2007 Aging Awards

Kopolow Award:

Former Kopolow Award winners with Mrs. Alene Kopolow (left to right):
Joy Snider (2004), Kellie Flood (2003), David Carr (1997), Chris Carpenter (2006),
Alene Kopolow, Michelle Kopolow, and James Galvin (2002

Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Randall Bateman, MD
Randall Bateman Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine
Past Winners: Sarah McGee (1988), Julie Renner (1991), Laura Dugan (1993), David Carr (1997), James Galvin (2002), Kellie Flood (2003), Joy Snider (2004), Monique Williams (2005), and Christopher Carpenter (2006)

Friedman Award:

Dorismae and Harvey A. Friedman Award from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Joanne Norton, MSN, RN
Joanne Norton Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine
Past Winners: Mary Coats (2003), Elizabeth Grant (2004), Tamara Hershey (2005), Maria Carroll (2005), and Eileen Costantinou (2006)

Pilot Projects:

Dennis L. Barbour, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dennis L. Barbour
Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Neurobiology, and Otolaryngology, Campus Box 1097, dbarbour@wustl.edu
“Stroke Recovery via Patterned Electrical Stimulation”

Zsolt Urban, Ph.D.
Zsolt Urban, Assistant Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Campus Box 8208, urban_z@wustl.edu
“Fibulin-2: A Novel Determinant of the Longevity of Elastic Fibers”

2006 Aging Awards

Pilot Projects:

Anjali M. Bhorade, M.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences, Campus Box 8096, bhorade@wustl.edu
"Glaucoma and Visual Function ” ($30,000)

Gudmundur Ulfarsson, PhD , Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering, Campus Box 1130, gfu@wustl.edu
"A Comprehensive Characterization of Older Driver Safety in Missouri: An Intergration of Citation, Crash, and Medical Fitness Data” ($30,000).

Proposal Development and Education Initiative Award:

Christopher Carpenter, M.D.,
Division of Emergency Medicine, Campus Box 8072, carpenterc@wustl.edu
“Undifferentiated Geriatric Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department ” ($2,000)

Julia Edgar, PhD
Department of Otolaryngology, Campus Box 8115, edgarj@wustl.edu
"Assess Deglutition (Swallowing) Status

Kopolow Award

Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Christopher Carpenter, M.D.
Division of Emergency Medicine
Past Winners: Sarah McGee (1988), Julie Renner (1991), Laura Dugan (1993), David Carr (1997), James Galvin (2002), Kellie Flood (2003), Joy Snider (2004), Monique Williams (2005)

Friedman Award:

Dorismae & Harvey A. Friedman Award from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Eileen Costantinou, MSN, RN, BC
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Past Winners: Mary Coats (2003), Elizabeth Grant (2004), Tamara Hershey & Maria Carroll (2005)

2005 Aging Awards

Left to right: Maria Carroll, Yunju Nam, Fayetta Martin, Monique Williams,
Tamara Hershey, and Sheila Stewart

Pilot Projects:

Yunju Nam, PhD , Assistant Professor
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Campus Box 1196, ynam@gwbmail.wustl.edu
“Welfare Reform and Elderly Immigrants: Public Assistance Eligibility Restrictions, Economic Wellbeing, and Health” ($29,978)

Sheila A. Stewart, PhD , Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Campus Box 8228, Sheila.stewart@wustl.edu
"Cellular Senescence and In Vivo Models of Organismal Aging” ($30,000).

