Baltimore GRECC

- Exercise rehabilitation, weight loss, metabolism, and physical function in older Veterans with a focus on age-related chronic disease and disability conditions
- Functional genomics, genetics, molecular and cellular biomarkers of aging and chronic disease in Veterans and how these factors influence outcomes in aging
- Chronic pain

- Exercise and weight loss to improve mobility function in Veterans with Peripheral Artery Disease
- Multimodal exercise and weight loss in older Veterans with dysmobility
- Preventing diabetic foot ulcers through manipulating the skin microbiome
- The effect of exercise on chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain and peripheral nerve fibers
- A balance reach training platform to address balance disorders in older and neurologically disabled Veterans
- Increasing muscle capillarization to enhance responses to strength training in sarcopenia
- Promotion of successful weight management in overweight and obese Veterans
- Effects of 12 weeks of high intensity resistance training aerobic circuit exercise training on epigenetic aging and inflammation in older HIV-infected Veterans
- Evidence based multidimensional pain self-management planning: personalized by and for Veterans
- Aerobic exercise and duloxetine combined treatment in older adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and comorbid depression

- Interdisciplinary Alzheimer’s/dementia medical graduate education clinic
- Residency program for recently graduated Adult Nurse Practitioners
- Integrative Medicine rotation for Family Medicine Residents
- Teaching clinic for Physical Therapy students
- 2-year program for aspiring Geriatric Researchers to become independently funded
- Summer program in Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Training summer research internship for medical students in conjunction with the University of MD

- Facility based exercise program offering individually tailored exercise prescriptions
- Virtual exercise program offering live streamed classes to the home
- Exercise program for home bound Veterans
- Program that encourages and supports Veterans to foster companion dogs

Effect of a Multicomponent Home-Based Physical Therapy Intervention on Ambulation After Hip Fracture in Older Adults: The CAP Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31503309/
Association of Glucose Concentrations at Hospital Discharge With Readmissions and Mortality: A Nationwide Cohort Study J Clin Endocrinol Metab https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31042288/
Transmission of resistant Gram-negative bacteria to healthcare personnel gowns and gloves during care of residents in community-based nursing facilities Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30293533/
Exercise and Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells Compr Physiol https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30892694/
Text preprocessing for improving hypoglycemia detection from clinical notes - A case study of patients with diabetes Int J Med Inform https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31445280/
Baltimore GRECC
10 N. Greene St
BT/18/GR
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone 410-605-7185
Fax 410-605-7913
Affiliations
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
George Washington University
GRECC Director
Leslie Katzel, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Research
Richard Macko, MD
Associate Director, Education and Evaluation
Beth Hogans, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Clinical
Jacob Blumenthal, MD, FACP
Administrative Officer
Timothy Foley
Timothy.Foley2@va.gov