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Birmingham/Atlanta GRECC
Birmingham/Atlanta GRECC
Birmingham VAMC
700 19th St. S.
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone 205-558-7064
Fax 718-584-9000
Atlanta VAMC
3101 Clairmont Road
Brookhaven, GA 30319
Phone 404-315-4100 ext. 373115
Fax 718-584-9000
GRECC Director
Alayne Markland, DO, MSc
GRECC Director (Atlanta)
Camille Vaughan, MD, MS
Associate Director, Research
Lisa Zubkoff, PhD
Associate Director, Research (Atlanta)
Molly Perkins, PhD
Associate Director, Education and Evaluation
Katharina Echt, PhD
Associate Director, Clinical
Anna Mirk, MD
Muscle Research Laboratory Director
Thomas Buford, PhD
Administrative Officer
Quiana Heard
quiana.heard@va.gov
- Incontinence and related disorders
- Mobility and rehabilitation
- Musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases
- Clinical decision support to manage chronic conditions, polypharmacy, and end-of-life care
- Strategies to promote non-institutionalized care
- Comparing treatments for urinary symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
- Treating coexisting nocturia and insomnia
- Improving access to urinary incontinence treatments
- Prevention of lower urinary tract symptoms
- Exercise interventions in cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, HIV and Alzheimer’s disease
- Hospital mobility programs
- Genetics of osteoarthritis and joint replacement recovery
- Reducing potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED)
- Implementation and dissemination of innovative programs in VA Communnity Living Centers
- Implementation of comfort care order sets
- GRECC Associated Health Trainee Curriculum: Communicating with Older Patients, Family and the Healthcare Team
- Aging sensitivity training for new employee orientation
- OAA GRECC Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics – clinician scientist career development
- Start Making Sense: How to Communicate Effectively with Veterans with Dementia, accredited video training/trainer package, face-to-face or TMS (# 15873)
- Geriatric Scholars Program: advanced practica site for continence and palliative/supportive care
- Increased access to geriatric care, including caregiver support, cognitive evaluation, and medication management, for rural areas in the Southeast
- Continence care, including telehealth clinics
- Fall prevention and mobility assessment and treatment
- Created decision support toolkits for providers
- Age-friendly health system participant sites
- Teaching sites for residents, fellows, advanced practice nurses and other health professionals
- Individualization and the Health Care Mosaic in Assisted Living Gerontologisthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29917071/
- Behavioral therapy for urinary symptoms in Parkinson's disease: A randomized clinical trial Urol Urodyn https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31187552/
- Effects of a Hypocaloric, Nutritionally Complete, Higher Protein Meal Plan on Regional Body Fat and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Older Adults with Obesity Ann Nutr Metab https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30754039/
- Lower Limb Rigidity Is Associated with Frequent Falls in Parkinson's Disease Mov Disord Clin Pract https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31392245/
- Academic Detailing to Reduce Sedative-Hypnotic Prescribing in Older Veterans Pharm Pract https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31446823/