Proposal Development and Education Initiative Award:

Fayetta Martin MLS, LSW, DL , Post Doctoral Fellow
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Campus Box 1196, fmartin@wustl.edu
“Casino Gambling as a Social Activity of Older Adults in St. Louis” ($2,000)

Kopolow Award

Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Monique Williams, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics & Nurtritional Science
Past Winners: Sarah McGee (1988), Julie Renner (1991), Laura Dugan (1993), David Carr (1997), James Galvin (2002), Kellie Flood (2003), Joy Snider (2004)

Friedman Award

Dorismae & Harvey A. Friedman Award from BJH Foundation--$1,500
Tamara Hershey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology & Neurology and Assoicated Clinical Psychology Faculty Member
Maria Carroll, RN, BC, GCNS
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Past Winners: Mary Coats (2003), Elizabeth Grant (2004)

2004 Aging Awards

Left to Right: Paul Shaw, Peggy Neufeld, Susan Stark, Harvey & Dorismae Friedman,
John Morris (back), Barbara Joy Snider, Pascale Michelon, Elizabeth Grant

Pilot Projects - $30,000 each:

Pascale Michelon, PhD , Research Scientist
Department of Psychology, Campus Box 1125,
“Spatial Reasoning and Aging

Paul Shaw, PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
The Influence of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms on Aging in Drosophila Melanogaster

Proposal Development and Education Initiative Awards:

Gerald A. Banet, MPH , Assistant Director of Research (not in picture above)
Division of Emergency Medicine
Abdominal Pain Evaluation Tool (APET) for Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department: An Observation of Physician Decision-Making
$2,000

Peggy Neufeld, PhD, OTR/L , Instructor
Program in Occupational Therapy
Preparing for a Study on the Relationship of Older Adult Health Education on Self-Management and Community Action
$2,000

Susan L. Stark, PhD , Instructor
Program in Occupational Therapy
Development of Proposal to Study the Influence of Environmental Barriers on the Performance of Everyday Activities in the Home
$2,000

Kopolow Award

from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Barbara Joy Snider, MD, PhD
School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Past Winners: Sarah McGee (1988), Julie Renner (1991), Laura Dugan (1993), David Carr (1997), James Galvin (2002)

Friedman Award

Dorismae & Harvey A. Friedman Award from BJH Foundation--$3,000
Elizabeth A. Grant, PhD
School of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics
Past Winners: Mary Coats (2003)

2003 Aging Awards

Pilot Projects - $30,000 each:

Dennis Villareal, MD
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science
Effect of Weight Loss and Exercise in Frail, Obese, Elderly Subjects

Donna Kalauokalani, MD, MPH
Anesthesiology-WU Pain Center
Early Vertebroplasty Vs. Conservative Management for Symptomatic Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures-A Pilot Study

Kevin J. Black, M.D. - Photo unavailable
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Radiology
Levodopa Challenge PET Study of Depression in Parkinson's disease

Proposal Development and Education Initiative Awards:

Milam A. Brantley, Jr., MD, PhD
Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences
$1800-2000

Brian Carpenter, PhD
Department of Psychology
$1972

Michelle Putnam, PhD
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
$2000

Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award for excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
Kellie L. Flood, MD
$3000

Dorismae and Harvey A. Friedman Award for outstanding contribution to patient-oriented research on aging or aging issues to Mary A. Coats, RN, MSN ($3,000).

2002 Aging Awards

Pilot Project Award--$50,000
Shin-ichiro Imai, M.D., PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology
Title of Project:  Function of Mammalian Sir2a in Aging-Preventive Effects of Caloric Restriction

Proposal Development Award--$2,000
Gerald A. Banet RN, MPH
Division of Emergency Medicine Faculty Practice Plan
Title:  Geriatric Abdominal Pain Project

Proposal Development Award--$2,000
Stanton Braude, PhD
Department of Biology
Title: Steroid enhanced healing and reduced infection in an aged population

Proposal Development Award--$2,000
Tonya Edmond, PhD
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Title:  Development of Proposal to Study the Cumulative Effects of Violence Against Women Over the Life Course

Proposal Development Award--$2,000
Lisa Geraci, PhD
Department of Psychology
Title:  Aging and the Distinctiveness effect in Memory

Proposal Development Award--$2,000
James Hinterlong, PhD
George Warren Brown School  of Social Work/ Center for Social Development
Title:  Secondary Analysis in Demography and Economics of Aging