and in addition to
these the geriatric equivalents of certification in geriatric
medicine as well as in geriatric psychiatry.
Marsha
Goodwin-Beck, RN-C, MA, MSN, served as the Veterans Health
Administration’s Director of Geriatric Programs for 14 years. During
that time, she exemplified the ideal in national leadership in
geriatrics. Her intelligent, articulate, and passionate approach to
the geriatric health policy challenges of the day made her an
effective spokesperson on any and all long-term care issues. These
awards, in honor of Marsha Goodwin-Beck, recognize outstanding
geriatric health care providers and leaders in the interdisciplinary
care of older veterans.
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 Dr. Byron Bair receiving the
award from Dr. Ronald Gebhart.
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 About our logo: The bristlecone
pine tree (Pinus longaeva) -
the earth’s oldest inhabitant
with a life span of 4,000 years -
is found only in Utah and
five other western states.
Its extraordinary longevity and
ability to adapt and
survive in extremely harsh
environmental conditions
above 10,000 feet embodies the
investigative spirit
and mission of the Utah Center on
Aging.
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If you
have questions about the University of Utah Center on Aging, please
visit us online at http://aging.utah.edu
801-585-9540 or aging@hsc.utah.edu
Best,
Mark
A. Supiano, MD
Executive Director - Center on
Aging
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