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New England GRECC
New England GRECC
VA Boston Healthcare System
150 South Huntington Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone 857-364-5677
Fax 857-364-2786
GRECC Director
Jonathan Bean, MD
GRECC Bedford Site Director
Lauren Moo, MD
Associate Director, Research
William Milberg, PhD
Associate Director, Research Training
Gina McGlinchey, PhD
Associate Director, Clinical
Andrea Schwartz, MD MPH
Associate Director, Education and Evaluation
Jennifer Moye, PhD
Administrative Officer (Boston)
Ashley Ribeiro
ashley.ribeiro@va.gov
Administrative Officer (Bedford)
Thomas Luciano
Thomas.Luciano@va.gov

- Innovative support and care coordination for aging Veterans
- Risk Identification across the lifespan
- Novel treatments to optimize well-being and independence

- Bedford VA
- Alzheimer disease, including identification for biomarkers for drug development
- Use of telehealth and technology in geriatrics
- CLC quality and quality improvement
- Improving multidisciplinary care for aging Veterans with complex needs
- Boston VA
- Preventive rehabilitation that enhances therapeutic success and improves mobility
- Frailty in cardiology clinics and kidney function
- Developing approaches to assessing “What Matters Most” to improve age-friendly health care
- Translational research for TBI and Stress Disorder: Lifespan analysis of the neurobiological effects of deployment trauma
- Pharmacy driven medication reconciliation to identify cognitive impairment
- Links between cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

- Bedford and Boston VA
- Annual Conference for Interprofessional Trainees interested in Aging and Geriatric Medicine Fellows
- Alternating weekly seminars on implementation, dissemination, and evaluation; function and frailty
- Bedford VA
- Annual half-day dementia strategies symposia via national webinar
- Training in video telehealth for multi-disciplinary health care trainees
- Boston VA
- Harvard medical student education, including a longitudinal geriatrics OSCE
- Developing educational resources such as videos, podcasts and handouts for late life PTSD funded by the VA Office of Rural Health
- Developing a dementia caregiver education resource library and survival guide

- Bedford VA
- Family and Caregiver Telemedicine Clinic: video-into-home dementia management clinic with synchronous participation of multiple family members
- Tele-Neuropsychology Clinic: geriatric neuropsychological evaluation services to rural VA medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics
- Boston VA
- Implementation of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative
- Transitions of Care Programs: Coordinated Transitional Care (C-TraC), Hospital-in-Home, Discharge Medication Reconciliation and “Meds to Beds”
- Enhancing quality of provider prescribing for older adults in the emergency department (EQUIPPED)
- Geriatric Renal, Cardiology, Oncology and Capacity Clinic evaluate novel approaches to geriatric-informed care
- Live Long, Walk Strong and Gerofit provide physical therapy and supervised fitness activities focused on secondary preventative care
- Innovative clinic informed by geriatric principles to design care for aging Veterans with PTSD, brain injury and psychosocial complexity

- Posttraumatic stress disorder in older adults: a conceptual review Clin Gerontol https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30422749/
- Clinically significant cognitive dysfunction in OEF/OIF/OND veterans: Prevalence and clinical associations Neuropsychology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30945914/
- Proteomic Analysis and Biochemical Correlates of Mitochondrial Dysfunction after Low-Intensity Primary Blast Exposure J Neurotrauma https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30484371/
- Gait speed, grip strength, and clinical outcomes in older patients with hematologic malignancies Blood https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31167800/
- Close-Range Blast Exposure Is Associated with Altered White Matter Integrity in Apolipoprotein ɛ4 Carriers J Neurotrauma https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31232163/