Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (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/