UMSON faculty, a PhD student, and research interns presented posters and won awards at the MidAtlantic Medical Directors Association 33rd Annual Conference.
A group of UMSON aging researchers, including faculty and research interns, attended the MidAtlantic Medical Directors Association 33rd Annual Conference, Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. They all presented posters and were among the top winners:
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First Place: Edward Zhu, research intern (senior at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland): "Anxiety and Sleep Quality Over Time Among Long-Term Care Workers"
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Second Place: Kelly Doran, PhD ’11, MS ’08, RN, FAAN, associate professor and co-director, Building Health Behaviors Across the Life Span Organized Research Center: "Increasing Residents’ Function Focused Care Through Worksite Wellness”
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Third Place: Rachel McPherson, PhD, MA, assistant professor: "Differences in Interactions Provided by Family Versus Assisted Living Staff”
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Honorable Mention: Anne Hagan, PhD student: "Reliability and Validity of the PROMIS Social Isolation Scale (PROMIS-SI) in Low-Income Senior Housing Community” and "Race, Physical Activity, and Self Perceived Health: A Study of Older Adults in Senior Housing”
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Anvi Moola, research intern (junior at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland), and Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FGSA, FPCN, FAAN, associate professor: "Improving Palliative Care Through Community-Academic Partnerships and Training"
pictured, l. to r.: Edward Zhu, Carpenter, Moola, McPherson, Hagan, and Shijun Zhu, PhD, DrE, professor