Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2007

Mentor: BELINDA VICIOSO, M.D.
Department: Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine
Room number: CS8.112
Mail Code: 8889
Phone number: 8-9012
E-mail: belinda.vicioso@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: DETERMINANTS OF RENAL FUNCTION IN THE ELDERLY

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): 092005-037

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects) PATIENT-BASED

Brief Description of Project: "Determinants of Glomerular Filtration Rates in the Elderly"

Chronic kidney disease is common in the elderly and is associated with a high risk of adverse medical events, kidney failure, cardiovascular disease and death. The disorder is usually indicated by a glomerular filtration rate, GFR, of less than 60 ml. Direct measurement of GFR is costly and time-consuming. Thus, in most clinical settings it is estimated using creatinine-based equations. Very few studies, however, have validated the use of these formulas in the very old or chronically ill elderly. This study proposes to compare various methods of estimating glomerular filtration rates in an indigent older population with multiple co-morbidities and determinants of renal function. Data will be collected through chart and EMR review.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

AGS

2002 A Comparison of Interdisciplinary Geriatrics-Focused Care Versus Traditional Care

Authors: S. Miller-Jochum, MSN; C.L. Cason, PhD RN; J. Ashford, BA; S. Bingham, Pharm D; J. Nutting, MSN; P. Loftis, MSRN; B. Vicioso, M.D., Department of Geriatrics, Parkland Health and Hospital System, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX and University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

2005 Costs are not the Only Barrier to Medication Adherence in Indigent Elderly

Authors: Shelley Bingham, Pharm D, Geriatrics, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX; J. Stiller, PhD RN, School of Nursing University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; Lisa Gaw, BA; Ishmeal Bradley, BS, BA; Sue Miller-Jochum, MSN, Geriatrics Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX
AGS Cont' d 2005 Costs are not the Only Barrier to Medication Adherence in Indigent Elderly

Tanya Morshed, LMSW, Geriatrics Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX
Carolyn Cason, PhD RN, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX ; Belinda Vicioso, M.D., Mildred Wyatt and Ivor P. Wold Center for Geriatric Care, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, and Geriatrics Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX

2006 Presence of a Caregiver is Main Determinant Adherence among Indigent Minority Elderly

Authors: Janeth Stiller, PhD RN, Kathy Daniel, MS RN, Carolyn Cason, PhD RN, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Shelley Bingham, Pharm D, Sue Miller-Jochum, MSN, Department of Geriatrics, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX
Ishmeal Bradley, BS BA; Lisa Gaw, BA; Huong Truong, Belinda Vicioso, M.D., Mildred Wyatt and Ivor P. Wold Center for Geriatric Care, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX

AAGP Adherence to Psychopharmaceutical Agents among the Indigent Elderly

Authors: B. Vicioso, MD; S. Bingham, Pharm D; J. Stiller, PhD RN; L. Gaw, BA; I. Bradley, BS BA; S. Miller-Jochum, MSN; T. Morshed, LMSW; K.M. Daniel, MS RN; C. L. Cason, PhD RN

Department of Geriatrics, Parkland Health & Hospital System;
Mildred Wyatt and Ivor P. Wold Center for Geriatric Care,
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas; and
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

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